2023 PDC Pro Tour

The 2023 PDC Pro Tour is the next series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. There will be thirty Players Championship events and thirteen PDC European Tour events, as well as 24 events for the Challenge and Development Tours, and the Women's Series.[1]

Prize money

On 21 November 2022, it was announced that the prize money for the Women's Series will be doubled in 2023.[2]

The following day, it was announced that the prize money for Challenge/Development Tour events would also increase, with the prize fund going up from £10,000 to £15,000 per event.[3]

On 15 February 2023, it was announced that the prize money for the PDC European Tour events was to increase by 25% with prize funds increasing from £140,000 to £175,000 per event.[4]

This is how the prize money is divided:

StageETPCCT/DTWS
Winner£30,000£12,000£2,500£2,000
Runner-up£12,000£8,000£1,000£1,000
Semi-finalists£8,500£4,000£750£500
Quarter-finalists£6,000£3,000£500£300
Last 16£4,000£2,000£300£200
Last 32£2,500£1,250£200£100
Last 48£1,250N/AN/AN/A
Last 64N/A£750£75£50[lower-alpha 1]
Total£175,000£100,000£15,000£10,000
  1. Last 64 prize money will only be paid out, if a minimum of 128 participants take part in a Women's Series event.

PDC Tour Card

128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships events, the UK Open and qualifiers for all European Tour and select televised events.[5]

Tour cards
Main article: List of players with a 2023 PDC Tour Card

The 2023 Tour Cards were awarded to:[5]

Afterwards, the playing field was complemented by the highest qualified players from the Q-School Order of Merit until the maximum number of 128 Pro Tour Card players has been reached. In 2023, that means that a total of 19 additional players qualified this way.

Q-School

The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School (or Q-School) was split into a UK and European Q-School. Players that are not from Europe could choose which Q-School to compete in.

Q-School was once again split into two stages; with all players who lost their tour cards after the 2023 World Championship and the players who finished from third to sixteenth in the 2022 Challenge Tour and Development Tour Orders of Merit exempted to the final stage. The first stage consisted a block of three days, with the last eight players on each day qualifying into the final stage. A ranking of other players will also be produced with players qualifying via that ranking to produce a full list of 128 players for each final stage.[6]

Stage One took place between 9–11 January; with the Final Stage being held between 12–15 January. The winner of each day's play in the Final Stage will be given a PDC Tour Card.

The UK Q-School was held at the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England; with the European Q-School held at Wunderland Kalkar in Kalkar, Germany.

UK Q-School
January 12 January 13 January 14 January 15

 Arron Monk [7]

 Graham Usher [8]

 Josh Payne [9]

 Adam Smith-Neale [10]

127 players 125 players 123 players 117 players
European Q-School
January 12 January 13 January 14 January 15

 Jeffrey Sparidaans [7]

 Corey Cadby [8]

 Jeffrey de Zwaan [9]

 Robbie Knops [10]

127 players 125 players 123 players 106 players

An Order of Merit was created for each Q School. For every win after the Last 64, the players will be awarded 1 point.

To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places will be allocated down the final Q-School Order of Merits in proportion to the number of participants, with 9 cards going to the UK Q-School and 10 going to the European Q-School.

The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result:

Players Championships

There will be 30 Players Championship events in 2023.

No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
1 Saturday 11 February Barnsley Metrodome,
Barnsley		 (100.75) Ryan Searle  8 – 4  Jamie Hughes (93.07) [11]
2 Sunday 12 February (100.70) Danny Noppert  8 – 3  Simon Whitlock (89.53) [12]
3 Saturday 18 February    
4 Sunday 19 February    
5 Saturday 11 March    
6 Sunday 12 March    
7 Sunday 19 March Halle 39,
Hildesheim		    
8 Monday 20 March    
9 Saturday 15 April Robin Park Tennis Centre,
Wigan		    
10 Sunday 16 April    
11 Saturday 20 May Morningside Arena,
Leicester		    
12 Sunday 21 May    
13 Monday 12 June Halle 39,
Hildesheim		    
14 Tuesday 13 June    
15 Monday 10 July Morningside Arena,
Leicester		    
16 Tuesday 11 July    
17 Saturday 26 August Halle 39,
Hildesheim		    
18 Sunday 27 August    
19 Sunday 3 September Barnsley Metrodome,
Barnsley		    
20 Monday 4 September    
21 Tuesday 5 September    
22 Wednesday 27 September    
23 Thursday 28 September    
24 Friday 29 September    
25 Wednesday 18 October    
26 Thursday 19 October    
27 Friday 20 October    
28 Saturday 21 October    
29 Wednesday 1 November    
30 Thursday 2 November    

PDC European Tour

The PDC European Tour will remain at 13 events for 2023, although there will be no event in Gibraltar, ending 10 years of darts on the peninsula.

