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2016 PDC Pro Tour
The 2016 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. In 2016 there were 36 PDC Pro Tour events held – 20 Players Championships, six UK Open Qualifiers and ten European Tour events. Prize money Prize money for each Players Championship has increased from £60,000 to £75,000 per event. The UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events stays the same as in 2015. This is how the prize money is divided: PDC Pro Tour Card 128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events. Tour Cards The 2016 Tour Cards are awarded to: *(63) The top 64 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2016 World Championship. Kevin McDine resigned his card. *(27) The 27 of 34 qualifiers from 2015 Q-School not ranked in the top 64 of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PDC Pro Tour
The PDC Pro Tour is a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They comprise Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) Players Championships and European Tour events. Only four players have gone on to win at least 30 titles on the PDC Pro Tour. Michael van Gerwen has won the most Pro Tour titles winning 84. Phil Taylor is second on the list winning 70 events, Peter Wright third winning 32 events and Gary Anderson in fourth winning 31 events, as of September 2022. Pro Tour Card Since 2011, the PDC Pro Tour has operated a Tour Card system. 128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships. In 2011, Tour Cards were awarded to: *101 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2011 World Championship *2 finalists from the 2010 PDC Women's World Championship *25 qualifiers from a four-day Qualifying School in Wigan (4 semi-finalists from each day, plus the top 9 players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Viljanen
Kim Viljanen (born December 4, 1981) is a Finnish darts player. Career Viljanen won the boys' singles event at the 1999 WDF World Cup in Durban, South Africa. In 2004, he progressed to the last 32 of the World Masters, losing 3–2 to Tony West. Viljanen competed on the Scandinavian Darts Corporation (SDC) Tour in 2014, and finished third in the Scandinavian Order of Merit. He was awarded a place in the 2015 PDC World Championship after Jarkko Komula, who had finished second on the Scandinavian Tour, was excluded following a suspension by the Finnish Darts Organisation. He lost 4–1 in the preliminary round to Sascha Stein. Viljanen won three SDC Tour events in 2015 and finished top of the Order of Merit, thus qualifying for the 2016 PDC World Championship. After winning 2–1 against Sven Groen in the preliminary round, he was beaten 3–0 by Kevin Painter in the first round. Viljanen made his debut at the 2016 World Cup of Darts, representing Finland with Marko Kantele a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey De Graaf
Jeffrey de Graaf (born 21 November 1990) is a Dutch darts player. He has played in six World Championships (four BDO and two PDC) but has lost in the first round each time. He moved from the BDO to the PDC in 2016. Career BDO In 2012, De Graaf began playing the international circuit and won the 2012 Isle of Man Open and 2012 Romanian Open. He reached also the quarter-finals of the Zuiderduin Masters. De Graaf managed to qualify for the 2013 BDO World Championship, where he faced compatriot Jan Dekker in the first round. He missed one match dart in the final set, and Dekker ultimately won by three sets to two. De Graaf won in the course of the year the Denmark Open and Swedish Open. De Graaf qualified for the 2014 World Championship, where he lost 3–0 to Martin Atkins in the first round. De Graaf also played in the 2014 BDO World Trophy. After winning in the first two rounds, he lost in the quarter-finals to James Wilson. Later in the year De Graaf again won two titles, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Campbell
Raymond "Ray" Campbell (born 4 April 1967) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. Campbell won a two-year PDC Tour Card on the third day of 2016 Q-School. He made his European Tour debut at the 2017 European Darts Open, losing 6–2 to John Henderson in the first round. Campbell was only able to pick up £2,750 on the PDC Order of Merit The PDC Order of Merit is a world ranking system used by one of the darts organisations, the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded fo ... over his two-year card and lost it after the 2017 season. Campbell attempted to regain his tour card at Q-School in 2018 and 2020. References External links * 1967 births Living people Darts players from Northern Ireland Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders British Darts Organisation players Sportspeople fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Meikle
Ryan Meikle ( born 13 August 1996) is an English professional darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Career Born in Ipswich, Suffolk, Meikle is a barber by trade, hence his nickname of "The Barber". He won a PDC Pro Tour card by qualifying from the second day of Q School in 2016. He made his PDC European Tour debut in the 2016 International Darts Open in Riesa, Germany, where he whitewashed Austrian Michael Rasztovits 6–0 thanks to an opening 151 checkout. He was scheduled to play world number one Michael van Gerwen in the next round, but an ankle injury forced Van Gerwen to withdraw, giving Meikle a bye to round three, where he lost 6–2 to Yordi Meeuwisse. In 2018, he won his second PDC Development Tour title, defeating Rowby-John Rodriguez 5–3 in the final of Development Tour 11 in Wigan. Meikle made the semi-finals of the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship but lost 6–3 to Adam Gawlas. World Championship results PDC * 2020: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Evetts
