Draw confirmed for Players Championship 1: Wright-Beaton and Clemens-Van Barneveld among top ties as ProTour season begins

The draw has been completed ahead of Players Championship 1 which is due to take place on Saturday afternoon at the Barnsley Metrodome and seeing 125 out of 128 Tour Card holders in action this weekend.

Only Gerwyn Price, Corey Cadby and Christian Perez are missing with Michael van Gerwen, Peter Wright, Michael Smith and top seed Luke Humphries among the leading lights involved.

As ever the draw throws together some top ties including Wright facing Steve Beaton, Raymond van Barneveld taking on Gabriel Clemens, Danny Noppert facing Scott Williams and Simon Whitlock colliding with Martin Lukeman. Due to changes this season, the action will now begin at 13:00 GMT.

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Players Championship 1 Draw

Last 128

Luke Humphries - | - Luc Peters

Adam Gawlas - | - Luke Woodhouse

Jim Williams - | - Stephen Burton

Ross Montgomery - | - Lewy Williams

Jose De Sousa - | - Mickey Mansell

George Killington - | - Keegan Brown

Ryan Searle - | - Daniel Klose

Jeff Smith - | - Florian Hempel

Dirk van Duijvenbode - | - Matt Campbell

Jimmy Hendriks - | - Adam Smith-Neale

Madars Razma - | - Graham Usher

Cameron Crabtree - | - Gian van Veen

Peter Wright - | - Steve Beaton

Ronny Huybrechts - | - Ted Evetts

Gabriel Clemens - | - Raymond van Barneveld

Ricky Evans - | - Jurjen van der Velde

Rob Cross - | - Jacques Labre

Vincent van der Voort - | - Danny Van Trijp

Kim Huybrechts - | - Richie Burnett

Jermaine Wattimena - | - Darren Webster

Jonny Clayton - | - Adam Warner

Nick Kenny - | - Callum Goffin

Martin Lukeman - | - Simon Whitlock

Kevin Doets - | - Steve Lennon

Dave Chisnall - | - Kevin Burness

Mensur Suljovic - | - Maik Kuivenhoven

Rowby-John Rodriguez - | - Martijn Kleermaker

Richard Veenstra - | - Owen Roelofs

Martin Schindler - | - Jose Justicia

Lee Evans - | - Niels Zonneveld

Stephen Bunting - | - Mike De Decker

Gary Anderson - | - Robbie Knops

Michael van Gerwen - | - Geert Nentjes

Ian White - | - Danny Jansen

Callan Rydz - | - Ricardo Pietreczko

Alan Soutar - | - Jules van Dongen

Dimitri Van den Bergh - | - Robert Owen

Rusty-Jake Rodriguez - | - Tony Martinez

Andrew Gilding - | - Ross Smith

Thibault Tricole - | - Mario Vandenbogaerde

Michael Smith - | - Radek Szaganski

Josh Payne - | - Brian Raman

Adrian Lewis - | - Ritchie Edhouse

Nathan Rafferty - | - Boris Krcmar

Joe Cullen - | - Jamie Hughes

Connor Scutt - | - Nick Fullwell

Chris Dobey - | - Ryan Joyce

Pascal Rupprecht - | - Keane Barry

Damon Heta - | - Ryan Meikle

Jeffrey Sparidaans - | - Chris Landman

Brendan Dolan - | - Cameron Menzies

Bradley Brooks - | - John O'Shea

Josh Rock - | - Shaun Wilkinson

Karel Sedlacek - | - James Wilson

Krzysztof Ratajski - | - William O'Connor

Dylan Slevin - | - Damian Mol

Nathan Aspinall - | - Darius Labanauskas

Mervyn King - | - Krzysztof Kciuk

Daryl Gurney - | - Graham Hall

Arron Monk - | - Jeffrey De Zwaan

Danny Noppert - | - Scott Williams

Joe Murnan - | - Jamie Clark

James Wade - | - Devon Petersen

Vladimir Andersen - | - Scott Waites