PDC Pro Tour 2016

The PDC Pro Tour 2016 included a series of PDC darts tournaments , most of which were not broadcast on TV. In 2016 there were 20 Players Championships , six UK Open Qualifiers and ten European Tour events for the professionals . A total of 36 tournaments were played. These tournaments were also taken into account when calculating the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit .

Prize money

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

They are divided as follows:

round	Players Championships	UK Open Qualifiers	European Darts Tour
victory	£ 10,000	£ 10,000	£ 25,000
final	£ 6,000	£ 5,000	£ 10,000
Semifinals	£ 3,000	£ 2,500	£ 5,000
Quarter finals	£ 2,250	£ 2,000	£ 3,500
Round of 16	£ 1,500 each	£ 1,500 each	£ 2,000
Last 32	£ 1,000	£ 750	£ 1,500 each
Last 64	£ 500	£ 250	£ 1,000 1st
Total	£ 75,000	£ 60,000	£ 115,000

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

PDC Pro Tour Card

In order to play the PDC Pro Tour, one must have a tour card that is valid for two years. This entitles the holder to participate in all Pro Tour tournaments.

A total of 128 tour cards were awarded:

• (63) ¹ - Top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit after the PDC World Championship 2016
• (27) ¹ - 28 of 34 qualifiers of the PDC Qualifying School 2015 who were not already in the top 64 of the Order of Merit.
• (2) - The two best players of the PDC Challenge Tour 2015 ( Jan Dekker ² and Richie Corner)
• (2) - The two best players of the PDC Development Tour 2015 ( Mike de Decker and Bradley Kirk ³ )
• (2) - The two best players of the PDC Challenge Tour 2014 ( Alan Tabern and Mark Frost)
• (1) - The two best players of the PDC Development Tour 2014 ( Dimitri Van den Bergh ² and Josh Payne )
• (1) - The winner of the Scandinavian Order of Merit ( Kim Viljanen )
• (16) - The 16 qualifiers of the PDC Qualifying School 2016
• (14) ² - The top 14 of the Q-School Order of Merit

¹ Kevin McDine and Steve Douglas have given their tickets back as they switched to BDO .

²Dekker and Van den Bergh were already in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit, so Shaun Griffiths and the 14th of the Q School Order of Merit 2016 received a card.

³Kirk returned his card and Berry van Peer got it.

PDC Qualifying School 2016

The following players received a Tour Card for 2016 and 2017:

• Qualifying School 2016:

Day 1 - January 13th	Day 2 - January 14th	Day 3 - January 15th	Day 4 - January 16th
John Bowles Simon Stevenson Andy Parsons Ricky Williams	James Richardson Jonathan Worsley Ted Evetts Ryan Meikle	Tony Newell Brian Woods Jeffrey de Graaf Ray Campbell	Ryan Palmer Ross Smith Yordi Meeuwisse Vincent Kamphuis

• Qualifying School 2016 Order of Merit Top 14:

space	player
1	Mark Walsh
2	John Michael
3	Dick van Dijk
4th	Harry Robinson
5	Mark Barilli
6th	Matt Clark
7th	Terry Temple
8th	Darren Brown
9	Dennis Smith
10	Mick McGowan
11	Simon Preston
12	Matthew Dennant
13	Robert Owen
14th	Ron Meulenkamp

