2012 PDC Pro Tour

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

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.

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

128 players were granted Tour Cards, which enabled them to participate in all Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events.

Tour cards

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

The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School took place at the Metrodome in Barnsley from January 19–22.

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:^[4]

Players Championships

(All matches – best of 11 legs)

• Spanish Darts Trophy Players Championship 1 at the Hotel Melia Benidorm, Alicante on 28 January.^[5]

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Justin Pipe	6
Shaun Griffiths	2			Justin Pipe	6
Ian White	6			Ian White	4
Darren Whittingham	2							Justin Pipe	6
Magnus Caris	6							Paul Nicholson	0
Wes Newton	5			Magnus Caris	2
Paul Nicholson	6			Paul Nicholson	6
Mark Walsh	3

• Spanish Darts Trophy Players Championship 2 at the Hotel Melia Benidorm, Alicante on 29 January.^[6]

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Justin Pipe	6
Ross Smith	3			Justin Pipe	6
Matt Clark	6			Matt Clark	5
Kim Huybrechts	4							Justin Pipe	3
Michael Smith	6							Michael Smith	6
Dave Chisnall	3			Michael Smith	6
James Wade	6			James Wade	4
Alex Roy	5

• Players Championship 3 at the Rivermead Centre, Reading on 10 March.^[7]

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Gary Anderson	6
Dave Chisnall	3			Gary Anderson	4
Wes Newton	6			Wes Newton	6
Mervyn King	3							Wes Newton	1
Simon Whitlock	6							Phil Taylor	6
Terry Jenkins	2			Simon Whitlock	1
Phil Taylor	6			Phil Taylor	6
Kim Huybrechts	1

• Players Championship 4 at the Rivermead Centre, Reading on 11 March.^[8]

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Dave Chisnall	6
Andy Hamilton	0			Dave Chisnall	6
Steve Beaton	6			Steve Beaton	5
Jamie Caven	5							Dave Chisnall	6
Kim Huybrechts	6							Phil Taylor	5
Raymond van Barneveld	5			Phil Taylor	6
Phil Taylor	6			Kim Huybrechts	4
James Wade	4

• Players Championship 5 at the K2 Centre, Crawley on 26 May.^[9]

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Terry Jenkins	6
Justin Pipe	4			Terry Jenkins	2
Dave Chisnall	6			Dave Chisnall	6
Raymond van Barneveld	3							Dave Chisnall	6
Mark Webster	6							Ian White	2
Kim Huybrechts	2			Mark Webster	2
Ian White	6			Ian White	6
Ronnie Baxter	4

• Players Championship 6 at the K2 Centre, Crawley on 27 May.^[10]

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Justin Pipe	6
Simon Whitlock	3			Justin Pipe	6
Raymond van Barneveld	6			Raymond van Barneveld	4
Mervyn King	2							Justin Pipe	4
Dave Chisnall	6							Dave Chisnall	6
Kim Huybrechts	4			Dave Chisnall	6
Keegan Brown	6			Keegan Brown	1
Terry Jenkins	3

• Players Championship 7 at the NIA Community Hall, Birmingham on 16 June.^[11]

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Adrian Lewis	6
Mark Walsh	4			Adrian Lewis	6
Colin Lloyd	6			Colin Lloyd	3
Gary Anderson	1							Adrian Lewis	3
Ronnie Baxter	6							Ronnie Baxter	6
Peter Hudson	1			Ronnie Baxter	6
Wes Newton	6			Wes Newton	5
Simon Whitlock	5

• Players Championship 8 at the NIA Community Hall, Birmingham on 17 June.^[12]

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Michael van Gerwen	6
Justin Pipe	1			Michael van Gerwen	6
Robert Thornton	6			Robert Thornton	2
Steve Beaton	2							Michael van Gerwen	6
Simon Whitlock	6							Simon Whitlock	1
Mervyn King	1			Simon Whitlock	6
Wes Newton	6			Wes Newton	3
Darren Webster	5

