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The 2012 PDC Pro Tour is a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They are the Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) Players Championships, the UK Open Qualifiers, and the new European Tour events. This year there are 32 PDC Pro Tour events – 19 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 is £79,200.
| Stage | Players Championships and UK Open Qualifiers |
European Tour events |
|---|---|---|
| Second round | £200 | £250 |
| Third round | £400 | £1,000 |
| Fourth round | £600 | £1,500 |
| Quarter-finals | £1,000 | £2,500 |
| Semi-finals | £2,000 | £4,000 |
| Final | £3,000 | £7,000 |
| Winner | £6,000 | £15,000 |
In addition, £400 per Pro Tour event is reserved for a nine-dart finish. Should this not be won in an event, it is carried over to the next event, and so on until a nine-dart finish is achieved. Once the prize fund is won, it reverts to £400 for the next event.
PDC Pro Tour Card
128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables 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
- Tour Card holders from previous year's Qualifying School
- Tour card holders from previous year's invitations (BDO World Championship & World Youth Championship)
- 4 semi-finalists from the 2012 BDO World Championship (only Ted Hankey accepted a Tour Card)
- 2 finalists from the 2011 World Youth Championship
- 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.
| Date | Qualifiers |
|---|---|
| January 19 (Day 1) | Richie Howson, Andrew Cornwall, Darren Whittingham, Tony West[1] |
| January 20 (Day 2) | Steve West, Stuart Kellett, Michael Barnard, Kurt van de Rijck[2] |
| January 21 (Day 3) | Dean Winstanley, Jeff Smith, Adrian Gray, Andrew Gilding[3] |
| January 22 (Day 4) | Dave Smith, Johnny Haines, Jamie Lewis, Bernd Roith[4] |
| Q School Order of Merit | John Bowles, Gino Vos, Andy Jenkins, Matt Clark, Joe Murnan, Gary Butcher, Stephen Hardy, Keegan Brown, Mareno Michels, Ross Smith, Matthew Edgar, Nick Fullwell, Daniel Starkey, Connie Finnan, Gareth Cousins, Gareth Pass, Anthony Littleton, John Scott, Paddy Meaney, Steve Grubb, Jim Walker, Liam Kelly, Les Wallace, Keith Stephen[4] |
2012 Players Championships
- (All matches – best of 11 legs)
- Quarter-Finals Justin Pipe 6–2 Shaun Griffiths; Ian White 6–2 Darren Whittingham; Magnus Caris 6–5 Wes Newton; Paul Nicholson 6–3 Mark Walsh
- Semi-Finals Justin Pipe 6–4 Ian White; Paul Nicholson 6–2 Magnus Caris
- Final
Justin Pipe 6–0 Paul Nicholson 
References
- ^ Qualifying School - Day One PDC.tv
- ^ Qualifying School - Day Two PDC.tv
- ^ Qualifying School - Day Three PDC.tv
- ^ a b Qualifying School Day Four PDC.tv
- ^ Pipe Claims First Blood In 2012 PDC.tv