Draw Players Championship 20 including Price, Wright, Van Gerwen and Michael Smith

Monday at 13:00 UK time we will begin the twentieth Players Championship tournament of the season. In Barnsley, 128 players, including the likes of Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Michael van Gerwen and Peter Wright.

Dirk Van Duijvenbode will play his first tournament since the 'Aubergenius' became a father last week and was missing Sunday in the first event of the weekend. Against Robbie Knops, the number one on the Players Championship Order of Merit will make his return today.

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Three-time world champion Michael van Gerwen will take on Graham Usher in the first round, while for Gerwyn Price, a tie with Luke Woodhouse awaits. Michael Smith will meet Darius Labanauskas, and yesterday's winner Callan Rydz locks horns against Keegan Brown.

For Peter Wright, a tie with Richie Burnett awaits in a battle of the former World Champions with fellow Scottish star Gary Anderson facing Ross Montgomery in his opening encounter.

A total of 100,000 pounds in prize money is distributed at each Players Championship tournament. The winner of the event will receive a check for 12,000 pounds.

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Players Championship 20

Last 128

Kim Huybrechts - | - Jose Justicia

Mervyn King - | - Connor Scutt

Dave Chisnall - | - Lee Evans

Kevin Doets - | - Nathan Rafferty

Andrew Gilding - | - Ryan Joyce

William O'Connor - | - James Wilson

Ross Smith - | - Brian Raman

Ian White - | - Joe Murnan

Daryl Gurney - | - Bradley Brooks

Jacques Labre - | - Ted Evetts

Jonny Clayton - | - Cam Crabtree

Danny Jansen - | - Cameron Menzies

Gabriel Clemens - | - Krzysztof Kciuk

Graham Hall - | - Adam Smith-Neale

Michael van Gerwen - | - Graham Usher

Devon Petersen - | - Owen Bates

Chris Dobey - | - Rowby-John Rodriguez

Jules van Dongen - | - Berry van Peer

Gerwyn Price - | - Luke Woodhouse

Dylan Slevin - | - Ricky Evans

Krzysztof Ratajski - | - Adam Gawlas

John O'Shea - | - Jeffrey De Zwaan

Joe Cullen - | - Robert Grundy

Jermaine Wattimena - | - Arron Monk

Mike De Decker - | - Karel Sedlacek

Josh Payne - | - Jurjen van der Velde

Dirk van Duijvenbode - | - Robbie Knops

Mario Vandenbogaerde - | - Jeffrey Sparidaans

Dimitri Van den Bergh - | - Steve Lennon

George Killington - | - Geert Nentjes

Danny Noppert - | - Lewis Williams

Jeff Smith - | - Mickey Mansell

Callan Rydz - | - Keegan Brown

Gian van Veen - | - Damian Mol

Damon Heta - | - Tony Martinez

Martijn Kleermaker - | - Darren Webster

James Wade - | - Scott Waites

Danny van Trijp - | - John Henderson

Martin Schindler - | - Radek Szaganski

Florian Hempel - | - Owen Roelofs

Raymond van Barneveld - | - Vladimir Andersen

Daniel Klose - | - Vincent van der Voort

Rob Cross - | - Mensur Suljovic

Nick Fullwell - | - Robert Owen

Stephen Bunting - | - Simon Whitlock

Maik Kuivenhoven - | - Jamie Clark

Peter Wright - | - Richie Burnett

Rusty-Jake Rodriguez - | - Ricardo Pietreczko

Steve Beaton - | - Boris Krcmar

Martin Lukeman - | - Scott Williams

Luke Humphries - | - Andy Boulton

Stephen Burton - | - Jim Williams

Jose De Sousa - | - Luc Peters

Ronny Huybrechts - | - Ryan Meikle

Ryan Searle - | - Alan Soutar

Ritchie Edhouse - | - Niels Zonneveld

Brendan Dolan - | - Shaun Wilkinson

Matt Campbell - | - Callum Goffin

Josh Rock - | - Keane Barry

Jamie Hughes - | - Jimmy Hendriks

Gary Anderson - | - Ross Montgomery

Richard Veenstra - | - Madars Razma

Michael Smith - | - Darius Labanauskas

Adam Warner - | - Kevin Burness