Players Championships

→ Main article : Players Championships 2016

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	03/12/2016	Barnsley	Peter Wright	6  : 5	Adrian Lewis
2	03/13/2016	Barnsley	Stephen Bunting	6  : 4	Michael van Gerwen
3	04/08/2016	Barnsley	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 3	Benito van de Pas
4th	04/09/2016	Barnsley	Benito van de Pas	6  : 5	Michael van Gerwen
5	04/10/2016	Barnsley	Ian White	6  : 0	Michael van Gerwen
6th	04/30/2016	Barnsley	Josh Payne	6  : 5	James Wade
7th	05/01/2016	Barnsley	Gerwyn Price	6  : 3	Peter Wright
8th	05/21/2016	Coventry	Gerwyn Price	6  : 1	Jamie Caven
9	05/22/2016	Coventry	Benito van de Pas	6  : 0	Joe Cullen
10	07/02/2016	Barnsley	Dave Chisnall	6  : 2	Steve Beaton
11	07/03/2016	Barnsley	Ian White	6  : 3	Joe Cullen
12	08/06/2016	Barnsley	Gary Anderson	6  : 5	Terry Jenkins
13	08/07/2016	Barnsley	Ian White	6  : 4	Benito van de Pas
14th	09/20/2016	Barnsley	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 0	Scale length Suljović
15th	09/21/2016	Barnsley	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 3	James Wilson
16	09/22/2016	Barnsley	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 5	Steve West
17th	09/30/2016	Dublin	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 1	Christian Kist
18th	10/01/2016	Dublin	Simon Whitlock	6  : 5	Kim Huybrechts
19th	10/21/2016	Barnsley	Simon Whitlock	6  : 4	Chris Dobey
20th	10/22/2016	Barnsley	Benito van de Pas	6  : 1	Dave Chisnall

European Tour Events

→ Main article : European Darts Tour 2016

No.	date	Event	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	12-14 February	Dutch Darts Masters	Venray	Michael van Gerwen 112.26	6  : 2	Daryl Gurney 96.89
2	26.-28. March	German Darts Masters	Munich	Michael van Gerwen 92.72	6  : 4	Peter Wright 93.20
3	6-8 May	Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Gibraltar	Michael van Gerwen 103.89	6  : 2	Dave Chisnall 103.19
4th	13-15 May	European darts matchplay	Hamburg	James Wade 92.71	6  : 5	Dave Chisnall 93.55
5	10-12 June	Austrian Darts Open	Vienna	Phil Taylor 97.34	6  : 4	Michael Smith 92.82
6th	29.-31. July	European Darts Open	Dusseldorf	Michael van Gerwen 104.06	6  : 5	Peter Wright 100.44
7th	2-4 September	International Darts Open	Riesa	Scale length Suljović 95.15	6  : 5	Kim Huybrechts 93.89
8th	9-11 September	European Darts Trophy	Mülheim an der Ruhr	Michael van Gerwen 106.77	6  : 5	Scale length Suljović 101.26
9	16.-18. September	European Darts Grand Prix	Sindelfingen	Michael van Gerwen 105.38	6  : 2	Peter Wright 102.36
10	14.-16. October	German Darts Championship	Hildesheim	Alan Norris 97.48	6  : 5	Jelle Klaasen 89.19

UK Open Qualifiers

→ Main article : UK Open Qualifiers 2016

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	02/05/2016	Wigan	Adrian Lewis	6  : 2	Phil Taylor
2	02/06/2016	Wigan	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 4	Alan Norris
3	02/07/2016	Wigan	Phil Taylor	6  : 2	Michael van Gerwen
4th	02/19/2016	Wigan	Gary Anderson	6  : 1	James Wade
5	02/20/2016	Wigan	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 2	Gerwyn Price
6th	02/21/2016	Wigan	Michael van Gerwen	6  : 2	Steve Beaton

Secondary tour events

PDC Challenge Tour

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	03/19/2016	Wigan	Chris Quantock	5  : 3	Rob Cross
2	03/19/2016	Wigan	Barry Lynn	5  : 4	Rob Modra
3	03/20/2016	Wigan	Ritchie Edhouse	5  : 0	Mark Dudbridge
4th	03/20/2016	Wigan	Bryan de Hoog	5  : 4	Peter Hudson
5	05/28/2016	Wigan	Nick Fulwell	5  : 1	Rob Cross
6th	05/28/2016	Wigan	Adam Hunt	5  : 3	Jamie Bain
7th	05/29/2016	Wigan	Ryan Searle	5  : 2	Mark Dudbridge
8th	05/29/2016	Wigan	Scott Taylor	5  : 4	Barry Lynn
9	06/25/2016	Milton Keynes	Matt Padgett	5  : 4	Lee Evans
10	06/25/2016	Milton Keynes	Rob Cross	5  : 2	Mark Dudbridge
11	06/26/2016	Milton Keynes	Richie Burnett	5  : 2	Ryan Searle
12	06/26/2016	Milton Keynes	Kelvin Hart	5  : 3	René Eidams
13	09/10/2016	Wigan	Rob Cross	5  : 1	Michael Barnard
14th	09/10/2016	Wigan	Richie Burnett	5  : 1	Arron Monk
15th	09/11/2016	Wigan	Rob Cross	5  : 0	Martyn Turner
16	09/11/2016	Wigan	Ryan Searle	5  : 1	Barrie Bates