• Players Championship 9 at the K2 Centre, Crawley on 30 June.^[13]

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Adrian Lewis	6
Brendan Dolan	4			Adrian Lewis	5
Ronnie Baxter	6			Ronnie Baxter	6
Simon Whitlock	5							Ronnie Baxter	4
Dave Chisnall	6							Dave Chisnall	6
Ian White	4			Dave Chisnall	6
James Wade	6			James Wade	2
Peter Wright	5

• Players Championship 10 at the K2 Centre, Crawley on 1 July.^[14]

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Ian White	6
Justin Pipe	2			Ian White	4
Colin Lloyd	6			Colin Lloyd	6
Terry Jenkins	4							Colin Lloyd	6
Andy Hamilton	6							Andy Hamilton	5
Mark Hylton	4			Andy Hamilton	6
Kim Huybrechts	6			Kim Huybrechts	4
Simon Whitlock	2

• Players Championship 11 at the Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley on 15 September.^[15]

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Ian White	6
Justin Pipe	4			Ian White	6
Terry Jenkins	6			Terry Jenkins	0
Simon Whitlock	3							Ian White	1
Michael van Gerwen	6							Michael van Gerwen	6
Gary Anderson	0			Michael van Gerwen	6
Andy Hamilton	6			Andy Hamilton	2
Mervyn King	3

• Players Championship 12 at the Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley on 16 September.^[16]

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Dennis Priestley	6
Justin Pipe	5			Dennis Priestley	2
Simon Whitlock	6			Simon Whitlock	6
Steve Maish	5							Simon Whitlock	6
Andy Hamilton	6							Andy Hamilton	4
Nigel Heydon	5			Andy Hamilton	6
Michael van Gerwen	6			Michael van Gerwen	2
Prakash Jiwa	5

• Players Championship 13 at the Citywest Hotel, Dublin on 6 October.^[17]

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Robert Thornton	6
Denis Ovens	5			Robert Thornton	6
Scott Rand	6			Scott Rand	5
Kim Huybrechts	3							Robert Thornton	5
Arron Monk	6							Michael van Gerwen	6
Mark Webster	3			Arron Monk	1
Michael van Gerwen	6			Michael van Gerwen	6
Joe Cullen	2

• Players Championship 14 at the Citywest Hotel, Dublin on 7 October.^[18]

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Robert Thornton	6
Mervyn King	3			Robert Thornton	6
Wes Newton	6			Wes Newton	3
Ronnie Baxter	3							Robert Thornton	6
Dave Chisnall	6							Gary Anderson	5
Kim Huybrechts	4			Dave Chisnall	3
Gary Anderson	6			Gary Anderson	6
Raymond van Barneveld	4

• Players Championship 15 at the Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney, Ireland on 20 October.^[19]

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Robert Thornton	6
Andy Smith	5			Robert Thornton	6
Darren Webster	6			Darren Webster	3
Colin Osborne	5							Robert Thornton	1
Adrian Gray	6							Peter Wright	6
Andy Hamilton	5			Adrian Gray	4
Peter Wright	6			Peter Wright	6
Steve Beaton	4

• Players Championship 16 at the Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney, Ireland on 21 October.^[20]

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Jamie Caven	6
Nigel Heydon	0			Jamie Caven	3
Michael van Gerwen	6			Michael van Gerwen	6
Kevin McDine	1							Michael van Gerwen	6
Nick Fullwell	6							Nick Fullwell	3
John Henderson	2			Nick Fullwell	6
Peter Wright	6			Peter Wright	4
Ian White	1

• Players Championship 17 at the K2 Centre, Crawley on 3 November.^[21]

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Dennis Priestley	6
Kevin Painter	4			Dennis Priestley	6
Michael van Gerwen	6			Michael van Gerwen	1
Peter Wright	4							Dennis Priestley	2
Ian White	6							Simon Whitlock	6
Justin Pipe	1			Ian White	4
Simon Whitlock	6			Simon Whitlock	6
Terry Jenkins	4

