2015 PDC Pro Tour


The 2015 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. Professional Dart Players Association Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers, and European Tour events were the events that made up the Pro Tour. This year there were 35 PDC Pro Tour events held – 20 Players Championships, six UK Open Qualifiers, and nine European Tour events.

Prize money

Prize money for each Players Championship increased from £50,000 to £60,000 per event and the European Tour increased from £100,000 to £115,000 per event. UK Open Qualifiers stayed the same as last year.
Stage
Winner£25,000£10,000£10,000£2,000
Runner-up£10,000£5,000£5,000£1,000
Semi-finalists£5,000£2,500£2,500£500
£3,500£2,000£1,500£300
Last 16£2,000£1,500£1,000£200
Last 32£1,500£750£500£100
Last 48£1,000N/AN/AN/A
Last 64N/A£250£250£50
Total£115,000£60,000£50,000£10,000

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 2015 Tour Cards were awarded to:
The offer of four places for the semi-finalists of the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship were withdrawn from this year.

Q-School

The PDC Pro Tour Q-School took place at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan from January 14–17. The following players won two-year tour cards on each of the days played:
January 14January 15January 16January 17




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A Q-School Order of Merit was also created by using the following points system:
StagePoints
Last 89
Last 165
Last 323
Last 642
Last 1281

To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places were allocated down the final Q-School Order of Merit. The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result:

UK Open Qualifiers

Six qualifiers took place to determine seedings for the 2015 UK Open.
No.DateVenueWinnerScoreRunner-upRef.
1Friday 6 FebruaryPDCFlagR|Adrian Lewis|b=1PDCFlag|Michael van Gerwen

Players Championships

There were 20 Players Championship events in 2015.
No.DateVenueWinnerScoreRunner-upRef.
1Saturday 14 MarchPDCFlagR|Gary Anderson|b=1PDCFlag|James Wade

PDC Challenge Tour

The 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 received two-year Tour Cards to move onto the PDC Pro Tour in 2016 and 2017. In addition, the players who finished from third to eighth will receive free entry to the 2016 PDC Q-School.
RankPlayerEarnings
1£7,350
2£7,350
3£5,600
4£4,650
5£4,350
6£4,250
7£3,800
8£3,800

No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Saturday 21 MarchPDCFlagR|Kirk Shepherd|b=1PDCFlag|Jack Tweddell

PDC Development Tour

The PDC Unicorn Development Tour was open to players aged 16–23. The players who finished first and second on the Order of Merit received two-year Tour Cards to move onto the PDC Pro Tour in 2016 and 2017. In addition, the players who finished from third to eighth will receive free entry to the 2016 PDC Q-School. Prize money was doubled from the 2014 season, with £200,000 on offer for the 17 youth events, including £40,000 for the 2015 PDC World Youth Championship.
RankPlayerEarnings
1£8,400
2£6,900
3£5,950
4£5,800
5£5,550
6£5,150
7£4,900
8£4,600

Scandinavian Darts Corporation Pro Tour

The Scandinavian Pro Tour had eight events in 2015, with a total of €40,000 on offer. The top player, Kim Viljanen, and the runner-up, Per Laursen, on the 2015 SDC Order of Merit qualified to play in the 2016 World Championship preliminary round.
No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Saturday 21 MarchPDCFlagR|Kim Viljanen|org=PDCNB|b=1PDCFlag|Steen Lysen|org=PDCNB

EuroAsian Darts Corporation (EADC) Pro Tour

The 6 EADC Pro Tour events and the 2016 World 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 are eligible to play.
No.DateVenueWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Saturday 21 FebruaryPDCFlagR|Aleksei Kadochnikov|org=EADC|b=1PDCFlag|Maxim Belov|org=EADC

Australian Grand Prix Pro Tour

The Australian Grand Prix rankings are calculated from 25 events across Australia. The top player in the rankings,, automatically qualified for the 2016 World Championship.
No.DateAlso known asWinnerLegsRunner-upRef.
1Friday 13 FebruaryEttamogah Harrows Australian Grand Prix 16 – 4
2Saturday 14 FebruaryEttamogah Harrows Australian Grand Prix 26 – 5
3Sunday 15 FebruaryEttamogah Harrows Australian Grand Prix 36 – 5
4Friday 6 MarchDosh Balcatta AGP 16 – 1
5Saturday 7 MarchDosh Balcatta AGP 26 – 2
6Sunday 8 MarchDosh Balcatta AGP 36 – 5
7Saturday 28 MarchDPA Australian Matchplay 16 – 1
8Sunday 29 MarchDPA Australian Matchplay 26 – 2
9Saturday 11 AprilSouth Australian Open 16 – 4
10Sunday 12 AprilSouth Australian Open 26 – 0
11Saturday 16 MayWarilla Bowls Club Open 16 – 0
12Sunday 17 MayWarilla Bowls Club Open 26 – 5
13Friday 29 MayQueensland Open 16 – 3
14Saturday 30 MayQueensland Open 26 – 3
15Sunday 31 MayQueensland Open 36 – ?
16Saturday 20 JuneVictoria Open 16 – 5
17Sunday 21 JuneVictoria Open 26 – 4
18Saturday 8 AugustPerth Masters Qualifier 15 – 0
19Sunday 9 AugustPerth Masters Qualifier 25 – 1
20Monday 17 AugustSydney Masters Qualifier 16 – 2
21Tuesday 18 AugustSydney Masters Qualifier 26 – 2
22Wednesday 19 AugustSydney Masters Qualifier 36 – 4
23Thursday 5 NovemberHarrows Australian GP 16 – 3
24Friday 6 NovemberHarrows Australian GP 26 – 4
25Saturday 7 NovemberHarrows Australian GP 36 – 3
26Sunday 8 NovemberHarrows Oceanic Classic6 – 1

World Darts Championship international qualifiers

First round qualifiers
Preliminary round qualifiers