2023 PDC Pro Tour

On 21 November 2022, it was announced that the prize money for the Women's Series will be doubled in 2023. The following day, it was announced that the prize money for Challenge/Development Tour events would also increase, with the prize fund going up from £10,000 to £15,000 per event. On 15 February 2023, it was announced that the prize money for the PDC European Tour events was to increase by 25% with prize funds increasing from £140,000 to £175,000 per event. This is how the prize money was divided: ==PDC Tour Card==

128 players were granted Tour Cards, which enabled them to participate in all Players Championship events, the UK Open and qualifiers for all European Tour and select televised events. Tour cards The 2023 Tour Cards were awarded to: Stage One took place between 9–11 January; with the Final Stage being held between 12 and 15 January. The winner of each day's play in the Final Stage received a PDC Tour Card. The UK Q-School was held at the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England; with the European Q-School held at Wunderland Kalkar in Kalkar, Germany. An Order of Merit was created for each Q School. For every win after the Last 64, the players were awarded 1 point. To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places were allocated down the final stage Q-School Order of Merits in proportion to the number of participants, with 9 cards going to the UK Q-School and 10 going to the European Q-School. The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result: UK Q-School Order of Merit • Dylan Slevin • Lee Evans • Stephen Burton • Nick Kenny • Keegan Brown • Adam Warner • Graham Hall • Callum Goffin • Christian Perez European Q-School Order of Merit • Maik Kuivenhoven • Richard Veenstra • Niels Zonneveld • Pascal Rupprecht • Ronny Huybrechts • Karel Sedláček • Jacques Labre • Daniel Klose • Gian van Veen • Owen Roelofs ==Players Championships==

There were 30 Players Championship events in 2023. ==PDC European Tour==

The PDC European Tour remained at 13 events for 2023, although there was no event in Gibraltar, ending 10 years of darts on the peninsula. ==PDC Challenge Tour==

The Challenge Tour will once again consist of 4 weekends of 5 events, and 1 weekend of 4 events. The top 2 players on the Order of Merit get a PDC Tour Card and a place at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, meanwhile the winner of the Order of Merit gets a spot at the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts as well. The Challenge Tour rankings are additionally used to top up Players Championship events should not all 128 Tour Card holders choose to enter. Furthermore, the eight highest ranked players from the 2023 Challenge Tour without a tour card for the 2024 season qualified for the first round of the 2024 UK Open. ==PDC Development Tour==

The Development Tour once again consisted of 4 weekends of 5 events, and 1 weekend of 4 events. The top 2 players on the Order of Merit received a PDC Tour Card and a place at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, meanwhile the winner of the Order of Merit received a spot at the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts as well. The Development Tour rankings additionally formed a large part of qualification for the 2023 PDC World Youth Championship. Furthermore, the top 8 ranked players from the 2023 Development Tour Order of Merit, who did not manage to earn a Tour Card for the 2024 season, qualified for the first round of the 2024 UK Open. World Youth Championship The preliminary rounds of the 2023 World Youth Championship were held on 20 August 2023 at Arena MK, Milton Keynes; while the final was held on 26 November 2023 at Butlin's Minehead as part of the 2023 Players Championship Finals. The winner qualified for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship. Josh Rock, who was not eligible to play on the Development Tour due to being in the top 32 on the PDC Order of Merit, was reigning champion and top seed going into the tournament. However he was defeated by Gian van Veen in the quarter-finals 6–5. The top 2 from the 2023 PDC Development Tour series met in the final, with Luke Littler defeating Gian van Veen 6–4. The results from the third round onwards are shown below. ==PDC Women's Series==

The 2023 PDC Women's Series was expanded from 20 to 24 events held over six weekends. The top 8 ranked players earned from the last 8 Women's Series events of 2022 and the first 12 events of 2023 qualified for the 2023 Women's World Matchplay in Blackpool. The top two players from the series qualified for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, while the top non-qualified player qualified for the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts. } || £7,750 } || £17,200 ==PDC Asian Tour==

