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ProTour

Feb 25 2021

Joe Cullen secured the first PDC ranking title of the 2021 season at Players Championship 1.

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ProTour

Feb 24 2021

Steve Brown is dreaming of both he and son John taking to the Alexandra Palace stage in December.

Players Championships 1-4 entries confirmed

ProTour

Feb 24 2021

Player entries have been confirmed for Players Championship events 1-4 (PDC Super Series 1).

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ProTour

Feb 23 2021

We continue the countdown to the new PDC season by taking a closer look at the 19 first-time Tour Card Holders.

Current rankings of 128 PDC Tour Card Holders ahead of 2021 season

ProTour

Feb 23 2021

We take a look at the current rankings of all 128 PDC Tour Card Holders ahead of the 2021 season.

Start of 2021 ProTour unveiled with three PDC Super Series

ProTour

Feb 01 2021

The 2021 Players Championship season will begin in February with the first of three four-day PDC Super Series taking place.

Cullen doubles 2020 title tally on Winter Series Day Five

ProTour

Nov 14 2020

Joe Cullen picked up his second title of the year on the final day of the Winter Series.

Wright edges out De Sousa in Winter Series Day Four thriller

ProTour

Nov 13 2020

Peter Wright edged out Jose De Sousa 8-7 in a thrilling final to win his seventh title of 2020.

Price picks up eighth title of 2020 on Winter Series Day Three

ProTour

Nov 12 2020

Gerwyn Price won his eighth title of the year on Winter Series Day Three on Thursday.

Super Smith does the double in PDC Winter Series

ProTour

Nov 11 2020

The PDC Winter Series continues with Day Two in Coventry on Wednesday.

Brendan Dolan continued his resurgence by winning Players Championship 29 in Barnsley on Monday, while Peter Wright set a new record for the highest ever recorded average in a live broadcast match.

Having ended his five-year wait for a PDC title at Players Championship 22 in August, Dolan made it two in just over months with a hard-fought 8-6 win over Ian White in the final.

The Northern Irishman fired in averages of 104.9 and 104.8 in victories over Mark Webster and Gerwyn Price respectively on his way to the semi-finals, before overcoming record-breaker Wright in a last-leg decider to reach the final.

"I can still do it, I played quality darts today at the right times and I think I deserved any luck I got," said Dolan, who now has six PDC titles to his name.

"The one in Hildesheim was more of a relief, whereas today I came into it with more belief that I could win having done it recently.

"When you've not been winning for five years your confidence is not so high and winning in Hildesheim has drastically changed that.

"In my head today I was determined to add money to my ranking to give me shot of qualifying for the 2020 World Matchplay and World Grand Prix.

"I've missed those two events for the last three years and it's killed me not being there, so hopefully next year I will be."

Former World Grand Prix runner-up Dolan produced checkouts of 136 and 161 to hold throw in two of the opening four legs of the final, before finding his way through to double three for the first break of the match in leg seven to take a 4-3 lead.

Another ton-plus finish, this time a 108, opened up a two-leg cushion for Dolan, an advantage which he soon doubled by taking the next two legs.

White then began a spirited comeback, and after Dolan squandered three match darts in leg 12, White found himself within a leg of Dolan at 6-7.

However, Dolan held firm and a strong leg on throw saw ended with him hitting the match-winning double at the fifth attempt.

Earlier in the day, Wright averaged 123.5 in his 6-0 quarter-final win against Krzysztof Ratajski, the highest ever recorded in a live broadcast darts match.

The previous record broadcast average was 123.4, set by Michael van Gerwen in a 7-1 defeat of Michael Smith in the 2016 Premier League.

Elsewhere, the day was also a significant one for Ron Meulenkamp who reached his sixth ProTour semi-final, but the Dutchman was unable to break his duck of never making it to a final.

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