The fourth Players Championship of the year was a triumph for Damon Heta. However, the Australian does not appear in the top five highest averages.
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Heta defeated Chris Dobey 8-4 in the final, posting an average of 103.37, good for 13th place in the list of highest averages at Players Championship 4.
The highest average was for Steve Lennon. The Irishman, who lost his Tour Card early this year, but immediately regained it at Q-School, was too strong for Mike De Decker in the opening round, 6-4, reaching 110.83. Incidentally, De Decker himself averaged 109.23 in that match, good for the fourth highest average of the day.
Lennon eventually reached the last 32, where he lost 6-4 to Dirk van Duijvenbode.
No final or final victory this time for Ryan Searle, but the second highest average for 'Heavy Metal'. At the last sixteen he went down 6-5 against Brendan Dolan, despite a much higher average (109.45) than his opponent (102.28).
Completing the top three is Jim Williams. The Welshman won 6-2 over Krzysztof Ratajski at the last 32, achieving 109.31 average. Williams eventually lost at the last sixteen 6-1 to eventual winner Damon Heta.
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