THE schedule of events for the 2013 PDC North American Championship Tour (NACT) has been confirmed, with an expanded eight tournaments to be played in the USA and Canada.
Following the success of the three events on the inaugural PDC NACT in 2012, a further five tournaments have been introduced for this year's Tour.
Each event will be open to residents of North America, and will offer $11,600 in prize money, including $2,200 to the winner - meaning that $92,800 will be paid out to players across the eight PDC Championship events in 2013.
Prize money won in the three New World Dart Series events will also count towards the North American Order of Merit, with the remaining tournaments to be held in Las Vegas from April 5-7 and New Orleans from November 23-25.
The PDC NACT Championship event dates are as follows:
Event One - June 16, Powerplex, St John's, Newfoundland (as part of Canadian Open weekend)
Event Two - July 14, Ambassador Conference Resort, Kingston, Ontario (as part of Kingston Open weekend)
Events Three & Four - July 20-21, Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Chicago
Event Five - August 25, Hilton London Ontario (as part of London Open weekend)
Event Six - September 8, Resorts Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City (as part of Atlantic City Open weekend)
Events Seven & Eight - November 2-3, Crowne Plaza Sacramento
Entry to each PDC NACT Championship event costs $100 for North American Professional Dart Players Association members and $110 for non-members. To enter or for further tournament information, please visit http://bullseyenews.com/PDC_News/pdc-north-american-tour.html.
All events will be the best of 11 legs, with players required to enter in advance but also to register on the day before 11am, with play commencing at 12pm.
Prize money will be paid as follows:
Winner $2,200
Runner-Up $1,400
Semi-Finalists $800
Quarter-Finalists $400
Last 16 $200
Last 32 $100
Last 64 $50 (minimum of 128 entries)
For full information visit www.bullseyenews.com.