2012 PDC Pro Tour
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The 2012 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They were the Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) Players Championships, the UK Open Qualifiers, and the new European Tour events. This year there were 33 PDC Pro Tour events – 20 Players Championships, 8 UK Open Qualifiers, and 5 European Tour events.
Prize money[edit]
Prize money for each Players Championship and UK Open Qualifier is £34,600, unchanged from 2011. Prize money for each European Tour event was £82,100.
Stage | ET | PC/UKQ | YT |
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Winner | £15,000 | £6,000 | £500 |
Runner-up | £7,500 | £3,000 | £300 |
Semi-finalists | £5,000 | £2,000 | £200 |
Quarter-finalists | £3,000 | £1,000 | £100 |
Last 16 | £1,500 | £600 | £75 |
Last 32 | £1,000 | £400 | £50 |
Last 64 | £200 | £200 | N/A |
Total | £82,100 | £34,600 | £3,000 |
In addition, the 32 players who failed to qualify for a European Tour event at the final qualifying stage receive £100. A further £400 per Pro Tour event (£800 per European Tour event) was reserved for a nine-dart finish. If this was not won in an event, it was carried over to the next event, and so on until a nine-dart finish was achieved. Once the prize fund was won, it reverted to the starting value for the next event.
PDC Pro Tour Card[edit]
128 players were granted Tour Cards, which enabled them to participate in all Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events.
Tour cards[edit]
The 2012 Tour Cards were awarded to:
- 64 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2012 World Championship
- 20 Tour Card holders from the previous year's Qualifying School not included among the 64 Order of Merit qualifiers
- no Tour Card holders from the previous year's 2010 PDC Women's World Championship invitations (
Tricia Wright and
Stacy Bromberg both resigned their membership)
- 1 semi-finalist from the 2012 BDO World Championship (
Ted Hankey; the other three semi-finalists
Christian Kist,
Wesley Harms and
Tony O'Shea declined invitations)
- 1 finalist from the 2012 PDC World Youth Championship (
James Hubbard; the other finalist
Michael van Gerwen was among the 64 qualified players from the Order of Merit)
- 2 highest-ranking players from the 2011 PDC Youth Tour Order of Merit not already qualified (
Paul Barham and
Reece Robinson)
- 40 qualifiers from a four-day Qualifying School in Barnsley (4 semi-finalists from each day, plus the top 24 players from the Q School Order of Merit)
Q School[edit]
The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School took place at the Metrodome in Barnsley from January 19–22.
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A Q School Order of Merit was also created by using the following points system:
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Last 8 | 9 |
Last 16 | 5 |
Last 32 | 3 |
Last 64 | 2 |
Last 128 | 1 |
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:[4]
John Bowles
Gino Vos
Andy Jenkins
Matt Clark
Joe Murnan
Gary Butcher
Stephen Hardy
Keegan Brown
Mareno Michels
Ross Smith
Matthew Edgar
Nick Fullwell
Daniel Starkey
Connie Finnan
Gaz Cousins
Gareth Pass
Tony Littleton
John Scott
Paddy Meaney
Steve Grubb
Jim Walker
Liam Kelly
Les Wallace
Keith Stephen
Players Championships[edit]
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- Players Championship 7 at the NIA Community Hall, Birmingham on 16 June.[11]
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- Players Championship 8 at the NIA Community Hall, Birmingham on 17 June.[12]
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- Players Championship 11 at the Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley on 15 September.[15]
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- Players Championship 12 at the Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley on 16 September.[16]
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- Players Championship 13 at the Citywest Hotel, Dublin on 6 October.[17]
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- Players Championship 14 at the Citywest Hotel, Dublin on 7 October.[18]
