The 2023 PDC Pro Tour is the current series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the
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 ...
(PDC). Players Championships and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. There will be thirty Players Championship events and thirteen PDC European Tour events, as well as 24 events for the Challenge and Development Tours, and the Women's Series.
Prize money
On 21 November 2022, it was announced that the prize money for the Women's Series will be doubled in 2023.
The following day, it was announced that the prize money for Challenge/Development Tour events would also increase, with the prize fund going up from £10,000 to £15,000 per event.
On 15 February 2023, it was announced that the prize money for the PDC European Tour events was to increase by 25% with prize funds increasing from £140,000 to £175,000 per event.
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 events, the UK Open and qualifiers for all European Tour and select televised events.
Tour cards
The 2023 Tour Cards were awarded to:
* (64) The top 64 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2023 World Championship.
* (30) 30 qualifiers from 2022 Q-School not ranked in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit following the World Championship.
* (1) The winner of the 2021 UK Challenge Tour ( Jim Williams).
**Jim Williams was also in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit, and therefore, one extra Tour Card was awarded to a Q-School qualifier.
* (1) The winner of the 2021 European Challenge Tour ( Matt Campbell).
* (1) The winner of the 2021 UK Development Tour (
Bradley Brooks
Bradley Brooks (born 20 February 2000) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He won the 2020 PDC World Youth Championship.
Career
In 2017, Brooks won the Junior Darts Corporation European ...
).
* (1) The winner of the 2021 European Development Tour (
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (born 24 December 2000) is a professional Austrian darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. In 2017, he was the inaugural winner of the JDC (Junior Darts Corporation) World Championship.
Career
Rodrig ...
).
* (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2022 Challenge Tour (
Robert Owen
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and Danny van Trijp).
* (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2022 Development Tour (
Geert Nentjes
Geert Nentjes (born 4 September 1998) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.
Career
In 2018, he qualified for the 2018 UK Open, but was knocked out in the second round by Darryl Pilgrim.
In ...
and Jurjen van der Velde).
* (8) The daily winners from the 2023 Q-Schools.
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 has been reached. In 2023, that means that a total of 19 additional players qualified this way.
Q-School
The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School (or Q-School) was split into a UK and European Q-School. Players that are not from Europe could choose which Q-School to compete in.
Q-School was once again split into two stages; with all players who lost their tour cards after the 2023 World Championship and the players who finished from third to sixteenth in the 2022 Challenge Tour and Development Tour Orders of Merit exempted to the final stage. The first stage consisted a block of three days, with the last eight players on each day qualifying into the final stage. A ranking of other players will also be produced with players qualifying via that ranking to produce a full list of 128 players for each final stage.
Stage One took place between 9–11 January; with the Final Stage being held between 12–15 January. The winner of each day's play in the Final Stage will be given a PDC Tour Card.
The UK Q-School was held at the
Marshall Arena
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,
Milton Keynes
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, England; with the European Q-School held at
Wunderland Kalkar
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in Kalkar, Germany.
An Order of Merit was created for each Q School. For every win after the Last 64, the players will be awarded 1 point.
To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places will be allocated down the final Q-School Order of Merits in proportion to the number of participants, with 9 cards going to the UK Q-School and 10 going to the European Q-School.
The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result:
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The PDC European Tour will remain at 13 events for 2023, although there will be no event in
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Trier Arena
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German Darts Championship
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2023 Challenge Tour
The 2023 Challenge Tour was the 35th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.
Rankings
''For full rankings, see 2023 Challeng ...
will once again consist of 4 weekends of 5 events, and 1 weekend of 4 events. The top 2 players on the Order of Merit get a PDC Tour Card and a place at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, meanwhile the winner of the Order of Merit gets a spot at the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts as well. The Challenge Tour rankings are additionally used to top up Players Championship events should not all 128 Tour Card holders choose to enter. Furthermore the eight highest ranked players from the 2024 Challenge Tour without a tour card for the 2024 season qualified for the first round of the
2024 UK Open
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Marshall Arena
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Milton Keynes
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Milton Keynes
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The 2023 Development Tour will once again consist of 4 weekends of 5 events, and 1 weekend of 4 events. The top 2 players on the Order of Merit get a PDC Tour Card and a place at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, meanwhile the winner of the Order of Merit gets a spot at the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts as well. The Development Tour rankings additionally form a large part of qualification for the
2023 PDC World Youth Championship
The 2023 PDC Pro Tour is the current series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. There will be thirty Pla ...
