Draw released for Players Championship 1 including Wright, Price, Van Gerwen and Clayton

The draw has been released for the opening Players Championship tournament of the season which is due to take place on Saturday, February 5 in Barnsley.

Most of the contingent of Tour Card holders both brand new and previous are involved in the opening weekend. This includes Michael van Gerwen, Jonny Clayton, Peter Wright and Gerwyn Price.

Also there will be a first look at the likes of Jules van Dongen, Cameron Menzies, Ross Montgomery, Nathan Rafferty, Connor Scutt and Josh Rock.

As well as welcome returns for Richie Burnett, Scott Waites, Darren Webster and James Wilson among others.

Play begins at 12pm GMT with two tournaments over this weekend. Prize money will stand at £75,000 for each tournament, with all won counting towards the PDC Order of Merits.

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Draw Players Championship 1

Gerwyn Price v Mickey Mansell

Jim Williams v Martin Lukeman

Kim Huybrechts v Max Hopp

Ricky Evans v Jose Justicia

Krzysztof Ratajski v Jamie Clark

Jimmy Hendriks v John Henderson

James Wade v Boris Koltsov

Jermaine Wattimena v Steve West

Brendan Dolan v Brian Raman

Ian White v Adam Gawlas

Raymond van Barneveld v Ryan Meikle

Darren Webster v Jason Lowe

Ryan Searle v Geert de Vos

Niels Zonneveld v Connor Scutt

Vincent van der Voort v Cameron Menzies

Luke Woodhouse v Stu Wilson

Peter Wright v Kevin Burness

David Evans v Jeff Smith

Mensur Suljovic v Jake Jones

Gordon Mathers v Keane Barry

Damon Heta v Mario Vandenbogaerde

Tony Martinez v Andy Boulton

Chris Dobey v Ross Montgomery

Scott Williams v Steve Beaton

Jonny Clayton v Boris Krcmar

Damian Mol v Ricardo Pietreczko

Mervyn King v George Killington

Nathan Rafferty v Glen Durrant

Dimitri van den Bergh v Danny Baggish

Nick Fullwell v Stephen Burton

Stephen Bunting v Andrew Gilding

Alan Soutar v Jim McEwan

José de Sousa v Steve Lennon

Jules van Dongen v William O'Connor

Scott Mitchell v Jamie Hughes

Martijn Kleermaker v Ted Evetts

Callan Rydz v James Wilson

Darius Labanauskas v Gary Anderson

Ross Smith v Eddie Lovely

Luc Peters v Shaun Wilkinson

Michael van Gerwen v Lewy Williams

Peter Hudson v Geert Nentjes

Daryl Gurney v Florian Hempel

John O'Shea v Josh Rock

Rob Cross v Simon Whitlock

William Borland v Lee Evans

Martin Schindler v Jon Worsley

Ron Meulenkamp v Rowby-John Rodriguez

Michael Smith v Devon Petersen

Brett Claydon v Adam Hunt

Adrian Lewis v Jack Main

Mike de Decker v Ritchie Edhouse

Luke Humphries v Keegan Brown

Steve Haggerty v Radek Szaganski

Gabriel Clemens v Danny Jansen

Jason Heaver v Kevin Doets

Joe Cullen v Krzysztof Kciuk

Madars Razma v Matt Campbell

Ryan Joyce v Bradley Brooks

Richie Burnett v John Brown

Dirk van Duijvenbode v Maik Kuivenhoven

Berry van Peer v Scott Waites

Dave Chisnall v Joe Murnan

Rusty-Jake Rodriguez v John Michael