2015 Masters (darts)


The 2015 PDC Masters was the third staging of the non-ranking Masters darts tournament, held by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was played from 31 January to 1 February 2015 at Arena MK in Milton Keynes, England. This was the first time the tournament was held in the early months of the calendar year, in contrast to the two previous editions which were held in November.
James Wade was the defending champion, having beaten Mervyn King 11–10 in the 2014 tournament's final, but he lost in the quarter-finals to Gary Anderson.
Michael van Gerwen won his first Masters title by defeating Raymond van Barneveld 11–6 in the final, which he won with a tournament record average of 112.49 in the last game.

Qualifiers

The tournament only featured the top 16 players in the PDC Order of Merit. These were:
  1. Michael van Gerwen
  2. Phil Taylor '
  3. Gary Anderson '
  4. Adrian Lewis '
  5. Peter Wright '
  6. James Wade '
  7. Simon Whitlock '
  8. Robert Thornton '
  9. Dave Chisnall '
  10. Raymond van Barneveld '
  11. Mervyn King '
  12. Brendan Dolan '
  13. Ian White '
  14. Andy Hamilton '
  15. Terry Jenkins '
  16. Wes Newton ''''

Prize money

The total prize fund was £200,000.