To compete in the
Professional Darts Corporation pro tour tournaments one needs a Tour Card.
In total 128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events.
A Tour Card is valid for 2 years. The top 64 in 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 Following the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship it superseded a world ranking system based on points being awarded f ...
all received Tour Cards automatically, and those who won a two-year card in 2017 still had a valid card for 2018. The top 2 of the 2017 Challenge Tour and Development Tour also won cards. 33 remaining places were played out at the 2018 Q-Schools, with the four days of competition giving two Cards a day from the UK Q-School and one a day from the European Q-School; with the remaining players being ranked and the top players also receiving Cards. All players who won a card at either Q-School had their Order of Merit ranking reset to zero.
Players
See also
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List of darts players
A list of professional darts players.
See also
*List of darts players who have switched organisation
*PDC Order of Merit
*Nine-dart finish
A nine-dart finish, also known as a nine-darter, is a perfect leg or single game in the sport of darts ...
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List of darts players who have switched organisation
Between 1993 and 2020 professional darts had two rival bodies which staged tournaments and had separate pools of players, the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Both staged its own world championship. In ...
References
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2018 PDC Pro Tour
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Lists of darts players