In de Ricoh Arena in het Engelse Coventry begint vanmiddag de PDC Winter Series. Een reeks van 5 Players Championship toernooien met als extra bonus voor de Tour Card houders kans om zich alsnog voor 3 televisie toernooien te plaatsen.
Er is een kans om je alsnog te plaatsen voor de BoyleSports Grand Slam of Darts die aankomen weekend begint. Ook kunnen de spelers zich nog opwerken op de Order of Merit om zich zo te plaatsen voor de Players Championship finals.
Het derde toernooi is het William Hill World Darts Championship. De top 32 van de Pro Tour order of Merit plaats zich voor de eerste ronde van dit toernooi en de top 32 van de PDC Order of Merit voor de tweede ronde.
Zeventien Nederlanders zitten vandaag onder de 128 deelnemers met Michael van Gerwen als de grote afwezige. Maar dit zat er gezien zijn rug blessure ook wel in.
Een paar pittige partijen direct in de eerste ronde, zoals Jermaine Wattimena tegen Ian White, Peter Wright tegen Jeffrey de Zwaan en Jan Dekker die Glen Durrant geloot heeft.
Uitslagen van dit toernooi en statistieken kun je vinden op DartConnect en via PDCTV worden diverse wedstrijden live gestreamd
De loting:
| Pos | Player | Player | score | |||
| 1 | Gerwyn Price | – | Harald Leitinger | 6 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Martin Schindler | – | David Pallett | 6 | – | 5 |
| 3 | Vincent van der Voort | – | Maikel Verberk | 6 | – | 2 |
| 4 | Alan Tabern | – | Yordi Meeuwisse | 6 | – | 1 |
| 5 | Gabriel Clemens | – | Adrian Lewis | 6 | – | 5 |
| 6 | Martin Atkins | – | Kevin Doets | 1 | – | 6 |
| 7 | RyanSearle | – | Steve Beaton | 2 | – | 6 |
| 8 | Josh Payne | – | Jim Williams | 3 | – | 6 |
| 9 | Devon Petersen | – | Mike De Decker | 6 | – | 3 |
| 10 | Scott Waites | – | Darius Labanauskas | 6 | – | 4 |
| 11 | Martijn Kleermaker | – | Simon Stevenson | 3 | – | 6 |
| 12 | Mickey Mansell | – | Gary Blades | 6 | – | 1 |
| 13 | Ian White | – | Jermaine Wattimena | 5 | – | 6 |
| 14 | Mathew Edgar | – | Jelle Klaasen | 5 | – | 6 |
| 15 | Gary Anderson | – | Andy Hamilton | 5 | – | 6 |
| 16 | Luke Humphries | – | Darren Penhall | 6 | – | 1 |
| 17 | James Wade | – | Karel Sedlacek | 6 | – | 3 |
| 18 | Jonathan Worlsey | – | Krzysztof Kciuk | 1 | – | 6 |
| 19 | Maik Kuivenhoven | – | Toni Alcinas | 3 | – | 6 |
| 20 | Richard North | – | Simon Whitlock | 3 | – | 6 |
| 21 | Rob Cross | – | Nick Kenny | 6 | – | 5 |
| 22 | Matt Clark | – | Jason Lowe | 1 | – | 6 |
| 23 | Brendan Dolan | – | Reece Robinson | 6 | – | 3 |
| 24 | Lisa Ashton | – | Kirk Shepherd | 0 | – | 6 |
| 25 | Krzysztof Ratajski | – | Bradley Brooks | 6 | – | 5 |
| 26 | John Henderson | – | Barrie Bates | 6 | – | 0 |
| 27 | Damon Heta | – | Justin Pipe | 6 | – | 2 |
| 28 | Steve Brown | – | Luke Woodhouse | 0 | – | 6 |
| 29 | Glen Durrant | – | Jan Dekker | 5 | – | 6 |
| 30 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | – | Ron Meulenkamp | 4 | – | 6 |
| 31 | Jonny Clayton | – | Max Hopp | 6 | – | 3 |
| 32 | Derk Telnekes | – | David Evans | 6 | – | 2 |
| 33 | Peter Wright | – | Jeffrey de Zwaan | 6 | – | 2 |
| 34 | Kim Huybrechts | – | Niels Zonneveld | 3 | – | 6 |
| 35 | Chris Dobey | – | Ryan Meikle | 6 | – | 3 |
| 36 | Adam Hunt | – | Scott Mitchell | 6 | – | 4 |