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- Players Championship 19 at the Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley on 24 November.[23]
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- Players Championship 20 at the Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley on 25 November.[24]
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Youth Tour[edit]
The PDC Youth Tour consisted of 18 events held across seven weekends,[25] where two events were played on the Saturday and one event on the Sunday with the exception of the final weekend.[26] Events were open to players aged between 14 and 21 at the beginning of the year.[25] The top 32 players from the Youth Tour Order of Merit qualified for the 2013 PDC World Youth Championship.[27]
UK Open Qualifiers[edit]
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up |
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1 | Saturday February 11 | K2 Centre, Crawley | Wes Newton ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() |
2 | Sunday February 12 | Michael van Gerwen ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() | |
3 | Saturday March 24 | Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley | Phil Taylor ![]() | 6–2 | ![]() |
4 | Sunday March 25 | Phil Taylor ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() | |
5 | Saturday April 14 | Raymond van Barneveld ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() | |
6 | Sunday April 15 | Raymond van Barneveld ![]() | 6–2 | ![]() | |
7 | Saturday May 5 | NIA Community Hall, Birmingham | Terry Jenkins ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() |
8 | Sunday May 6 | Wes Newton ![]() | 6–2 | ![]() |
European Tour[edit]
No. | Event | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1 | Austrian Darts Open | ![]() | Justin Pipe ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() | [40] |
2 | German Darts Championship | ![]() | Phil Taylor ![]() | 6–2 | ![]() | [41] |
3 | European Darts Open | ![]() | Raymond van Barneveld ![]() | 6–4 | ![]() | [42] |
4 | German Darts Masters | ![]() | Adrian Lewis ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() | [43] |
5 | Dutch Darts Masters | ![]() | Simon Whitlock ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() | [44] |
[edit]
No. | Also known as the | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1 | SDC Denmark 1 | Park Inn Copenhagen Airport, Copenhagen, Denmark | Jarkko Komula ![]() | 6–5 | ![]() | [45] |
2 | SDC Denmark 2 | Jani Haavisto ![]() | 6–5 | ![]() | [45] | |
3 | SDC Finland 1 | Hotel Tallukka, Vääksy, Finland | Robert Wagner ![]() | 6–4 | ![]() | [46] |
4 | SDC Finland 2 | Jarkko Komula ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() | [47] | |
5 | SDC Sweden 1 | Stockholm, Sweden | Jani Haavisto ![]() | 6–4 | ![]() | [48] |
6 | SDC Sweden 2 | Magnus Caris ![]() | 6–5 | ![]() | [49] | |
7 | SDC Denmark 3 | Park Inn Copenhagen Airport, Copenhagen, Denmark | Veijo Viinikka ![]() | 6–4 | ![]() | [50] |
8 | SDC Denmark 4 | Dennis Lindskjold ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() | [51] |
North American Pro Tour[edit]
No. | Also known as the | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1 | North American Pro Tour Chicago | Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Chicago, Chicago, United States | John Part ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() | [52] |
2 | North American Pro Tour Ontario | Hilton London Ontario, Ontario, Canada | Andre Carman ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() | [53] |
3 | North American Pro Tour Atlantic City | Resorts Casino & Hotel, Atlantic City, Atlantic City, United States | Larry Butler ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() | [54] |
4 | World Dart Series 1 | United States | Scott Wollaston ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() | [55] |
Australian Grand Prix Pro Tour[edit]
The Australian Grand Prix rankings are calculated from events across Australia. The top player in the rankings automatically qualifies for the 2013 World Championship.
No. | Date | Also known as | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1 | Saturday 21 January | DPA Australian Matchplay 1 | Barry Jouannet Jr ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() | [56] |
2 | Sunday 22 January | DPA Australian Matchplay 2 | Sean Reed ![]() | 6–5 | ![]() | [57] |
3 | Saturday 4 February | Mittagong RSL Open 1 | Russell Stewart ![]() | 6–4 | ![]() | [58] |
4 | Sunday 5 February | Mittagong RSL Open 2 | Harley Kemp ![]() | 6–4 | ![]() | [59] |
5 | Saturday 18 February | Redcliffe Darts Open 1 | Shane Tichowitsch ![]() | 6–5 | ![]() | [60] |
6 | Sunday 19 February | Redcliffe Darts Open 2 | Sean Reed ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() | [61] |
7 | Saturday 3 March | Victoria Open 1 | Jackson Wilson-Young ![]() | 6–4 | ![]() | [62] |
8 | Sunday 4 March | Victoria Open 2 | Sean Reed ![]() | 6–4 | ![]() | [63] |
9 | Saturday 31 March | Boorowa Open 1 | Jackson Wilson-Young ![]() | 6–2 | ![]() | [64] |
10 | Sunday 1 April | Boorowa Open 2 | Rob Modra ![]() | 6–4 | ![]() | [65] |
11 | Saturday 14 April | Dosh DPA Kazco Open 1 | Shane Tichowitsch ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() | [66] |
12 | Sunday 15 April | Dosh DPA Kazco Open 2 | Shane Tichowitsch ![]() | 6–5 | ![]() | [67] |
13 | Saturday 28 April | Cabbage Tree Hotel Open | Shane Tichowitsch ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() | [68] |
14 | Sunday 29 April | DPA Australian Singles | Gordon Mathers ![]() | 6–5 | ![]() | [69] |
15 | Saturday 26 May | Redcliffe Darts Open 3 | Gordon Mathers ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() | [70] |
16 | Sunday 27 May | Redcliffe Darts Open 4 | Craig Gwynne ![]() | 6–2 | ![]() | [71] |
17 | Saturday 9 June | South Australian Open 1 | Shane Tichowitsch ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() | [72] |
18 | Sunday 10 June | South Australian Open 2 | Shane Tichowitsch ![]() | 6–2 | ![]() | [73] |
19 | Saturday 23 June | Billabong Tavern Darts Open | Shane Tichowitsch ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() | [74] |
20 | Sunday 24 June | Russell Stewart Classic | Shane Tichowitsch ![]() | 6–5 | ![]() | [75] |
21 | Saturday 14 July | SID Darts Open | Shane Tichowitsch ![]() | 6–2 | ![]() | [76] |
22 | Sunday 15 July | Warilla Bowls Club Open | Sean Reed ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() | [77] |
23 | Saturday 11 August | Robina Gold Coast Open 1 | David Platt ![]() | 6–5 | ![]() | [78] |
24 | Sunday 12 August | Robina Gold Coast Open 2 | David Platt ![]() | 6–5 | ![]() | [79] |
25 | Friday 17 August | Australian Open | Phil Taylor ![]() | 6–2 | ![]() | [80] |
26 | Saturday 18 August | DPA Tournament of Champions | Phil Taylor ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() | [81] |
27 | Sunday 19 August | DPA Australian Masters | Simon Whitlock ![]() | 6–5 | ![]() | [82] |
28 | Saturday 6 October | Goulburn Open 1 | Tic Bridge ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() | [83] |
30 | Friday 26 October | Canberra DPA Event 1 | Gordon Mathers ![]() | 6–4 | ![]() | [84] |
31 | Saturday 27 October | Canberra DPA Event 2 | Kyle Anderson ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() | [85] |
Other PDC tournaments[edit]
The PDC also held a number of other tournaments during 2012. These were mainly smaller events with low prize money, and some had eligibility restrictions. All of these tournaments were non-ranking.
Date | Event | Winner | Score | Runner-Up | Ref |
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September 9 | PDC World New Zealand Qualifying Event | ![]() | beat | ![]() | [86] |
September 30 | PDC World Japan Qualifying Event | ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() | [87] |
September 30 | PDC World Germany Qualifying Event | ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | [88] |
October 14 | PDC World China Qualifying Event | ![]() | beat | ![]() | [89] |
October 14 | Tom Kirby Memorial Trophy | ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() | [90] |
October 14 | PDC World South Africa Qualifying Event | ![]() | 8–1 | ![]() | [91] |
October 19 | Gleneagle Irish Masters | ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() | [92] |
October 21 | PDC World Philippines Qualifying Event | ![]() | beat | ![]() | [93] |
October 28 | Oceanic Masters | ![]() | 8–3 | ![]() | [94] |
November 10 | PDC World South Asian Qualifying Event | ![]() | beat | ![]() | [95][96] |
November 10 | PDC World Central European Qualifying Event | ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() | [95][97] |
November 10 | PDC World West European Qualifying Event | ![]() | 6–5 | ![]() | [95][98] |
November 17 | PDC World East European Qualifying Event | ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() | [99][100] |
November 26 | PDC World Darts Championship PDPA Qualifier | ![]() | 5–1 |