The 2017

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 ...

is a current series of non-televised

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tournaments organised by the

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(PDC). Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. This year there are 40 PDC Pro Tour events being held – 22 Players Championships, six UK Open Qualifiers and 12 European Tour events.

Prize money

Prize money for each European Tour event has increased from £115,000 to £135,000. The UK Open Qualifiers and Players Championship events stays the same as 2016. This is how the prize money is divided:

PDC 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 2017 Tour Cards were awarded to: * (64) The top 64 players from the

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after the 2017 World Championship. * (32) The 32 2016/17 Tour Card Holders not ranked in the top 64 of the

following the World Championship. * (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2016 Challenge Tour ( Rob Cross and

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). * (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2016 Development Tour ( Dean Reynolds Dean Reynolds (born 11 January 1963 in Grimsby) is an English former professional snooker player whose career spanned twenty years from 1981 to 2001. Career Before turning professional, Reynolds won the first-ever Junior Pot Black in 1981, b ...
and

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). NB: Dean Reynolds turned down his Tour Card, which was subsequently awarded to

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. * (16) The 16 qualifiers from 2017 Q-School. Afterwards, the playing field was complemented by the highest qualified players from the Q School Order of Merit until the maximum number of 128 Pro Tour Card players had been reached. In 2017, that means that a total of 12 players qualified this way.

Q-School

The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School takes place at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in

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from January 19–22. The following players won two-year tour cards on each of the days played: A Q School Order of Merit was also created by using the following points system: To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places were allocated down the final Qualifying School Order of Merit. The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result:

UK Open Qualifiers

Players Championships

Compared to last year, there are two Players Championship events added on the calendar. In addition, the top 64 of the Players Championship will qualify for the

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European Tour

Compared to last year, there are two European Tour events added on the calendar. In addition, the top 32 of the European Tour will qualify for the European Championship.

PDC Challenge Tour

PDC Development Tour

Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic

The Scandinavian Darts Corporation was renamed Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic. There were 10 events held over 5 weekends.

Australian Grand Prix Pro Tour

The Australian Grand Prix rankings are calculated from events across Australia.

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was the top player in the rankings, and therefore has automatically qualified for the 2018 World Championship.

Eurasian Darts Corporation (EADC) Pro Tour

The 6 EADC Pro Tour events and the 2018 World Championship Qualifier will be played at Omega Plaza Business Center,

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. Players from

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and

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are eligible to play.

World Championship International Qualifiers

World Championship PDPA Qualifier

The winner qualified directly for the first round of the

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. The runner-up qualified for the preliminary round, as did the winner of the third-place playoff.

References

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