Coral UK Open Field Confirmed

Michael van Gerwen - Coral UK Open (Lawrence Lustig, PDC)

THE field for the Coral UK Open has been confirmed following the conclusion of the six UK Open Qualifiers for professionals and the Rileys Amateur Qualifiers.

A total of 128 players will compete in the 2017 Coral UK Open TV Finals at the Butlins Minehead Resort from March 3-5, with coverage live on ITV4 and play simultaneously across eight stages in the early rounds.

The six UK Open Qualifiers for PDPA members each featured £60,000 in prize money, with Peter Wright winning three of the tournaments, Simon Whitlock claiming a double and Michael van Gerwen securing one victory.

The series also saw Van Gerwen hit two nine-dart finishes in one match during Qualifier Four, while Ted Evetts, Darren Webster, Ronny Huybrechts and Christian Kist also achieved perfect legs.

Following the six UK Open Qualifiers, the top 96 players from the UK Open Order of Merit progress to compete in Minehead, alongside 32 Rileys Amateur Qualifiers who won through from knockouts held in Rileys Sports Bars across four weekends.

The players ranked 65-96 plus the Rileys Amateur Qualifiers enter at the first round stage in Minehead, with the players ranked 33-64 entering in the second round and the top 32 ranked players entering in the third round.

The draw - which is an open draw featuring no seedings - will be announced at www.pdc.tv in due course.

The 96 qualifiers from the Coral UK Open Order of Merit are:

Position

Name

Total Prize Money

1

Wright, Peter

£35,000

2

Whitlock, Simon

£21,250

3

Gerwen, Michael van

£13,000

4

Anderson, Gary

£11,750

5

Smith, Michael

£11,250

6

Wade, James

£9,000

7

White, Ian

£8,500

7

Lewis, Adrian

£8,500

9

Barneveld, Raymond van

£8,250

10

King, Mervyn

£7,750

10

Beaton, Steve

£7,750

12

Chisnall, Dave

£7,500

13

Klaasen, Jelle

£6,750

14

Pas, Benito van de

£6,500

15

Cross, Rob

£6,250

16

Price, Gerwyn

£5,750

17

Webster, Darren

£5,500

17

Huybrechts, Kim

£5,500

19

Huybrechts, Ronny

£5,250

20

Norris, Alan

£5,000

21

Dolan, Brendan

£4,750

21

Henderson, John

£4,750

21

Anderson, Kyle

£4,750

24

Painter, Kevin

£4,500

25

Reyes, Cristo

£4,250

26

Kist, Christian

£3,750

26

Quantock, Chris

£3,750

28

Dobey, Chris

£3,500

28

Evans, Ricky

£3,500

30

Cullen, Joe

£3,250

30

Todd, Mick

£3,250

32

Searle, Ryan

£3,000

32

Bunting, Stephen

£3,000

32

North, Richard

£3,000

32

Webster, Mark

£3,000

32

O'Connor, William

£3,000

37

Thornton, Robert

£2,750

38

Gurney, Daryl

£2,500

38

Palmer, Ryan

£2,500

38

Hudson, Peter

£2,500

41

Voort, Vincent van der

£2,250

41

Kellett, Stuart

£2,250

41

McGowan, Mick

£2,250

41

Taylor, Scott

£2,250

41

Jenkins, Andy

£2,250

41

Gilding, Andrew

£2,250

47

Pallett, David

£2,000

47

Lerchbacher, Zoran

£2,000

47

Duijvenbode, Dirk van

£2,000

47

Lewis, Jamie

£2,000

51

Bates, Barrie

£1,750

51

Graaf, Jeffrey de

£1,750

51

Lennon, Steve

£1,750

51

Dekker, Jan

£1,750

51

Michael, John

£1,750

51

Barilli, Mark

£1,750

57

Evetts, Ted

£1,500

57

Jenkins, Terry

£1,500

57

Dennant, Matthew

£1,500

57

Petersen, Devon

£1,500

57

Shepherd, Kirk

£1,500

62

Pipe, Justin

£1,250

62

Twell, Ross

£1,250

62

Lukeman, Martin

£1,250

62

Leung, Kai Fan

£1,250

62

Wattimena, Jermaine

£1,250

67

Hewson, Rob

£1,000

67

Johnson, Darren

£1,000

67

Kamphuis, Vincent

£1,000

67

Meeuwisse, Yordi

£1,000

67

Newell, Tony

£1,000

67

Lam, Ting Chi Royden

£1,000

67

Padgett, Matt

£1,000

67

Brown, Keegan

£1,000

67

Zwaan, Jeffrey de

£1,000

67

Meulenkamp, Ron

£1,000

67

Murray, Ryan

£1,000

67

Edhouse, Ritchie

£1,000

67

Rowley, Paul

£1,000

67

Tabern, Alan

£1,000

81

Alcinas, Antonio

£750

81

Baxter, Ronnie

£750

81

Caven, Jamie

£750

81

Clayton, Jonny

£750

81

Davis, Joe

£750

81

Harvey, Paul

£750

81

Meikle, Ryan

£750

81

Richardson, James

£750

81

Wilson, James

£750

81

Woods, Brian

£750

81

Jones, Wayne

£750

81

Bain, Jamie

£750

81

Bryant, Lee

£750

81

Frost, Mark

£750

81

Worsley, Jonathan

£750

81

Milford, Paul

£750


The 32 Rileys Amateur Qualifiers are:
Friday January 20
London Victoria (Two Players Qualify) - Lee Evans, Dan Read

Saturday January 21
Chester - Steve Maish
Sheffield - Dave Prins
Twickenham - Gary Eastwood
Wolverhampton (Two Players Qualify) - Gareth Pass, Neil Smith

Saturday January 28
Coventry - Ben Green
Greenock - Wayne Morris
Harlow - Alex Roy
Liverpool - James Carroll
Norwich - Kevin Edwards
Nottingham - Nicky Bell

Sunday January 29
Leicester - Brandon Walsh
South Benfleet - Paul Hogan

Friday February 3
Aberdeen - Scott Robertson

Saturday February 4
Chester - Jimmy McKirdy
Chorlton - Paul Cartwright
Norwich - Paul Barham
Sheffield - Brian Dawson
Wolverhampton (Two Players Qualify) - Johnny Haines & Andy Roberts

Sunday February 5
Coventry - Martin Biggs
London Victoria (Two Players Qualify) - Dave Parletti & Darryl Pilgrim
South Benfleet - John Ferrell
Worcester - Mark Layton

Friday February 10
Nottingham - Brett Claydon

Saturday February 11
Greenock - Andrew Davidson 
Liverpool - Damian Smith
Solihull - Kevin Bambrick
Twickenham - Dean Reynolds