2014 PDC Pro Tour

The **2014 PDC Pro Tour** was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Professional Dart Players Association Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers, and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. This year there were 34 PDC Pro Tour events held – 20 Players Championships, 6 UK Open Qualifiers, and 8 European Tour events.

## Prize money

Prize money for each UK Open Qualifier was increased from £35,000 to £50,000 to match the 2013 Players Championships, which themselves remained unchanged for this year. European Tour events offered £100,000 per event, the same as in 2013.

## 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 2014 Tour Cards were awarded to:

* (63) The top 64 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2014 PDC World Darts Championship.
	+ Co Stompé, Jani Haavisto and Steve Coote resigned their cards.
* (42) The 42 qualifiers from 2014 Q-School.
* (16) The 16 qualifiers from 2013 Q-School not ranked in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit following the World Championship.
* (1) Four semi-finalists of the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship, only Stephen Bunting accepted his tour card.
* (1) The winner of the 2013 Scandinavian Order of Merit (Per Laursen).
* (1) The winner of the 2012 Scandinavian Order of Merit (Jarkko Komula).
* (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2013 Challenge Tour (Ben Ward and Adam Hunt).
* (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2012 Youth Tour (Chris Aubrey and Josh Payne).

while a further 16 players won automatic Tour Cards at Qualifying School. To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places were allocated down the final Qualifying School Order of Merit, with 26 of the top 27 players taking a Tour Card.

### Q School

The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School took place at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan from January 15–18. The following players won two-year tour cards on each of the days played:

 Benito van de Pas
 Toni Alcinas
 Andrew Gilding
 Andy Parsons
 Gerwyn Price
 Dave Bird
 Matt Padgett
 Robert Owen
 Tony Newell
 Nigel Heydon
 Joe Murnan
 Jason Hogg

A Q School Order of Merit was also created by using the following points system:

 Last 128 | 1

To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places were allocated down the final Qualifying School Order of Merit, with 26 of the top 27 players taking a Tour Card. Stuart Bousfield turned down his chance to take up a Tour Card from the rankings, and as such is removed from the standings for 2014.

1. Brian Woods
2. Zoran Lerchbacher
3. Mick Todd
4. Pete Dyos
5. Keegan Brown
6. Stuart White
7. Steve Grubb
8. Ian Moss
9. Rowby-John Rodriguez
10. Christian Kist
11. Jim Walker
12. Dave Ladley
13. Mareno Michels
14. Mark Barilli
15. Jamie Bain
16. Michael Barnard
17. Davey Dodds
18. Steve Hine
19. Terry Temple
20. Ross Twell
21. Stuart Anderson
22. Conan Whitehead
23. Mark Cox
24. William O'Connor
25. ~~Stuart Bousfield~~
26. Joey ten Berge
27. Kevin Voornhout

## Players Championships

There were 20 Players Championship events in 2014.

## UK Open Qualifiers

There were 6 qualifiers for the 2014 UK Open, which were moved to earlier in the season, with the tournament being moved from June to March.

## PDC European Tour

PDC European Tour events had 48 players competing in each event this year, instead of the 64 previously used. The top 16 on the one year Pro Tour Order of Merit entered each tournament at the last 32 stage. Twenty players from the UK Qualifier, eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier in each event met in the first round with the 16 winners going on to face the 16 seeded players.

There were eight European Tour events this year:

## PDC Challenge Tour

The newly-created PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour was open to all PDPA Associate Members who failed to win a Tour Card at Qualifying School. The players who finished first and second will receive two-year Tour Cards to move onto the PDC ProTour in 2015 and 2016. In addition, the players who finished from third to eighth received free entry to the 2015 PDC Qualifying School. Mark Frost and Alan Tabern were the top two players at the end of the year.

## PDC Youth Tour

The PDC Unicorn Youth Tour was open to players aged 16–21. The players who finished first and second on the Order of Merit will receive two-year Tour Cards to move onto the PDC ProTour in 2015 and 2016. In addition, the players who finished from third to eighth received free entry to the 2015 PDC Qualifying School. Dimitri van den Bergh and Josh Payne were the top two players at the end of the year.

## Scandinavian Darts Corporation Pro Tour

The Scandinavian Pro Tour had eight events this year, with a total of €40,000 on offer. The winner after all nine events (Jani Haavisto) qualified to play in the 2015 PDC World Darts Championship.

