2012 PDC Pro Tour


The 2012 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. They were the Professional Dart Players Association 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.
Stage
Winner£15,000£6,000£500
Runner-up£7,500£3,000£300
Semi-finalists£5,000£2,000£200
£3,000£1,000£100
Last 16£1,500£600£75
Last 32£1,000£400£50
Last 64£200£200N/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 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:

Q School

The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School took place at the Metrodome in Barnsley from January 19–22.
January 19January 20January 21January 22


Players Championships

Players Championship 1

Players Championship 2

Players Championship 3

  • Players Championship 3 at the Rivermead Centre, Reading on 10 March.

Players Championship 4

  • Players Championship 4 at the Rivermead Centre, Reading on 11 March.

Players Championship 5

  • Players Championship 5 at the K2 Centre, Crawley on 26 May.

Players Championship 6

Players Championship 7

Players Championship 8

  • Players Championship 8 at the NIA Community Hall, Birmingham on 17 June.

Players Championship 9

  • Players Championship 9 at the K2 Centre, Crawley on 30 June.

Players Championship 10

Players Championship 11

Players Championship 12

Players Championship 13

Players Championship 14

Players Championship 15

  • Players Championship 15 at the Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney, Ireland on 20 October.

Players Championship 16

Players Championship 17

  • Players Championship 17 at the K2 Centre, Crawley on 3 November.

Players Championship 18

  • Players Championship 18 at the K2 Centre, Crawley on 4 November.

Players Championship 19

Players Championship 20

Youth Tour

The PDC Youth Tour consisted of 18 events held across seven weekends, where two events were played on the Saturday and one event on the Sunday with the exception of the final weekend. Events were open to players aged between 14 and 21 at the beginning of the year. The top 32 players from the Youth Tour Order of Merit qualified for the 2013 PDC World Youth Championship.
No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Saturday April 21

North American Pro Tour

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.DateAlso known asWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Saturday 21 JanuaryDPA Australian Matchplay 1Barry Jouannet Jr

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.
DateEventWinnerScoreRunner-UpRef
September 9PDC World New Zealand Qualifying Event