• Players Championship 18 at the K2 Centre, Crawley on 4 November.^[22]

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Dave Chisnall	6
Robert Thornton	3			Dave Chisnall	1
Michael van Gerwen	6			Michael van Gerwen	6
Colin Lloyd	2							Michael van Gerwen	6
Simon Whitlock	6							Ian White	5
Terry Jenkins	5			Simon Whitlock	4
Ian White	6			Ian White	6
Brendan Dolan	1

• Players Championship 19 at the Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley on 24 November.^[23]

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Dave Chisnall	6
Kim Huybrechts	5			Dave Chisnall	6
Michael van Gerwen	6			Michael van Gerwen	3
Dennis Priestley	5							Dave Chisnall	6
Robert Thornton	6							Phil Taylor	3
Arron Monk	1			Robert Thornton	5
Phil Taylor	6			Phil Taylor	6
Gary Anderson	1

• Players Championship 20 at the Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley on 25 November.^[24]

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
Robert Thornton	6
John Part	1			Robert Thornton	5
Phil Taylor	6			Phil Taylor	6
Dennis Priestley	2							Phil Taylor	5
Adrian Lewis	6							Michael van Gerwen	6
Peter Wright	5			Adrian Lewis	2
Michael van Gerwen	6			Michael van Gerwen	6
Connie Finnan	1

Youth Tour

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]

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-Up	Ref.
1	Saturday April 21	Derby	Arron Monk	4-0	James Hubbard	[28]
2	Saturday April 21		Michael Smith	4-2	Daniel King-Morris	[28]
3	Sunday April 22		Arron Monk	4–0	Michael Smith	[29]
4	Saturday May 19	Reading	James Hubbard	4-1	Ben Songhurst	[30]
5	Saturday May 19		Michael Smith	4-1	Jamie Landon	[30]
6	Sunday May 20		Arron Monk	4-2	Liam Showell	[31]
7	Saturday June 2	Cologne	Adam Smith-Neale	4-2	Josh Payne	[32]
8	Saturday June 2		Chris Aubrey	4-3	Jamie Lewis	[32]
9	Sunday June 3		Jamie Lewis	4-3	Arron Monk	[33]
10	Saturday July 14	Barnsley	Sam Hamilton	4-3	Reece Robinson	[34]
11	Saturday July 14		Aaron Monk	4-2	Sam Head	[34]
12	Sunday July 15		James Hubbard	4–0	Sam Hill	[35]
13	Saturday August 4	Derby	Jamie Lewis	4–0	Michael Smith	[36]
14	Saturday August 4		Jamie Landon	4–3	John de Kruijf	[36]
15	Sunday August 5		Michael Smith	4-0	Lee Whitworth	[37]
16	Saturday September 29	Wigan	Michael Smith	4–1	Ricky Evans	[38]
17	Saturday September 29		Keegan Brown	4–1	George Killington	[38]
18	Sunday September 30		Michael Smith	4-2	Josh Payne	[39]

UK Open Qualifiers

No.	Date	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-Up
1	Saturday February 11	K2 Centre, Crawley	Wes Newton	6–3	Kim Huybrechts
2	Sunday February 12		Michael van Gerwen	6–1	Dave Chisnall
3	Saturday March 24	Barnsley Metrodome, Barnsley	Phil Taylor	6–2	Brendan Dolan
4	Sunday March 25		Phil Taylor	6–3	Dennis Smith
5	Saturday April 14		Raymond van Barneveld	6–3	Andy Smith
6	Sunday April 15		Raymond van Barneveld	6–2	Ian White
7	Saturday May 5	NIA Community Hall, Birmingham	Terry Jenkins	6–3	Andy Hamilton
8	Sunday May 6		Wes Newton	6–2	Justin Pipe

