PDC Pro Tour 2015

The PDC Pro Tour 2015 was the fourteenth edition of the PDC darts tournament series . It included the UK Open Qualifiers , the Players Championships and the European Darts Tour . A total of 35 tournaments were held, 1 more than last year - 20 Players Championships, 9 European Tour events and 6 UK Open Qualifiers.

This article also contains the PDC Challenge Tour and the PDC Development Tour, which were classified as Secondary Tour Events.

PDC Tour Card

In order to be able to play the tournaments of the PDC Pro Tour you must have a PDC Tour Card. This is valid for two years.

A total of 128 tour cards are awarded ¹ :

• (64) - 64 of the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit after the PDC World Championship 2015
• (26) - 26 qualifiers from Q-School 2014
• (2) - Top 2 of the PDC Youth Tour Order of Merit
• (2) - Top 2 of the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit
• (34) - 34 qualifiers from Q-School 2015

¹The number of players who had the opportunity to qualify in this way is shown in brackets. The number behind it indicates how many players actually used the path.

Q-School

The remaining tour cards were given out through the Q-School. It took place from January 14-17, 2015 at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan . The following players were able to earn a Tour Card for two years:

Day 1 - January 14th	Day 2 - January 15th	Day 3 - January 16th	Day 4 - January 17th
UK Q School
Nigel Heydon Alan Norris Jeffrey de Zwaan Mike Zuydwijk	Matthew Edgar Andy Jenkins Jason Lovett Devon Petersen	Steve Douglas Steve West James Wilson Jason Wilson	Nathan Derry Jamie Robinson Jonny Clayton Magnus Caris

The remaining Tour Cards were given to the following players via the Q-School Order of Merit:

Top 18 Q-School Order of Merit

1. Andy Boulton
2. Ken MacNeil
3. Jermaine Wattimena
4. Nathan Aspinall
5. Prakash Jiwa
6. Chris Dobey
7. Steve McNally
8. Haruki Muramatsu
9. Lee Palfreyman

10. Tony Richardson
11. Stephen Willard
12. Darren Johnson
13. Robbie Green
14. Jim Walker
15. William O'Connor
16. Johnny Haines
17. Curtis Hammond
18. Paul Milford

Prize money

The prize money of the Players Championships and the European Darts Tour has been increased. The UK Open Qualifiers prize money remained unchanged

They are divided as follows:

round	Players Championships	UK Open Qualifiers	European Darts Tour
victory	£ 10,000	£ 10,000	£ 25,000
final	£ 5,000	£ 5,000	£ 10,000
Semifinals	£ 2,500	£ 2,500	£ 5,000
Quarter finals	£ 2,000	£ 1,500 each	£ 3,500
Round of 16	£ 1,500 each	£ 1,000	£ 2,000
Last 32	£ 750	£ 500	£ 1,500 each
Last 64	£ 250	£ 250	£ 1,000 1st
Total	£ 50,000	£ 50,000	£ 115,000

¹ In the case of the European Darts Tour: last 48

Players Championships

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	03/14/2015	Barnsley	Gary Anderson	6  : 5	James Wade
2	03/15/2015	Barnsley	James Wade	6  : 5	Peter Wright
3	04/10/2015	Barnsley	Adrian Lewis	6  : 3	Robert Thornton
4th	04/11/2015	Barnsley	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 1	Adrian Lewis
5	04/12/2015	Barnsley	Adrian Lewis	6  : 5	Brendan Dolan
6th	05/01/2015	Coventry	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 5	James Wade
7th	05/02/2015	Coventry	Peter Wright	6  : 5	James Wade
8th	05/03/2015	Coventry	Keegan Brown	6  : 3	Adrian Lewis
9	05/16/2015	Crawley	Phil Taylor	6  : 4	Gary Anderson
10	05/17/2015	Crawley	Joe Murnan	6  : 4	Dave Chisnall
11	05/23/2015	Barnsley	Dave Chisnall	6  : 1	Ian White
12	05/24/2015	Barnsley	Peter Wright	6  : 1	Jelle Klaasen
13	04/07/2015	Wigan	James Wade	6  : 5	Kim Huybrechts
14th	07/05/2015	Wigan	Jelle Klaasen	6  : 2	Ian White
15th	09/26/2015	Barnsley	Terry Jenkins	6  : 4	Peter Wright
16	09/27/2015	Barnsley	Jelle Klaasen	6  : 4	Raymond van Barneveld
17th	October 02, 2015	Dublin	Ian White	6  : 5	Dave Chisnall
18th	03/10/2015	Dublin	Alan Norris	6  : 1	Kim Huybrechts
19th	October 24, 2015	Coventry	Peter Wright	6  : 5	Benito van de Pas
20th	25/10/2015	Coventry	Gary Anderson	6  : 2	James Wade