No. Date Event Location Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
1 24–26 February Baltic Sea Darts Open Kiel, Wunderino Arena    
2 24–26 March European Darts Open Leverkusen, Ostermann-Arena    
3 31 March–2 April International Darts Open Riesa, SACHSENarena    
4 8–10 April German Darts Grand Prix Munich, Zenith    
5 21–23 April Austrian Darts Open Premstätten, Steiermarkhalle    
6 28–30 April Dutch Darts Championship Leeuwarden, WTC Expo    
7 5–7 May Belgian Darts Open Wieze, Oktoberhallen    
8 12–14 May Czech Darts Open Prague, Královka Arena    
9 26–28 May European Darts Grand Prix Sindelfingen, Glaspalast    
10 30 June–2 July European Darts Matchplay Trier, Trier Arena    
11 8–10 September German Darts Open Jena, Sparkassen-Arena    
12 22–24 September Hungarian Darts Trophy Budapest, BOK Sportcsarnok    
13 13–15 October German Darts Championship Hildesheim, Halle 39    

PDC Challenge Tour

The 2023 Challenge Tour will once again consist of 4 weekends of 5 events, and 1 weekend of 4 events. The top 2 players on the Order of Merit get a PDC Tour Card and a place at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, meanwhile the winner of the Order of Merit gets a spot at the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts as well. The Challenge Tour rankings are additionally used to top up Players Championship events should not all 128 Tour Card holders choose to enter. Furthermore the top 8 ranked players from the 2023 Challenge Tour Order of Merit, who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2024 season, qualified for the first round of the 2024 UK Open.

2023 Challenge Tour ranking after 5 events
Rank Player Earnings
1 Thibault Tricole £3,450
2 Andy Boulton £2,975
3 Christian Kist £2,875
4 Cameron Crabtree £2,875
5 Chris Landman £2,850
6 Owen Bates £2,500
7 James Hurrell £1,850
8 Lukas Wenig £1,800
9 Alex Spellman £1,325
10 Berry van Peer £1,200
No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
1 Friday 20 January Marshall Arena,
Milton Keynes		 (92.52) Chris Landman  5 – 2  Lukas Wenig (85.04) [13]
2 (92.18) Christian Kist  5 – 2  Scott Mitchell (87.24) [14]
3 Saturday 21 January (86.19) Andy Boulton  5 – 3  Martijn Dragt (88.86) [15]
4 (94.65) Cameron Crabtree  5 – 4  Owen Bates (103.22) [16]
5 Sunday 22 January (93.87) Thibault Tricole  5 – 2  Owen Bates (89.28) [17]
6 Friday 17 March Halle 39,
Hildesheim		    
7    
8 Saturday 18 March    
9    
10 Friday 5 May Marshall Arena,
Milton Keynes		    
11    
12 Saturday 6 May    
13    
14 Sunday 7 May    
15 Friday 4 August    
16    
17 Saturday 5 August    
18    
19 Sunday 6 August    
20 Saturday 28 October Robin Park Tennis Centre,
Wigan		    
21    
22 Sunday 29 October    
23    
24 Monday 30 October    

PDC Development Tour

The 2023 Development Tour will once again consist of 4 weekends of 5 events, and 1 weekend of 4 events. The top 2 players on the Order of Merit get a PDC Tour Card and a place at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, meanwhile the winner of the Order of Merit gets a spot at the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts as well. The Development Tour rankings additionally form a large part of qualification for the 2023 PDC World Youth Championship. Furthermore the top 8 ranked players from the 2023 Development Tour Order of Merit, who didn't have a Tour Card for the 2024 season, qualified for the first round of the 2024 UK Open.

No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
1 Friday 31 March Marshall Arena,
Milton Keynes		    
2    
3 Saturday 1 April    
4    
5 Sunday 2 April    
6 Friday 28 April Robin Park Tennis Centre,
Wigan		    
7  
8 Saturday 29 April    
9    
10 Sunday 30 April    
11 Friday 9 June Halle 39,
Hildesheim		    
12    
13 Saturday 10 June    
14    
15 Sunday 11 June    
16 Friday 14 July Morningside Arena,
Leicester		    
17    
18 Saturday 15 July    
19    
20 Sunday 16 July    
21 Friday 18 August Marshall Arena,
Milton Keynes		    
22    
23 Saturday 19 August    
24    

PDC Women's Series

The PDC Women's Series will be expanded from 20 to 24 events held over six weekends. The top 8 ranked players from money earned from the last 8 Women's Series events of 2022 and the first 12 events of 2023 will qualify for the 2023 Women's World Matchplay in Blackpool.

