2023 PDC Pro Tour

The 2023 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Players Championships and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. There were thirty Players Championship events and thirteen PDC European Tour events, as well as 24 events for the Challenge and Development Tours, and the Women's Series.

Prize money
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 is divided:

PDC Tour Card
128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships events, the UK Open and qualifiers for all European Tour and select televised events.

Tour cards
The 2023 Tour Cards were awarded to:
 * (64) The top 64 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2023 World Championship.
 * (30) 30 qualifiers from 2022 Q-School not ranked in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit following the World Championship.
 * (1) The winner of the 2021 UK Challenge Tour (Jim Williams).
 * Jim Williams was also in the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit, and therefore, one extra Tour Card was awarded to a Q-School qualifier.
 * (1) The winner of the 2021 European Challenge Tour (Matt Campbell).
 * (1) The winner of the 2021 UK Development Tour (Bradley Brooks).
 * (1) The winner of the 2021 European Development Tour (Rusty-Jake Rodriguez).
 * (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2022 Challenge Tour (Robert Owen and Danny van Trijp).
 * (2) Two highest qualifiers from 2022 Development Tour (Geert Nentjes and Jurjen van der Velde).
 * (8) The daily winners from the 2023 Q-Schools.

Afterwards, the playing field was complemented by the highest qualified players from the Q-School Order of Merit until the maximum number of 128 Pro Tour Card players has been reached. In 2023, that means that a total of 19 additional players qualified this way.

Q-School
The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School (or Q-School) was split into a UK and European Q-School. Players that are not from Europe could choose which Q-School to compete in.

Q-School was once again split into two stages; with all players who lost their tour cards after the 2023 World Championship and the players who finished from third to sixteenth in the 2022 Challenge Tour and Development Tour Orders of Merit exempted to the final stage. The first stage consisted a block of three days, with the last eight players on each day qualifying into the final stage. A ranking of other players will also be produced with players qualifying via that ranking to produce a full list of 128 players for each final stage.

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 will be given 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 will be awarded 1 point.

To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places will be allocated down the final 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
 * 1) 🇮🇪 Dylan Slevin
 * 2) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Evans
 * 3) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stephen Burton
 * 4) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Nick Kenny
 * 5) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Keegan Brown
 * 6) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adam Warner
 * 7) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Graham Hall
 * 8) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Callum Goffin
 * 9) 🇵🇭 Christian Perez

European Q-School Order of Merit
 * 1)  Maik Kuivenhoven
 * 2)  Richard Veenstra
 * 3)  Niels Zonneveld
 * 4) 🇩🇪 Pascal Rupprecht
 * 5) 🇧🇪 Ronny Huybrechts
 * 6) 🇨🇿 Karel Sedláček
 * 7) 🇫🇷 Jacques Labre
 * 8) 🇩🇪 Daniel Klose
 * 9)  Gian van Veen
 * 10)  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 2023 Development 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 Development Tour rankings additionally form 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 do not manage to earn a Tour Card for the 2024 season, will qualify 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 Marshall Arena, 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.

The results from the third round onwards are shown below.

PDC Women's Series
The 2023 PDC Women's Series will be expanded from 20 to 24 events held over six weekends. The top 8 ranked players from money earned from the last 8 Women's Series events of 2022 and the first 12 events of 2023 will qualify for the 2023 Women's World Matchplay in Blackpool. The top two players from the series will qualify for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, while the top non-qualified player will qualify for the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts.

PDC Asian Tour
Following a break of three years, the PDC Asian Tour returns 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 will qualify automatically for the World Darts Championship.

The Asian Championship will also return, 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 are occupied by the PDC China Premier League qualifiers, which are held between June and August, with a final playoff at the end, and an Indian Qualifier from an event to take place on October 28, 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 October 28, 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 get a place at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship.

Dartplayers Australia (DPA) Pro Tour
The Dartplayers Australia Tour will return to a unified tour for 2023. Dates announced by Dartsplayer Australia. The winner after twenty tournaments may participate in the PDC World Championship.

Dartplayers New Zealand (DPNZ) Pro Tour
The Dartplayers New Zealand Tour will return for an extended tour for 2023. There will be 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 will compete in the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship qualifier on October 9 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 will continue in 2023. It will host 12 events held over 4 weekends. The top players from the United States and Canada on the Tour Points List will qualify for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship.

North American Championship
As in the previous year, the North American Championship will be played as part of the US Darts Masters on the Saturday afternoon of the US Darts Masters.

Under PDC Rule 3.9, champion (third year of Tour Card) is 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 starts, 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 vie for the title of CDC Tour Champion, with the winner also earning a berth in the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts as well as the 2024 US Darts Masters and 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 would include 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 will begin in the Costa Rican capital of San José from August 4–6, with two warm-up events being followed by back-to-back CDLC Tour events on Saturday August 5 and Sunday August 6. The Hotel Torremayor in Santiago will then play host to the second and final weekend from October 13–15, 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 will qualify for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship at London's Alexandra Palace in December.