Alan Soutar surprisingly took the overall victory at the 11th Players Championship tournament of the season. He won in the final of the event in Hildesheim with a 8-7 over Daryl Gurney.
Soutar was in a PDC rankings final for the first time, having previously stranded in the last four three times. The Scot had two good first seasons at the PDC in 2021 and 2022, but 2023 was a lot less so and in that year he also missed out on participation in the World Darts Championship. Soutar still has quite a bit of prize money to defend in 2024 from 2022, so this ranking title will serve him well.
Soutar had reached the final of Players Championship 11 by beating Steve Beaton (6-5), Martin Lukeman (6-2), Danny Noppert (6-2), Ritchie Edhouse (6-4), Niels Zonneveld (6-3) and Dirk van Duijvenbode (7-0) in succession.
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Results Players Championship 11
Last 32
Scott Williams 6 | 2 Ian White
Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 0 Luke Woodhouse
Mike De Decker 6 | 1 Martijn Dragt
Kevin Doets 6 | 3 Lee Evans
Damon Heta 6 | 4 Maik Kuivenhoven
James Wade 6 | 1 Mensur Suljovic
Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 4 Wessel Nijman
Daryl Gurney 6 | 3 Mervyn King
Alan Soutar 6 | 2 Danny Noppert
Ritchie Edhouse 6 | 5 Nick Kenny
Jeffrey Sparidaans 6 | 2 Nathan Aspinall
Niels Zonneveld 6 | 1 Gian van Veen
Gerwyn Price 6 | 3 Graham Hall
Madars Razma 6 | 2 Ryan Meikle
Stephen Burton 6 | 0 Cam Crabtree
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 5 Mario Vandenbogaerde
Last 16
Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 2 Scott Williams
Kevin Doets 6 | 5 Mike De Decker
James Wade 6 | 4 Damon Heta
Daryl Gurney 6 | 1 Jermaine Wattimena
Alan Soutar 6 | 4 Ritchie Edhouse
Niels Zonneveld 6 | 3 Jeffrey Sparidaans
Madars Razma 6 | 1 Gerwyn Price
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 0 Stephen Burton
Quarter-Finals
Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 4 Kevin Doets
Daryl Gurney 6 | 4 James Wade
Alan Soutar 6 | 3 Niels Zonneveld
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 1 Madars Razma
Semi-Finals
Daryl Gurney 7 | 4 Raymond van Barneveld
Alan Soutar 7 | 0 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Final
Daryl Gurney 7 | 8 Alan Soutar
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