UK Open 1st - 3rd March - Butlins Minehead.

160 Players

128 Tour Card Holders after Qschool

16 Players from the Challenge tour oom from previous year.

16 Qualifiers from Rileys events open to people not at Qschool

Prize Fund
Winner £100,000
Runner-Up £40,000
Semi-Finalists £20,000
Quarter-Finalists £12,500
Last 16 Losers £7,500
Last 32 Losers £4,000
Last 64 Losers £2,000
Last 96 Losers £1,000
Total £450,000

2 Confirmed tour card holders from Challenge tour
Michael Barnard
Ted Evetts

With the end of the Challenge tour the 16 provisional places from that order of merit have been decided
Cody Harris £5,650
Cameron Menzies £5,300
Krzysztof Ratajski £4,200
Andy Boulton £4,050
Martin Atkins (Wigan) £4,050
Dennis Nilsson £4,000
David Evans £3,850
Simon Preston £3,800
Adam Huckvale £3,400
Jamie Hughes £3,350
Michael Rasztovits £3,150
Jason Cullen £3,100
Diogo Portela £3,050
Jarred Cole £3,050
Jonathan Worsley £2,900
Yordi Meeuwisse £2,800

The reserves if any of the above get a tour card from top 64/Qschool
Mark Frost £2,750
Matthew Dennant £2,550
Darren Beveridge £2,500
John Davey £2,500
Lee Budgen £2,400
Jason Lowe £2,300
Ryan Murray £2,250
Barry Lynn £2,250
Andy Jenkins £2,100
Peter Mitchell £2,050

Ratajski has won his card also.

So no qualifiers at all next year??

DavidB wrote:So no qualifiers at all next year??

Just the Riley's qualifiers.

The 2019 PDC calendar confirmation post is explicit:

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2018/09/07/2019 ... -confirmed

PDC wrote:* UK Open to feature 128 Tour Card Holders, 16 Challenge Tour Order of Merit Qualifiers & 16 Rileys Amateur Qualifiers

PDC wrote:With UK Open Qualifiers dropping off the schedule following the expansion of the UK Open to 160 players - including all 128 Tour Card Holders - two Players Championship weekends open the ProTour season in their place during February.

1205 wrote:

DavidB wrote:So no qualifiers at all next year??

Just the Riley's qualifiers.

The 2019 PDC calendar confirmation post is explicit:

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2018/09/07/2019 ... -confirmed

PDC wrote:* UK Open to feature 128 Tour Card Holders, 16 Challenge Tour Order of Merit Qualifiers & 16 Rileys Amateur Qualifiers

PDC wrote:With UK Open Qualifiers dropping off the schedule following the expansion of the UK Open to 160 players - including all 128 Tour Card Holders - two Players Championship weekends open the ProTour season in their place during February.

Many thanks. I guess with an open draw all rounds it doesn’t matter if all 128 tour card holders get straight in.

phil davies wrote:How will they do the UK open now then top 32 OOM don’t enter till last 64?

I think ranked 96 to 128 and challeng tour and qualifiers round 1 round 2 65 to 95 ranked and 32 winners top 32 start in round 3

94 Names confirmed from the Order of Merit for the UK open



2 Challenge tour players to win a tour card
Michael Barnard
Ted Evetts

2 Development tour players to win a tour card
Geert Nentjes
Rowby-John Rodriguez

Provisional 16 from the Challenge tour
1 Michael Barnard
2 Ted Evetts
3 Cody Harris
4 Cameron Menzies
5 Krzysztof Ratajski
6 Martin Atkins (Wigan)
7 Andy Boulton
8 Dennis Nilsson
9 David Evans
10 Simon Preston
11 Adam Huckvale
12 Jamie Hughes
13 Michael Rasztovits
14 Jason Cullen
15 Diogo Portela
16 Jarred Cole
17 Jonathan Worsley
18 Yordi Meeuwisse
19 Mark Frost
20 Matthew Dennant
21 Darren Beveridge
22 John Davey
23 Lee Budgen
24 Jason Lowe
25 Ryan Murray

foggs3355 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 7:10 pm

phil davies wrote:How will they do the UK open now then top 32 OOM don’t enter till last 64?