Following a break of three years, the PDC Asian Tour returned in 2023 with an expanded tour consisting of 24 events held over 8 weekends. The first 15 events were confirmed on 10 November 2022, with the remaining 9 confirmed at a later date. The top four players from the final 2023 PDC Asian Tour Order of Merit qualified for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship. The Asian Championship also returned, this time taking place in Shimonoseki between 5–8 October. The PDC Asian Championship winner and runner-up will also qualify, and if either or both players have already qualified from the PDC Asian Tour Order of Merit then the place(s) would be passed to the next-best-placed non-qualified player from the PDC Asian Championship (split by PDC Asian Tour OOM if required using standard PDC countback rules). In addition, the best-placed non-qualified Japanese player from the PDC Asian Championship (if no Japanese player reaches the final) will also qualify for the World Championship, with any ties to be split by PDC Asian Tour OOM if required using standard PDC countback rules. If one or both of the PDC Asian Championship finalists are Japanese, this place will pass to the PDC Asian Tour Order of Merit. The last two places were occupied by the PDC China Premier League qualifiers, which were held between June and August, with a final playoff at the end, and an Indian Qualifier from an event taking place on 28 October 2023. Due to a tie, the fourth advancing place had to be decided by a decisive match: PDC Asian Championship The Asian Championship was held in Shimonoseki. The top 16 players from the PDC Asian Tour Order of Merit qualified, as did the winners of sixteen national qualifiers and qualifiers from events held prior to the Championship, up to a count of 48 players. The finalists qualified for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship; while the winner qualified for the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts. The results from the second round onwards are shown below. PDC China Premier League The 2023 China Premier League playoff was held on August 27. The winner qualified for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship. PDC India Qualifier 2023 The PDC India Qualifier was held on 28 October, the winner qualified for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship. The results from the quarter-final onwards are shown. ==Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic (PDCNB) Tour==

On 15 January 2023, PDC Nordic & Baltic announced their 2023 calendar, which had 5 weekends in 5 different countries. The top 2 players on the Order of Merit received a place at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship. ==Dartplayers Australia (DPA) Pro Tour==

The Dartplayers Australia Tour returned to a unified tour for 2023. Dates announced by Dartsplayer Australia. The winner after twenty tournaments received a place at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship. ==Dartplayers New Zealand (DPNZ) Pro Tour==

The Dartplayers New Zealand Tour returned for an extended tour for 2023. There were 12 events held over 6 weekends. Following the culmination of the 2023 DPNZ ProTour season, the top 16 players on the DPNZ Order of Merit competed in the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship qualifier on 9 October in Christchurch. The results from the semi-final onwards are shown. DPA Winmau Oceanic Masters 2023 The 2023 Oceanic Masters was held on October 22, the winner qualified for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship. The results from the quarter-final onwards are shown. ==Championship Darts Corporation (CDC) Pro Tour==

The Championship Darts Corporation continued in 2023. It hosted 12 events held over 4 weekends. The top players from the United States and Canada on the Tour Points qualified for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship. North American Championship As in the previous year, the North American Championship was played on the he Saturday afternoon of the US Darts Masters. Under PDC Rule 3.9, champion (third year of Tour Card) was not eligible to qualify for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship or 2023 Grand Slam of Darts by virtue of winning the North American Championship. Cross-Border Darts Challenge Before the CDC main season started, there was also a new tournament called the Cross-Border Darts Challenge featuring 8 players from both Canada and the United States facing off against each other, with the winner earning a place at the 2023 US Darts Masters. The event took place at White Eagle Hall in Jersey City, New Jersey on 21–22 April. replaces in the tournament. CDC Continental Cup 2023 The top 16 players in North America qualified for the CDC Continental Cup. The winner became CDC Tour Champion, with the winner also earning a place at the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts as well as the 2024 US Darts Masters and 2024 North American Darts Championship. The CDC Evolution Tour 2023 final was held on the same day as the CDC Continental Cup, with the following results: ==African Continental Tour==

On 15 February 2023, it was announced that in co-operation with the African Darts Group, a first ever African Continental Tour would take place. It included qualifiers for the 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts, as well as the 2023 PDC World Youth Championship and the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship. The African Continental Tour Grand Final was held on 18 November 2023. The results from the quarter-final onwards are shown. ===African qualifier for 2024 PDC World Darts Championship=== The African qualifier for the World Darts Championship was held on 24 September 2023. The results from the quarter-final onwards are shown. ==Championship Darts Latin America and Caribbean (CDLC) Tour==

The 2023 CDLC Tour began in the Costa Rican capital of San José from 4–6 August, with two warm-up events being followed by back-to-back CDLC Tour events on the weekend 5–6 August. The Hotel Torremayor in Santiago then hosted the second and final weekend from 13–15 October, with CDLC Tour Events Three and Four taking place in Chile. Following the conclusion of October's double-header, the player at the top of the CDLC Order of Merit qualified for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship at London's Alexandra Palace in December. ==References==