Ted Evetts (born 3 August 1997) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is the 2021 PDC World Youth Champion. Career Evetts plays for his local Super League team and also plays Men's County for Warwickshire as well as being signed on to Warwickshire Youth County. He is also a qualified chef. After competing on the PDC Development Tour in 2014 and 2015, Evetts gained a PDC Pro Tour card on the second day of the 2016 Qualifying School. Evetts was a qualifier for the 2016 Grand Slam of Darts, which was his first televised event. He lost all of three of his group games. Evetts went on to hit the first 9 darter on the PDC Pro Tour of 2017. In 2017 he qualified for the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship, losing in the first round to Gerwyn Price. Evetts reached his first senior quarter-final at The 2019 German Darts Grand Prix. He beat Mark Wilson, Jonny Clayton Jonny Clayton (born 4 October 1974) is a Welsh professional d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Richardson (darts Player)
James Richardson (born 7 January 1974) is an English professional darts player who plays in events of the World Darts Federation. He is best known for defeating five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld in the first round of the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship. Career Richardson joined the PDC Pro Tour in 2011, after winning a tour card on the first day of Q School. He reached his first Pro Tour final in Gladbeck on 23 October 2011, losing 6–2 to Colin Osborne. Richardson caused one of the biggest upsets in the history of the PDC World Championship by beating five-time World Champion, Raymond van Barneveld, 3–0 in the first round of the 2012 Championship. Van Barneveld led both the first and third sets 2–0 and had six darts at a double to win the third, but Richardson hit two 145 finishes to break Barneveld's throw in both sets. Richardson stated afterwards that the victory was "an absolute dream". He then faced Belgian Kim Huybrechts in the second round, but c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Worsley
Jonathan Worsley (born 2 August 1984) is a Welsh darts player who currently competes in the PDC (professional darts corporation) . He first gained a PDC Tour Card at Q-School in January 2016. Despite qualifying for the UK Open twice, he failed to retain his card at the end of his two-year spell on the ProTour. In early 2018, Worsley was unsuccessful at UK Q-School so played the PDC Challenge Tour - without much success until the latter part of the year where he made one quarter-final and also won event 18, beating Cody Harris in the final. Also in 2018, Worsley qualified for the BDO World Trophy, but lost to Kyle McKinstry Kyle McKinstry (born 26 August 1986) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who is currently serving an eight-year ban from the sport after admitting to match fixing in 2020. Career In 2017, McKinstry won the Hal Masters and the Northe ... in the last 32. He returned to UK Q-School in January 2019 and was able to win back his card as three last ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Williams (darts Player)
Ricky Williams (born 29 May 1989 from Portsmouth, Hampshire) is a professional English darts Darts or dart-throwing is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small sharp-pointed missiles known as darts at a round target known as a dartboard. Points can be scored by hitting specific marked areas of the bo ... player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. He won the Mill Rythe Darts Festival in 2009 and the Malta Open in 2013. He also won a PDC Tour Card in 2016. References External linksProfile and stats on Darts Database 1989 births Living people English darts players Sportspeople from Portsmouth Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders {{England-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Parsons (darts Player)
Andy Parsons (born 15 May 1981) is a former professional English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) is a professional darts organisation in the United Kingdom, established in 1992 when a group of leading players split from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to form what was initially called the World ... events. He earned a PDC Tour Card in 2014 and 2017, and qualified for the 2013 UK Open, but lost in the second round. References External linksProfile and stats on Darts Database 1981 births Living people English darts players Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders Sportspeople from Bristol {{England-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Stevenson
Simon Stevenson (born 18 February 1972) is an English darts player, who currently competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. Career Stevenson first rose to prominence after winning the Rileys Plymouth qualifier for the 2014 UK Open. He defeated Ian Jones (darts player), Ian Jones, Jason Lovett, Mark Barilli and Rocco Maes to reach the last 32 before losing 9-5 to Jamie Lewis (darts player), Jamie Lewis. Stevenson gained the nickname 'The Mirror Man' in a late 2014 clash, matching exactly dart-for-dart on three unusual finishes by opponent Darren 'Hardbox' Hardyment before eventually clinching a resounding victory in the West Midlands derby. It was 6th time lucky for Stevenson who self-proclaimedly suffered 5 years bad luck at the event before triumphing. The following year, he again qualified for the 2015 UK Open via the Rileys Reading qualifier, but could not repeat his 2014 performance as he lost 5-2 to Dave Prins in the Preliminary Round. Stevenson first claimed a PD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bowles (darts Player)
John Bowles (born 26 May 1967) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He has twice come through Q School to play on the tour. Career Bowles made his television debut at the 2011 UK Open at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton as a pub qualifier. He defeated Peter Manley, Devon Petersen, Justin Pipe and Steve Beaton before losing 4–9 to Dave Chisnall in the last 16 earning himself £4,000 in the process. That year was the furthest a pub qualifier has gone in the history of the UK Open sharing the feat with Andy Boul. He won a two-year PDC Pro Tour card in 2012 via Q School. His best results of 2012 were last 16 defeats in the second UK Open Qualifier and the sixth Players Championship, losing to Vincent van der Voort 5–6 on both occasions. He also lost in the last 96 of the UK Open 1–4 to Nigel Heydon. In November 2012, Bowles won six games to reach the final of the PDC World Championship qualifier, where he lost 1†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |