The 2012 Dutch Darts Masters was the fifth of five
PDC European Tour
The PDC European Tour is a series of darts tournaments held across Europe organized by the Professional Darts Corporation. Starting in 2012 with five events, the number of events has steadily risen with eight held in 2013 and 2014, nine in 2015, 10 ...
events on the
2012 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Van Der Valk Hotel in
Nuland
Nuland is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located about 8 km (5 mi) east of 's-Hertogenbosch.
History
In the Middle Ages, Nuland was part of the Kwartier van Maasland of the Meierij van 's-Hertoge ...
,
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
, from 26 to 28 October 2012. It featured a field of 64 players and £82,100 in prize money, with £15,000 going to the winner.
Simon Whitlock
Simon Whitlock (born 3 March 1969) is an Australian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, having previously competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events.
Nicknamed "The Wizard", he won th ...
won his first European Tour title, defeating
Paul Nicholson 6–1 in the final.
Prize money
Qualification
The top 32 players from th
PDC Order of Meritautomatically qualified for the event.
The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in
Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
on 5 October), eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier.
withdrew the day before the start of the tournament due to ill health.
1–32
UK Qualifier
* Johnny Haines ''(quarter-finals)''
*
Steve Hine ''(first round)''
*
James Hubbard ''(second round)''
*
Peter Hudson ''(first round)''
*
Andy Jenkins ''(third round)''
*
Mark Jones ''(second round)''
*
Arron Monk ''(quarter-finals)''
*
Dennis Priestley ''(first round)''
*
Scott Rand ''(second round)''
*
Dennis Smith ''(first round)''
*
Michael Smith ''(first round)''
*
Ross Smith ''(first round)''
*
Terry Temple ''(first round)''
*
Mick Todd ''(first round)''
*
Tony West ''(first round)''
*
Ian White ''(third round)''
*
Dean Winstanley ''(first round)''
*
Brian Woods ''(first round)''
* Dave Ladley ''(first round)''
*
Jim Walker ''(first round)''
European Qualifier
*
Max Hopp ''(third round)''
*
Ronny Huybrechts ''(first round)''
*
Per Laursen ''(first round)''
*
Kevin Münch ''(first round)''
*
Bernd Roith ''(first round)''
*
Tomas Seyler ''(first round)''
* Davyd Venken ''(second round)''
*
Jyhan Artut ''(first round)''
Host Nation Qualifier
*
Toon Greebe ''(first round)''
*
Roland Scholten ''(first round)''
*
Dick van Dijk ''(first round)''
*
Gino Vos ''(second round)''
Draw
References
{{2012 in PDC darts
2012 PDC European Tour
2012 in Dutch sport