## Eurasian Darts Corporation (EADC) Pro Tour

The 2 EADC Pro Tour events and the 2015 PDC World Darts Championship Qualifier will be played at Omega Plaza Business Center, Moscow. Players from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine were eligible to play.

## Australian Grand Prix Pro Tour

The Australian Grand Prix rankings are calculated from events across Australia. The top player in the rankings (Laurence Ryder) automatically qualified for the 2015 PDC World Darts Championship.

## Other PDC tournaments

The PDC also held a number of other tournaments during 2014. These were mainly smaller events with low prize money, and some have eligibility restrictions. All of these tournaments are non-ranking.

## References

1. ↑ PDC Prize Fund Increases Confirmed. PDC.
2. ↑ 2014 PDC Qualifying School Day One. PDC.
3. ↑ 2014 PDC Qualifying School: Kyle Anderson first of four to qualify. Sky Sports.
4. ↑ 2014 PDC Qualifying School Day Two. PDC.
5. ↑ German ace Tomas Seyler was joined by three new PDC Tour Card Holders. Sky Sports.
6. ↑ 2014 PDC Qualifying School Day Three. PDC.
7. ↑ Gary Stone, Matt Padgett, Robert Owen and Tony Newell win PDC Tour cards. Sky Sports.
8. ↑ 2014 PDC Qualifying School Day Four. PDC.
9. ↑ PDC Qualifying School: Cards for Steve West, Nigel Heydon, Joe Murnan and Jason Hogg. Sky Sports.
10. ↑ 2014 PDC Tour Card Holders Confirmed. PDC.
11. ↑ Anderson Wins Third Title Of The Year. PDC.tv.
12. ↑ Van Gerwen Victorious in Barnsley. PDC.tv.
13. ↑ Anderson Pips Taylor In Crawley. PDC.tv.
14. ↑ Imperious Taylor's Crawley Triumph. PDC.tv.
15. ↑ Dolan Wins Second Title Of The Year. PDC.tv.
16. ↑ Thornton Triumphs In Wigan. PDC.tv.
17. ↑ Thornton Denies Brown In Wigan. PDC.tv.
18. ↑ Thornton Claims Fantastic Wigan Double. PDC.tv.
19. ↑ Super Wright Claims Crawley Win. PDC.tv.
20. ↑ Jenkins Returns To Winners' Circle. PDC.tv.
21. ↑ Brilliant Anderson's Coventry Win. PDC.tv.
22. ↑ Whitlock Triumphs In Coventry. PDC.tv.
23. ↑ Six Of The Best For Anderson. PDC.tv.
24. ↑ Mighty Mike Claims Crawley Crown. PDC.tv.
25. ↑ Pipe Secures Long-Awaited Success. PDC.tv.
26. ↑ Deadly Dolan's Dublin Delight. PDC.tv.
27. ↑ Battling Wade Edges Crawley Triumph. PDC.tv.
28. ↑ Van Gerwen Denies Wade Crawley Double. PDC.tv.
29. ↑ Diamond Dazzles To Seal Coventry Crown. PDC.tv.
30. ↑ Seventh Heaven For Super Scot Anderson. PDC.tv.
31. ↑ Long Wait For Hamilton Ends. PDC.tv.
32. ↑ Bunting Wins First Pro Tour Title. PDC.tv.
33. ↑ Taylor Wins With Two Perfect Nines!. PDC.tv.
34. ↑ Dolan Takes Qualifier Four In Wigan. PDC.tv.
35. ↑ Anderson Storms To Qualifier Five Win. PDC.tv.
36. ↑ Van Gerwen Dominant In Wigan. PDC.tv.
37. ↑ European Tour Event & Entry Info. PDC.
38. ↑ Anderson Edges Pipe For German Win. PDC.tv.
39. ↑ Mighty Mike Claims Dutch Masters Win. PDC.tv.
40. ↑ Brilliant Taylor's German Masters Triumph. PDC.tv.
41. ↑ Gutsy van der Voort's Austrian Joy. PDC.tv.
42. ↑ Superb Wade Wins Gibraltar Darts Trophy. PDC.tv.
43. ↑ Wright Tastes European Tour Glory. PDC.tv.
44. ↑ King Reigns Supreme In Sindelfingen. PDC.tv.