European Tour

No.	Also known as the	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-Up	Ref.
1	Austrian Darts Open	Arena Nova, Vienna	Justin Pipe	6–3	James Wade	[40]
2	German Darts Championship	Tempodrom, Berlin	Phil Taylor	6–2	Dave Chisnall	[41]
3	European Darts Open	Maritim Hotel, Düsseldorf	Raymond van Barneveld	6–4	Dave Chisnall	[42]
4	German Darts Masters	Glaspalast, Stuttgart	Adrian Lewis	6–3	Ian White	[43]
5	Dutch Darts Masters	Van Der Valk Hotel, Nuland	Simon Whitlock	6–1	Paul Nicholson	[44]

Scandinavian Darts Corporation Pro Tour

No.	Also known as the	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-Up	Ref.
1	SDC Denmark 1	Park Inn Copenhagen Airport, Copenhagen, Denmark	Jarkko Komula	6–5	Jani Haavisto	[45]
2	SDC Denmark 2		Jani Haavisto	6–5	Robert Wagner	[45]
3	SDC Finland 1	Hotel Tallukka, Vaasky, Finland	Robert Wagner	6–4	Ulf Ceder	[46]
4	SDC Finland 2		Jarkko Komula	6–1	Ulf Ceder	[47]
5	SDC Sweden 1	Stockholm, Sweden	Jani Haavisto	6–4	Jarkko Komula	[48]
6	SDC Sweden 2		Magnus Caris	6–5	Vladimir Andersen	[49]
7	SDC Denmark 3	Park Inn Copenhagen Airport, Copenhagen, Denmark	Veijo Viinikka	6–4	Magnus Caris	[50]
8	SDC Denmark 4		Dennis Lindskjold	6–3	Niels Jørgen Hansen	[51]

North American Pro Tour

No.	Also known as the	Venue	Winner	Legs	Runner-Up	Ref.
1	North American Pro Tour Chicago	Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Chicago, Chicago, United States	John Part	6–1	Darin Young	[52]
2	North American Pro Tour Ontario	Hilton London Ontario, Ontario, Canada	Andre Carman	6–3	Darin Young	[53]
3	North American Pro Tour Atlantic City	Resorts Casino & Hotel, Atlantic City, Atlantic City, United States	Larry Butler	6–1	Darin Young	[54]
4	World Dart Series 1	United States	Scott Wollaston	6–1	Larry Butler	[55]