European Tour Events

→ Main article : European Darts Tour 2015

No.	date	Event	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	13-15 February	German Darts Championship	Hildesheim	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 2	Gary Anderson
2	20.-22. March	Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Gibraltar	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 3	Terry Jenkins
3	4th-6th April	German Darts Masters	Munich	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 5	John Henderson
4th	5th-7th June	Dutch Darts Masters	Venray	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 0	Justin Pipe
5	19. – 21. June	International Darts Open	Riesa	Michael Smith	6  : 3	Benito van de Pas
6th	10-12 July	European Darts Open	Dusseldorf	Robert Thornton	6  : 2	Kim Huybrechts
7th	11-13 September	European Darts Trophy	Mülheim an der Ruhr	Michael Smith	6  : 2	Michael van Gerwen
8th	19. – 21. September	European darts matchplay	innsbruck	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 4	Dave Chisnall
9	16.-18. October	European Darts Grand Prix	Sindelfingen	Kim Huybrechts	6  : 5	Peter Wright

UK Open Qualifiers

→ Main article : UK Open Qualifiers 2015

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	02/06/2015	Wigan	Adrian Lewis	6  : 1	Michael van Gerwen
2	02/07/2015	Wigan	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 1	Vincent van der Voort
3	02/08/2015	Wigan	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 1	James Wade
4th	02/20/2015	Wigan	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 5	Jelle Klaasen
5	02/21/2015	Wigan	Michael Smith	6  : 5	Adrian Lewis
6th	02/22/2015	Wigan	Phil Taylor	6  : 2	Ian White

Secondary tour events

PDC Challenge Tour

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	03/21/2015	Wigan	Kirk Shepherd	5  : 3	Jack Tweddell
2	03/21/2015	Wigan	Colin Fowler	5  : 2	Steve Maish
3	03/22/2015	Wigan	Shaun Griffiths	5  : 1	Scott Dale
4th	03/22/2015	Wigan	Richie Corner	5  : 1	Ryan Searle
5	05/30/2015	Wigan	Jan Dekker	5  : 0	Kurt Parry
6th	05/30/2015	Wigan	Matt Clark	5  : 2	Richie Corner
7th	05/31/2015	Wigan	Shaun Griffiths	5  : 2	Ian Lever
8th	05/31/2015	Wigan	Joe Murnan	5  : 3	Scott Dale
9	07/11/2015	Wigan	Jan Dekker	5  : 1	Dean Reynolds
10	07/11/2015	Wigan	Joe Murnan	5  : 1	Tony Randell
11	07/12/2015	Wigan	Richie Corner	5  : 4	Mike Norton
12	07/12/2015	Wigan	Dean Reynolds	5  : 3	Chris Quantock
13	09/19/2015	Coventry	Chris Quantock	5  : 0	Paul Rowley
14th	09/19/2015	Coventry	Pete Hudson	5  : 4	Ryan Palmer
15th	09/20/2015	Coventry	Jan Dekker	5  : 2	Jon Jukes
16	09/20/2015	Coventry	Martin Lukeman	5  : 2	Kirk Shepherd

PDC Youth Tour

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	04/25/2015	Coventry	Rowby-John Rodriguez	4  : 1	Jamie Lewis
2	04/25/2015	Coventry	Barry van Peer	4  : 0	Scott Dale
3	04/26/2015	Coventry	Aden Kirk	4  : 1	Benito van de Pas
4th	04/26/2015	Coventry	Berry van Peer	4  : 0	Harry Ward
5	06/27/2015	Coventry	Mike De Decker	4  : 3	Benito van de Pas
6th	06/27/2015	Coventry	Benito van de Pas	4  : 2	Bradley Kirk
7th	06/28/2015	Coventry	Nathan Aspinall	4  : 2	Benito van de Pas
8th	06/28/2015	Coventry	Dimitri Van den Bergh	4  : 2	Rhys Griffin
9	09/12/2015	Coventry	Jamie Lewis	4  : 2	Bradley Kirk
10	09/12/2015	Coventry	Dimitri Van den Bergh	4  : 2	Josh Payne
11	09/13/2015	Coventry	Mike De Decker	4  : 2	Nathan Aspinall
12	09/13/2015	Coventry	Aaron Dyer	4  : 1	Shaun Griffiths
13	10/17/2015	Wigan	Bradley Kirk	4  : 2	Nathan Aspinall
14th	10/17/2015	Wigan	Sven Groen	4  : 2	Nick Kenny
15th	October 18, 2015	Wigan	Dean Reynolds	4  : 2	Mike De Decker
16	October 18, 2015	Wigan	Bradley Kirk	4  : 3	Josh Payne

Web links

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