No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
1 Saturday 25 February Morningside Arena,
Leicester		    
2    
3 Sunday 26 February    
4    
5 Saturday 13 May Marshall Arena,
Milton Keynes		    
6    
7 Sunday 14 May    
8    
9 Saturday 24 June Halle 39,
Hildesheim		    
10    
11 Sunday 25 June    
12    
13 Saturday 29 July Marshall Arena,
Milton Keynes		    
14    
15 Sunday 30 July    
16    
17 Saturday 16 September Robin Park Tennis Centre,
Wigan		    
18    
19 Sunday 17 September    
20    
21 Saturday 14 October    
22    
23 Sunday 15 October    
24    

PDC Asian Tour

Following a break of three years, the PDC Asian Tour will return in 2023 with an expanded tour consisting of 24 events held over 8 weekends. The first 15 events were confirmed on 10 November 2022, with the remaining 9 to be confirmed at a later date.[18]

The Asian Championship will also return, this time taking place in Shimonoseki between 5–8 October.[19]

No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
1 Saturday 11 March Kobe International Exhibition Centre,
Kobe		    
2    
3 Sunday 12 March    
4 Saturday 25 March KINTEX 1 Hall Grand Ballroom,
Seoul		    
5    
6 Sunday 26 March    
7 Saturday 15 April TBC,
Tacloban		    
8    
9 Sunday 16 April    
10 Saturday 29 April TBC,
Hong Kong		    
11    
12 Sunday 30 April    
13 Saturday 27 May TBC,
Ulaanbaatar		    
14    
15 Sunday 28 May    
16 TBC TBC,
TBC		    
17    
18 TBC    
19 TBC TBC,
TBC		    
20    
21 TBC    
22 TBC TBC,
TBC		    
23    
24 TBC    

Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic (PDCNB) Tour

On 15 January 2023, PDC Nordic & Baltic announced their 2023 calendar, which had 5 weekends in 5 different countries.[20]

No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
1 Saturday 18 February Slangerup Dart Club,
Slangerup		    
2 Sunday 19 February    
3 Saturday 11 March Apple Hotel,
Gothenburg		    
4 Sunday 12 March    
5 Saturday 15 April Bullseye,
Reykjavík		    
6 Sunday 16 April    
7 Saturday 3 June Hotelli Tallukka,
Vääksy		    
8 Sunday 4 June    
9 Saturday 15 July Bellevue Park Hotel,
Riga		    
10 Sunday 16 July    

Dartplayers Australia (DPA) Pro Tour

The Dartplayers Australia Tour will return to a unified tour for 2023. There will be 20 events held over 5 weekends, all held at the Warilla Bowls Club, Barrack Heights.[21]

No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
1 Saturday 18 February Warilla Bowls Club,
Barrack Heights		    
2    
3 Sunday 19 February    
4    
5 Saturday 18 March    
6    
7 Sunday 19 March    
8    
9 Saturday 27 May    
10    
11 Sunday 28 May    
12    
13 Saturday 8 July    
14    
15 Sunday 9 July    
16    
17 Saturday 16 September    
18    
19 Sunday 17 September    
20    

Dartplayers New Zealand (DPNZ) Pro Tour

The Dartplayers New Zealand Tour will return for an extended tour for 2023. There will be 12 events held over 6 weekends.[22]

No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
1 Saturday 25 February Black Horse Hotel,
Christchurch		    
2 Sunday 26 February    
3 Saturday 25 March Birkenhead RSA,
Auckland		    
4 Sunday 26 March    
5 Saturday 29 April Sun City,
Nelson		    
6 Sunday 30 April    
7 Saturday 13 May Hamilton Cossie Club,
Hamilton		    
8 Sunday 14 May    
9 Saturday 2 September Dunedin Metropolitan Club,
Dunedin		    
10 Sunday 3 September    
11 Saturday 7 October Black Horse Hotel,
Christchurch		    
12 Sunday 8 October    

Championship Darts Corporation (CDC) Pro Tour

The Championship Darts Corporation will continue in 2023. It will host 12 events held over 4 weekends. The top players from the United States and Canada on the Tour Points List will qualify for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship.

No. Date Venue Winner Legs Runner-Up Ref.
1 Saturday 20 May TBC,
TBC		    
2    
3 Sunday 21 May    
4 Saturday 24 June TBC,
TBC		    
5    
6 Sunday 25 June    
7 Saturday 12 August TBC,
TBC		    
8    
9 Sunday 13 August    
10 Saturday 16 September TBC,
TBC		    
11    
12 Sunday 17 September    


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