2017 World Grand Prix
Cut-off date:
September 11 2017
Seeds:
Top 8 in Order of Merit
Qualifying Players:
Top 16 in Order of Merit
Top 16 in ProTour Order of Merit not otherwise qualified
Good move? Bad move? A precursor to the event moving out of Ireland?
Fair move - shoehorning Irish players into the event was never fair. If you are good enough, you are good enough - and Dolan and Gurney are both good enough.
The best players should be there on merit & not because of where they were born.
I'd go so far as to suggest that in the past the Irish qualifiers for the WGP has made it possible for 1 or 2 Irish players to keep there tour cards. O'Connor & Mansell immediatley spring to mind.
2017 World Grand Prix
Cut-off date:
September 11 2017
Seeds:
Top 8 in Order of Merit
Qualifying Players:
Top 16 in Order of Merit
Top 16 in ProTour Order of Merit not otherwise qualified
Good move? Bad move? A precursor to the event moving out of Ireland?
2017 World Grand Prix
Cut-off date:
September 11 2017
Seeds:
Top 8 in Order of Merit
Qualifying Players:
Top 16 in Order of Merit
Top 16 in ProTour Order of Merit not otherwise qualified
Good move? Bad move? A precursor to the event moving out of Ireland?
Has to be because it's going to move eventually.
I think so to. Could be good to look for a new country to host it as its become a bit stale and not brilliantly attended as far as I could tell on TV. WIth it being double-in it shoudl be a great event on the calender
2017/18 World Championship
Cut-off date:
November 27 2017
Seeds:
Top 32 in Order of Merit
Qualifying Players:
Top 32 in Order of Merit
Top 16 in ProTour Order of Merit not otherwise qualified
24 invitations at the PDC’s discretion (non-UK qualifying events, PDPA qualifier)
No top 4 of European Order Of Merit, but 24 invitations at the PDC's discretion.
Invited players shall be placed in to either the Preliminary or First Round draws for the event based on their position in the Order of Merit (if applicable). If insufficient players hold a position of the Order of Merit, the PDC will select which players are placed in to which round at the discretion of its board of Directors.
2017/18 World Championship
Cut-off date:
November 27 2017
Seeds:
Top 32 in Order of Merit
Qualifying Players:
Top 32 in Order of Merit
Top 16 in ProTour Order of Merit not otherwise qualified
24 invitations at the PDC’s discretion (non-UK qualifying events, PDPA qualifier)
No top 4 of European Order Of Merit, but 24 invitations at the PDC's discretion.
Invited players shall be placed in to either the Preliminary or First Round draws for the event based on their position in the Order of Merit (if applicable). If insufficient players hold a position of the Order of Merit, the PDC will select which players are placed in to which round at the discretion of its board of Directors.
Don't like this change at all.
For the record, European qualifiers at the 2017 Worlds:
Jeffrey de Graaf
Max Hopp
Ron Meulenkamp
Dimitri van den Bergh
A combined 90+ average, all 4 lads are young talents, all played well, Max even won his game and Dimitri was also close.
Are we getting 4 more PDPA qualifiers or another overseas players? Why?
In line with my anti wildcard stance i've long disliked the Irish spots, great move IMO.
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2017/18 World Championship
Cut-off date:
November 27 2017
Seeds:
Top 32 in Order of Merit
Qualifying Players:
Top 32 in Order of Merit
Top 16 in ProTour Order of Merit not otherwise qualified
24 invitations at the PDC’s discretion (non-UK qualifying events, PDPA qualifier)
No top 4 of European Order Of Merit, but 24 invitations at the PDC's discretion.
Invited players shall be placed in to either the Preliminary or First Round draws for the event based on their position in the Order of Merit (if applicable). If insufficient players hold a position of the Order of Merit, the PDC will select which players are placed in to which round at the discretion of its board of Directors.
i think that a bad move they should keep that so players from Europe cant play full tour still have chance of quaffing for this event thru that table
2017/18 World Championship
Cut-off date:
November 27 2017
Seeds:
Top 32 in Order of Merit
Qualifying Players:
Top 32 in Order of Merit
Top 16 in ProTour Order of Merit not otherwise qualified
24 invitations at the PDC’s discretion (non-UK qualifying events, PDPA qualifier)
No top 4 of European Order Of Merit, but 24 invitations at the PDC's discretion.
Invited players shall be placed in to either the Preliminary or First Round draws for the event based on their position in the Order of Merit (if applicable). If insufficient players hold a position of the Order of Merit, the PDC will select which players are placed in to which round at the discretion of its board of Directors.
i think that a bad move they should keep that so players from Europe cant play full tour still have chance of quaffing for this event thru that table
It are always European players who actually do play the full tour that qualify through that table. So that won't be the difference. I hope they change it into a non-uk table.