Australian Grand Prix Pro Tour

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.
1	Saturday 21 January	DPA Australian Matchplay 1	Barry Jouannet Jr	6–3	Bill Aitken	[56]
2	Sunday 22 January	DPA Australian Matchplay 2	Sean Reed	6–5	Rob Modra	[57]
3	Saturday 4 February	Mittagong RSL Open 1	Russell Stewart	6–4	Ben Gaiter	[58]
4	Sunday 5 February	Mittagong RSL Open 2	Harley Kemp	6–4	Phillip Hazel	[59]
5	Saturday 18 February	Redcliffe Darts Open 1	Shane Tichowitsch	6–5	Gordon Mathers	[60]
6	Sunday 19 February	Redcliffe Darts Open 2	Sean Reed	6–1	Craig Gwynne	[61]
7	Saturday 3 March	Victoria Open 1	Jackson Wilson-Young	6–4	Wayne Clegg	[62]
8	Sunday 4 March	Victoria Open 2	Sean Reed	6–4	Rob Modra	[63]
9	Saturday 31 March	Boorowa Open 1	Jackson Wilson-Young	6–2	Shane Tichowitsch	[64]
10	Sunday 1 April	Boorowa Open 2	Rob Modra	6–4	Shane Tichowitsch	[65]
11	Saturday 14 April	Dosh DPA Kazco Open 1	Shane Tichowitsch	6–3	Beau Anderson	[66]
12	Sunday 15 April	Dosh DPA Kazco Open 2	Shane Tichowitsch	6–5	Beau Anderson	[67]
13	Saturday 28 April	Cabbage Tree Hotel Open	Shane Tichowitsch	6–3	Ben Gaiter	[68]
14	Sunday 29 April	DPA Australian Singles	Gordon Mathers	6–5	Wayne Clegg	[69]
15	Saturday 26 May	Redcliffe Darts Open 3	Gordon Mathers	6–0	James Bailey	[70]
16	Sunday 27 May	Redcliffe Darts Open 4	Craig Gwynne	6–2	Sean Reed	[71]
17	Saturday 9 June	South Australian Open 1	Shane Tichowitsch	6–3	Sean Reed	[72]
18	Sunday 10 June	South Australian Open 2	Shane Tichowitsch	6–2	Sean Reed	[73]
19	Saturday 23 June	Billabong Tavern Darts Open	Shane Tichowitsch	6–1	Sean Reed	[74]
20	Sunday 24 June	Russell Stewart Classic	Shane Tichowitsch	6–5	Sean Reed	[75]
21	Saturday 14 July	SID Darts Open	Shane Tichowitsch	6–2	Wayne Clegg	[76]
22	Sunday 15 July	Warilla Bowls Club Open	Sean Reed	6–3	Shane Tichowitsch	[77]
23	Saturday 11 August	Robina Gold Coast Open 1	David Platt	6–5	Pat Orreal	[78]
24	Sunday 12 August	Robina Gold Coast Open 2	David Platt	6–5	Jeremy Fagg	[79]
25	Friday 17 August	Australian Open	Phil Taylor	6–2	Simon Whitlock	[80]
26	Saturday 18 August	DPA Tournament of Champions	Phil Taylor	6–3	Masumi Chino	[81]
27	Sunday 19 August	DPA Australian Masters	Simon Whitlock	6–5	Phil Taylor	[82]
28	Saturday 6 October	Goulburn Open 1	Tic Bridge	6–3	Jackson Wilson-Young	[83]
30	Friday 26 October	Canberra DPA Event 1	Gordon Mathers	6–4	Russell Stewart	[84]
31	Saturday 27 October	Canberra DPA Event 2	Kyle Anderson	6–3	Gordon Mathers	[85]

Other PDC tournaments

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
September 9	PDC World New Zealand Qualifying Event	Dave Harrington	beat	n/a	[86]
September 30	PDC World Japan Qualifying Event	Haruki Muramatsu	6–0	Sho Katsumi	[87]
September 30	PDC World Germany Qualifying Event	Andree Welge	2–1	Tomas Seyler	[88]
October 14	PDC World China Qualifying Event	Leung Chen Nam	beat	Shen Jianhua	[89]
October 14	Tom Kirby Memorial Trophy	Daryl Gurney	6–3	Campbell Jackson	[90]
October 14	PDC World South Africa Qualifying Event	Charl Pietersen	8–1	Charles Losper	[91]
October 19	Gleneagle Irish Masters	Gary Anderson	6–1	Colin Osborne	[92]
October 21	PDC World Philippines Qualifying Event	Lourence Ilagan	beat	Andy Villamor	[93]
October 28	Oceanic Masters	Kyle Anderson	8–3	Tic Bridge	[94]
November 10	PDC World South Asian Qualifying Event	Mohd Latif Sapup	beat	n/a	[95][96]
November 10	PDC World Central European Qualifying Event	Max Hopp	6–1	Maik Langendorf	[95][97]
November 10	PDC World West European Qualifying Event	Carlos Rodríguez	6–5	Stefan Couwenberg	[95][98]
November 17	PDC World East European Qualifying Event	Robert Marijanovic	6–1	Gyula Perle	[99][100]
November 26	PDC World Darts Championship PDPA Qualifier	Stuart Kellett	5–1	John Bowles	[101][102]

References

External links

• 2012 PDC Calendar