45. ↑ Smith's European Darts Trophy Joy. PDC.tv.
46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 Wins For Robinson And Meulenkamp. PDC.tv.
47. ↑ Tabern Claims Challenge Tour Win. PDC.tv.
48. ↑ Challenge Tour Victory For Edgar. PDC.tv.
49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 Memorable Double For Fowler. PDC.tv.
50. ↑ 50.0 50.1 Challenge Tour Wins For Roy & Tabern. PDC.tv.
51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 Tabern & Foreman's Challenge Tour Joy. PDC.tv.
52. ↑ 52.0 52.1 Challenge Tour Wins For Frost & Claydon. PDC.tv.
53. ↑ 53.0 53.1 Frost Bites Back With Double Success. PDC.tv.
54. ↑ 54.0 54.1 Fowler & Clark Enjoy Challenge Tour Wins. PDC.tv.
55. ↑ 55.0 55.1 Youth Tour Wins For Kenny And Venes. PDC.tv.
56. ↑ Zuydwijk Storms To Maiden Youth Title. PDC.tv.
57. ↑ Youth Tour Win For Belgian Ace. PDC.tv.
58. ↑ 58.0 58.1 Maiden Wins for Hewson & Killington. PDC.tv.
59. ↑ 59.0 59.1 Youth Wins For Van Den Bergh And Hubbard. PDC.tv.
60. ↑ 60.0 60.1 Youth Tour Wins For Hunt & Kenny. PDC.tv.
61. ↑ 61.0 61.1 Reynolds & Robinson Seal Youth Wins. PDC.tv.
62. ↑ 62.0 62.1 Youth Tour Wins For Payne & Van Den Bergh. PDC.tv.
63. ↑ 63.0 63.1 Brown & Reynolds Earn Youth Wins. PDC.tv.
64. ↑ SDC Success For Haavisto & Wagner. PDC.
65. ↑ 65.0 65.1 65.2 Haavisto Among Opening SDC Winners. PDC.
66. ↑ 66.0 66.1 66.2 Finnish Trio Enjoy Sweden Wins. PDC.
67. ↑ 67.0 67.1 SDC Denmark Winners. Darts Database.
68. ↑ EADC ProTour I 2014. Moscow Darts Sport Federation.
69. ↑ EADC ProTour II 2014. Moscow Darts Sport Federation.
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72. ↑ 2014 Dosh Perth Open Results. Darts Database.
73. ↑ 2014 Dosh Perth Open Results. Darts Database.
74. ↑ 2014 Victoria Open Results. Darts Database.
75. ↑ 2014 Victoria Open Results. Darts Database.
76. ↑ 2014 NDDA Open Results. Darts Database.
77. ↑ 2014 NDDA Open Results. Darts Database.
78. ↑ 2014 Russell Stewart Classic Results. Darts Database.
79. ↑ 2014 DPA Australian Matchplay Results. Darts Database.
80. ↑ 2014 Kirribilli Club Open Results. Darts Database.
81. ↑ 2014 Kirribilli Club Open Results. Darts Database.
82. ↑ 2014 Southern Illawarra Open Results. Darts Database.
83. ↑ 2014 Southern Illawarra Open Results. Darts Database.
84. ↑ 2014 DPA Australian Singles Results. Darts Database.
85. ↑ 2014 Warilla Bowls Club Open Results. Darts Database.
86. ↑ 2014 Warilla Bowls Club Open Results. Darts Database.
87. ↑ World Championship Debut For McGrath. PDC.
88. ↑ Arendse Wins South African Masters. PDC.
89. ↑ Filipino darter makes it to world tourney. philstar.com.
90. ↑ Mighty Mike Seals Dublin Double. PDC.
91. ↑ ОТБОР НА ЧЕМПИОНАТ МИРА PDC 2015. Moscow Darts Sport Federation.
92. ↑ Hon Claims Alexandra Palace Place. PDC.
93. ↑ Reyes Seals Ally Pally Spot. PDC.
94. ↑ Weber Wins 2014 Oceanic Masters. PDC.
95. ↑ Wattimena Wins World Championship Spot. PDC.
96. ↑ 96.0 96.1 96.2 96.3 Final International Qualifiers Win Spots. PDC.
97. ↑ PDPA World Championship Qualifier. PDC.

## External links

* 2014 PDC calendar
* PDC event list