I think ranked 96 to 128 and challeng tour and qualifiers round 1 round 2 65 to 95 ranked and 32 winners top 32 start in round 3

Well, it would be 97-128 in R1 and 65-96 in R2, but that makes sense. It could have been sticky if they didn't have 96 tour card holders, or if they had one more or one less, but this way I guess they'll either put both Barnard/Evetts or RJR/Nentjes in R2 and the other two in R1

Mensur Suljovic Fan wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 5:16 am It could have been sticky if they didn't have 96 tour card holders, or if they had one more or one less, but this way I guess they'll either put both Barnard/Evetts or RJR/Nentjes in R2 and the other two in R1

I guess nobody's winning any prize money until March?

Zeyes wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 8:51 am

Mensur Suljovic Fan wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 5:16 am It could have been sticky if they didn't have 96 tour card holders, or if they had one more or one less, but this way I guess they'll either put both Barnard/Evetts or RJR/Nentjes in R2 and the other two in R1

I guess nobody's winning any prize money until March?

Haha, missed that lol

Ha Ha........more holiday camp darts........"Morning Dart Players?"

Paddy McGinty wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 10:43 am Ha Ha........more holiday camp darts........"Morning Dart Players?"

Like the Welsh Open then?

Zapp Brannigan wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 12:16 am 94 Names confirmed from the Order of Merit for the UK open



2 Challenge tour players to win a tour card
Michael Barnard
Ted Evetts

2 Development tour players to win a tour card
Geert Nentjes
Rowby-John Rodriguez

Provisional 16 from the Challenge tour
1 Michael Barnard
2 Ted Evetts
3 Cody Harris
4 Cameron Menzies
5 Krzysztof Ratajski
6 Martin Atkins (Wigan)
7 Andy Boulton
8 Dennis Nilsson
9 David Evans
10 Simon Preston
11 Adam Huckvale
12 Jamie Hughes
13 Michael Rasztovits
14 Jason Cullen
15 Diogo Portela
16 Jarred Cole
17 Jonathan Worsley
18 Yordi Meeuwisse
19 Mark Frost
20 Matthew Dennant
21 Darren Beveridge
22 John Davey
23 Lee Budgen
24 Jason Lowe
25 Ryan Murray

That's Dennant qualified too now

Seems the players that don't get a tour card can now indeed play in the Amateur qualifiers.

Waites also got through as a pub qualifier one year

That was 2008

144 Players now confirmed

128 tour card Holders


16 Challenge tour players

1. Cody Harris
   Cameron menzies
   Martin Atkins (Wigan)
   Dennis Nilsson
   David Evans
   Simon Preston
   Adam Huckvale
   Michael Rasztovits
   Jason Cullen
   Diogo Portela
   Jarred Cole
   Mark Frost
   Matthew Dennant
   Darren Beveridge
   John Davey
   Lee Budgen

Reserves (assuming it comes from the Challenge tour rankings
Jason Lowe
Ryan Murray
Barry Lynn

Plus the following 16 Qualifiers (Qualifiers open to challenge tour players from this year)
Saturday January 26 - London Victoria
Saturday January 26 - Norwich
Saturday January 26 - Wolverhampton
Saturday February 2 - Chester
Saturday February 2 - Chorlton
Saturday February 2 - Greenock
Saturday February 2 - Nottingham
Saturday February 2 - Worcester
Sunday February 3 - Coventry
Saturday February 9 - South Benfleet
Saturday February 16 - Sheffield
Sunday February 17 - London Victoria
Saturday February 23 - Harlow
Saturday February 23 - Norwich
Saturday February 23 - Wolverhampton
Sunday February 24 - Liverpool

I assume yesterday wasn’t in effect a cut off? If a £0 player wins an event or 2, can they jostle for position up into the top 64, top 96 etc., as such there is money for the L96 this year.