Order of Merit update: Luke Humphries further consolidates advantage over Michael van Gerwen, Van den Bergh up to 7th after UK Open triumph

Luke Humphries may have lost to Dimitri van den Bergh in the final of the UK Open on Sunday night, but 'Cool Hand Luke' has significantly strengthened his first spot in the world rankings.

Humphries lost out in the fourth round of the UK Open two years ago, leaving him with only 2,000 pounds to defend. His final place in Minehead last weekend earned him 50,000 pounds in prize money. Michael van Gerwen meanwhile was defeated in the fourth round and as such, went home with just 2,500 pounds.

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Tournament winner van den Bergh is back in the world's top-10. He started the UK Open as number 14 in the world, but now makes his appearance in seventh position. Right above him is Gerwyn Price, who lost his fifth spot to Rob Cross.

Damon Heta also makes his appearance in the top-10. His semi-final run moved him up to ninth place. That was at the expense of Jonny Clayton and Danny Noppert. The latter fell as many as six places back, as he could not defend his UK Open title from two years ago.

Ricky Evans also managed to reach the semi-finals, putting 'Rapid Ricky' now in 41st place. Mervyn King did important business in the Tour Card race, moving up six spots after his place in the last 16. The English veteran now holds the 58th spot and needs to make sure he stays in the top-64 of the world rankings this year.

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PDC Order of Merit as of March 4

Position	Name	Prize money
1	Luke Humphries	£1,527,500
2	Michael van Gerwen	£1,127,000
3	Michael Smith	£1,069,250
4	Nathan Aspinall	£639,000
5	Rob Cross	£597,750
6	Gerwyn Price	£594,500
7	Dimitri Van den Bergh	£501,500
8	Peter Wright	£499,250
9	Damon Heta	£498,500
10	Dave Chisnall	£491,750
11	Jonny Clayton	£486,500
12	Dirk van Duijvenbode	£434,750
13	Danny Noppert	£432,250
14	Joe Cullen	£411,500
15	Chris Dobey	£395,250
16	Ross Smith	£377,750
17	Stephen Bunting	£375,750
18	Andrew Gilding	£365,000
19	Ryan Searle	£356,750
20	Josh Rock	£332,500
21	James Wade	£331,500
22	Gabriel Clemens	£317,500
23	Martin Schindler	£300,750
24	Krzysztof Ratajski	£297,250
25	Gary Anderson	£296,750
26	Jose De Sousa	£273,250
27	Brendan Dolan	£266,500
28	Daryl Gurney	£263,000
29	Raymond van Barneveld	£239,000
30	Luke Littler	£237,000
31	Scott Williams	£208,000
32	Kim Huybrechts	£180,750
33	Martin Lukeman	£179,250
34	Callan Rydz	£172,750
35	Madars Razma	£172,250
36	Ricardo Pietreczko	£164,250
37	Luke Woodhouse	£157,500
38	Ryan Joyce	£152,500
39	Mike De Decker	£146,750
40	Gian van Veen	£143,500
41	Ricky Evans	£139,500
42	Jim Williams	£139,250
43	Alan Soutar	£121,500
44	Simon Whitlock	£116,750
45	Rowby-John Rodriguez	£114,750
46	Matt Campbell	£114,000
47	Jermaine Wattimena	£113,500
48	Steve Beaton	£112,000
49	Keane Barry	£111,500
50	William O'Connor	£108,750
51	Mickey Mansell	£100,000
52	Cameron Menzies	£99,000
53	Adrian Lewis	£97,000
54	Vincent van der Voort	£95,500
55	Boris Krcmar	£91,750
56	Mensur Suljovic	£91,000
57	Jamie Hughes	£90,000
58	Mervyn King	£88,250
58	Florian Hempel	£88,250
60	Ritchie Edhouse	£87,750
61	Kevin Doets	£87,500
62	Ryan Meikle	£86,750
63	Adam Gawlas	£85,750
64	Ian White	£80,000
65	Richard Veenstra	£73,500
66	Niels Zonneveld	£61,000
67	Lee Evans	£51,000
68	Dylan Slevin	£45,250
69	Maik Kuivenhoven	£33,750
69	Keegan Brown	£33,750
71	Stephen Burton	£31,750
72	Jeffrey De Zwaan	£31,000
73	Daniel Klose	£29,500
74	Karel Sedlacek	£25,500
75	Arron Monk	£25,000
76	Robert Owen	£24,000
77	Jeffrey Sparidaans	£22,500
78	Graham Usher	£22,250
79	Pascal Rupprecht	£22,000
80	Jurjen van der Velde	£21,750
81	Nick Kenny	£20,750
82	Adam Smith-Neale	£18,750
83	Graham Hall	£18,500
84	Josh Payne	£18,000
85	Ronny Huybrechts	£15,250
86	Geert Nentjes	£15,000
87	Owen Roelofs	£12,500
88	Danny van Trijp	£11,500
89	Adam Warner	£11,000
90	Robbie Knops	£10,750
91	Christian Perez	£9,500
92	Callum Goffin	£8,750
93	Steve Lennon	£7,500
94	Mario Vandenbogaerde	£6,500
94	Berry van Peer	£6,500
94	James Hurrell	£6,500
97	Jacques Labre	£6,250
98	Benjamin Drue Reus	£6,000
98	Andy Baetens	£6,000
100	Wessel Nijman	£5,000
100	Leighton Bennett	£5,000
102	Brett Claydon	£4,500
102	Patrick Geeraets	£4,500
102	Matthew Dennant	£4,500
102	Paul Krohne	£4,500
106	Danny Lauby	£4,000
106	Thibault Tricole	£4,000
108	Joshua Richardson	£3,500
108	Rhys Griffin	£3,500
108	Oskar Lukasiak	£3,500
111	Chris Landman	£3,000
111	Michele Turetta	£3,000
113	Tim Wolters	£2,500
113	George Killington	£2,500
113	Haupai Puha	£2,500
113	Darren Beveridge	£2,500
113	Adam Hunt	£2,500
113	Dom Taylor	£2,500
113	Nathan Rafferty	£2,500
120	Owen Bates	£2,000
120	Danny Jansen	£2,000
120	William Borland	£2,000
120	Lukas Wenig	£2,000
124	Radek Szaganski	£1,500
125	Tom Lonsdale	£1,000
125	Ron Meulenkamp	£1,000
125	Robert Grundy	£1,000
125	Jenson Walker	£1,000
125	Harry Lane	£1,000
125	Jack Male	£1,000
125	Jitse Van der Wal	£1,000
125	Jules van Dongen	£1,000