. Furthermore the top 8 ranked players from the 2023 Development Tour Order of Merit, who do not manage to earn a Tour Card for the 2024 season, will qualify for the first round of the
2024 UK Open
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Marshall Arena
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Milton Keynes
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Morningside Arena
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Leicester
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The city l ...
Marshall Arena
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Milton Keynes
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The PDC Women's Series will be expanded from 20 to 24 events held over six weekends. The top 8 ranked players from money earned from the last 8 Women's Series events of 2022 and the first 12 events of 2023 will qualify for the
2023 Women's World Matchplay
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in
Blackpool
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Morningside Arena
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Leicester
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Marshall Arena
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Milton Keynes
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Marshall Arena
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Milton Keynes
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Following a break of three years, the PDC Asian Tour returns in 2023 with an expanded tour consisting of 24 events held over 8 weekends. The first 15 events were confirmed on 10 November 2022, with the remaining 9 to be confirmed at a later date.
The Asian Championship will also return, this time taking place in Shimonoseki between 5–8 October.
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, align=center, 4 , , style="text-align:left", {{PDCFlag, Tomoya Goto , , $3,050
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, align=center, 5 , , style="text-align:left", {{PDCFlag, Lok Yin Lee , , $2,600
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, align=center, 6 , , style="text-align:left", {{PDCFlag, Haruki Muramatsu , , $2,550
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, align=center, 7 , , style="text-align:left", {{PDCFlag, Keita Ono , , $2,150
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, align=center, 8 , , style="text-align:left", {{PDCFlag, Seigo Asada , , $1,600
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, align=center, 9 , , style="text-align:left", {{PDCFlag, Motomu Sakai , , $1,500
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Kobe
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Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic (PDCNB) Tour
On 15 January 2023, PDC Nordic & Baltic announced their 2023 calendar, which had 5 weekends in 5 different countries.
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, align=center, 2 , , style="text-align:left", {{PDCFlag, Daniel Larsson , , €1,650
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, align=center, 3 , , style="text-align:left", {{PDCFlag, Mindaugas Barauskas, org=PDCNB , , €1,425
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, align=center, 4 , , style="text-align:left", {{PDCFlag, Benjamin Drue Reus , , €1,100
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, align=center, 5 , , style="text-align:left", {{PDCFlag, Tom Veje , , €1,050
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, align=center, 7 , , style="text-align:left", {{PDCFlag, Cor Dekker, org=PDCNB , , €775
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, align=center, 8 , , style="text-align:left", {{PDCFlag, Hannu Suominen , , €775
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, align=center, 9 , , style="text-align:left", {{PDCFlag, Oskar Lukasiak , , €725
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, align=center, 10 , , style="text-align:left", {{PDCFlag, Paavo Myller , , €675
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Slangerup
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The town of Slangerup
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Gothenburg
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Vääksy
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Riga
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The Dartplayers Australia Tour will return to a unified tour for 2023. There will be 20 events held over 5 weekends, all held at the Warilla Bowls Club,
Barrack Heights
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Barrack Heights
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The Championship Darts Corporation will continue in 2023. It will host 12 events held over 4 weekends. The top players from the United States and Canada on the Tour Points List will qualify for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship.
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Before the CDC season starts, there will also be a new tournament called the Cross-Border Darts Challenge featuring 8 players from both Canada and the United States facing off against each other, with the winner earning a place at the 2023 US Darts Masters. The event will take place at
White Eagle Hall
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in
Jersey City
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African Continental Tour
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2023 PDC World Cup of Darts
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, as well as the
2023 PDC World Youth Championship
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