| 37 | Jamie Hughes | – | Ricky Evans | 5 | – | 6 |
| 38 | Daniel Larsson | – | Gavin Carlin | 5 | – | 6 |
| 39 | Daryl Gurney | – | Steve West | 6 | – | 5 |
| 40 | Dimitri Van den Berg | – | Aaron Beeney | 6 | – | 2 |
| 41 | José De Sousa | – | Jitse van der Wal | 6 | – | 2 |
| 42 | Marko Kantele | – | Keegan Brown | 3 | – | 6 |
| 43 | Ross Smith | – | Darren Webster | 6 | – | 2 |
| 44 | Adrian Gray | – | Andy Boulton | 3 | – | 6 |
| 45 | Danny Noppert | – | Robert Thornton | 6 | – | 4 |
| 46 | Jesus Noguera | – | Steve Lennon | 4 | – | 6 |
| 47 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | – | Kai Fan Leung | 6 | – | 5 |
| 48 | Ted Evetts | – | Christian Bunse | 5 | – | 6 |
| 49 | Nathan Aspinall | – | Ciaran Teehan | 6 | – | 2 |
| 50 | Scott Taylor | – | Robert Collins | 6 | – | 3 |
| 51 | Ryan Joyce | – | William O’Connor | 0 | – | 6 |
| 52 | William Borland | – | Wayne Jones | 6 | – | 5 |
| 53 | Dave Chisnall | – | Ritchie Edhouse | 3 | – | 6 |
| 54 | Scott Baker | – | Keane Barry | 1 | – | 6 |
| 55 | Mervyn King | – | Richie Burnett | 6 | – | 3 |
| 56 | Michael Barnard | – | Conan Whitehead | 1 | – | 6 |
| 57 | Joe Cullen | – | Joe Murnan | 6 | – | 5 |
| 58 | Mark McGeeney | – | Peter Jacques | 6 | – | 1 |
| 59 | Madars Razma | – | Matthew Dennant | 6 | – | 3 |
| 60 | John Michael | – | James Wilson | 2 | – | 6 |
| 61 | Michael Smith | – | Callan Rydz | 6 | – | 3 |
| 62 | Boris Krcmar | – | Carl Wilkinson | 6 | – | 4 |
| 63 | Stephen Bunting | – | Jeff Smith | 6 | – | 3 |
| 64 | Ryan Murray | – | Benito van de Pas | 6 | – | 2 |
| Laatste 64 | ||||||
| Pos | Player | Player | score | |||
| 1 | Gerwyn Price | – | Martin Schindler | – | ||
| 2 | Vincent van der Voort | – | Alan Tabern | – | ||
| 3 | Gabriel Clemens | – | Kevin Doets | – | ||
| 4 | Steve Beaton | – | Jim Williams | – | ||
| 5 | Devon Petersen | – | Scott Waites | – | ||
| 6 | Simon Stevenson | – | Mickey Mansell | – | ||
| 7 | Jermaine Wattimena | – | Jelle Klaasen | – | ||
| 8 | Andy Hamilton | – | Luke Humphries | – | ||
| 9 | James Wade | – | Krzysztof Kciuk | – | ||
| 10 | Toni Alcinas | – | Simon Whitlock | – | ||
| 11 | Rob Cross | – | Jason Lowe | – | ||
| 12 | Brendan Dolan | – | Kirk Shepherd | – | ||
| 13 | Krzysztof Ratajski | – | John Henderson | – | ||
| 14 | Damon Heta | – | Luke Woodhouse | – | ||
| 15 | Jan Dekker | – | Ron Meulenkamp | – | ||
| 16 | Jonny Clayton | – | Derk Telnekes | – | ||
| 17 | Peter Wright | – | Niels Zonneveld | – | ||
| 18 | Chris Dobey | – | Adam Hunt | – | ||
| 19 | Ricky Evans | – | Gavin Carlin | – | ||
| 20 | Daryl Gurney | – | Dimitri Van den Berg | – | ||
| 21 | José De Sousa | – | Keegan Brown | – | ||
| 22 | Ross Smith | – | Andy Boulton | – | ||
| 23 | Danny Noppert | – | Steve Lennon | – | ||
| 24 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | – | Christian Bunse | – | ||
| 25 | Nathan Aspinall | – | Scott Taylor | – | ||
| 26 | William O’Connor | – | William Borland | – | ||
| 27 | Ritchie Edhouse | – | Keane Barry | – | ||
| 28 | Mervyn King | – | Conan Whitehead | – | ||
| 29 | Joe Cullen | – | Mark McGeeney | – | ||
| 30 | Madars Razma | – | James Wilson | – | ||
| 31 | Michael Smith | – | Boris Krcmar | – | ||
| 32 | Stephen Bunting | – | Ryan Murray | – | ||