PDC Development Tour

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	03/26/2016	Wigan	Callum Loose	4  : 0	Rowby-John Rodriguez
2	03/26/2016	Wigan	Steve Lennon	4  : 2	Kurt Parry
3	03/27/2016	Wigan	Josh Payne	4  : 1	Rowby-John Rodriguez
4th	03/27/2016	Wigan	Adam Hunt	4  : 2	Dean Reynolds
5	04/23/2016	Mülheim an der Ruhr	Max Hopp	4  : 2	Steve Lennon
6th	04/23/2016	Mülheim an der Ruhr	Ross Twell	4  : 2	Adam Hunt
7th	04/24/2016	Mülheim an der Ruhr	Kenny Neyens	4  : 1	Callum Loose
8th	04/24/2016	Mülheim an der Ruhr	Dean Reynolds	4  : 3	Rowby-John Rodriguez
9	05/14/2016	Wigan	Dean Reynolds	4  : 3	Bradley Kirk
10	05/14/2016	Wigan	Ross Twell	4  : 2	Jimmy Hendriks
11	05/15/2016	Wigan	Aden Kirk	4  : 3	Keegan Brown
12	05/15/2016	Wigan	Ross Twell	4  : 3	Luke Humphries
13	09/03/2016	Wigan	Dean Reynolds	4  : 2	Aaron Dyer
14th	09/03/2016	Wigan	Dimitri Van den Bergh	4  : 2	Steve Lennon
15th	09/04/2016	Wigan	Dean Reynolds	4  : 3	John de Kruijf
16	09/04/2016	Wigan	Dean Reynolds	4  : 1	Aden Kirk
17th	10/15/2016	Wigan	Dean Reynolds	4  : 3	Justin van Tergouw
18th	10/15/2016	Wigan	Corey Cadby	4  : 2	Jeffrey de Zwaan
19th	16.10.2016	Wigan	Mike De Decker	4  : 3	Berry van Peer

Scandinavian Darts Corporation Pro Tour

The first two of the rankings for this tour qualified for the preliminary round of the 2017 World Cup. These were Kim Viljanen and Magnus Caris .

game	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist
1	Saturday January 30th	Tuusula , Hotel Gustavelund	Per Laursen	6: 4	Dennis Nilsson
2	Sunday January 31st		Kim Viljanen	6: 3	Magnus Caris
3	Saturday 19th March	Copenhagen , Park Inn Hotel by Radisson	Daniel Larsson	6: 5	Magnus Caris
4th	Sunday March 20th		Kim Viljanen	6: 1	Daniel Jensen
5	Saturday, August 27th	Norway	Madars Razma	6-0	Aaron Knox
6th	Sunday 28th August		Kim Viljanen	6: 2	Daniel Larsson
7th	Saturday 8th October	Sweden	Roland Lenngren	6: 4	Per Laursen
8th	Sunday October 9th		Magnus Caris	6: 4	Cor Dekker

Individual evidence

1. ^ Scandinavian Order of Merit. (No longer available online.) January 1, 2016, archived from the original on December 15, 2015 ; accessed on March 12, 2016 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Qualifying School entries now open. (No longer available online.) January 4, 2016, archived from the original on January 12, 2016 ; accessed on January 12, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.