Order of Merit update: Luke Humphries further consolidates advantage over Michael van Gerwen, Van den Bergh up to 7th after UK Open triumph
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Luke Humphries may have lost to Dimitri van den Bergh in the final of the UK Open on Sunday night, but 'Cool Hand Luke' has significantly strengthened his first spot in the world rankings.
Humphries lost out in the fourth round of the UK Open two years ago, leaving him with only 2,000 pounds to defend. His final place in Minehead last weekend earned him 50,000 pounds in prize money. Michael van Gerwen meanwhile was defeated in the fourth round and as such, went home with just 2,500 pounds.
Tournament winner van den Bergh is back in the world's top-10. He started the UK Open as number 14 in the world, but now makes his appearance in seventh position. Right above him is Gerwyn Price, who lost his fifth spot to Rob Cross.
Damon Heta also makes his appearance in the top-10. His semi-final run moved him up to ninth place. That was at the expense of Jonny Clayton and Danny Noppert. The latter fell as many as six places back, as he could not defend his UK Open title from two years ago.
Ricky Evans also managed to reach the semi-finals, putting 'Rapid Ricky' now in 41st place. Mervyn King did important business in the Tour Card race, moving up six spots after his place in the last 16. The English veteran now holds the 58th spot and needs to make sure he stays in the top-64 of the world rankings this year.
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PDC Order of Merit as of March 4
| Position | Name | Prize money |
| 1 | Luke Humphries | £1,527,500 |
| 2 | Michael van Gerwen | £1,127,000 |
| 3 | Michael Smith | £1,069,250 |
| 4 | Nathan Aspinall | £639,000 |
| 5 | Rob Cross | £597,750 |
| 6 | Gerwyn Price | £594,500 |
| 7 | Dimitri Van den Bergh | £501,500 |
| 8 | Peter Wright | £499,250 |
| 9 | Damon Heta | £498,500 |
| 10 | Dave Chisnall | £491,750 |
| 11 | Jonny Clayton | £486,500 |
| 12 | Dirk van Duijvenbode | £434,750 |
| 13 | Danny Noppert | £432,250 |
| 14 | Joe Cullen | £411,500 |
| 15 | Chris Dobey | £395,250 |
| 16 | Ross Smith | £377,750 |
| 17 | Stephen Bunting | £375,750 |
| 18 | Andrew Gilding | £365,000 |
| 19 | Ryan Searle | £356,750 |
| 20 | Josh Rock | £332,500 |
| 21 | James Wade | £331,500 |
| 22 | Gabriel Clemens | £317,500 |
| 23 | Martin Schindler | £300,750 |
| 24 | Krzysztof Ratajski | £297,250 |
| 25 | Gary Anderson | £296,750 |
| 26 | Jose De Sousa | £273,250 |
| 27 | Brendan Dolan | £266,500 |
| 28 | Daryl Gurney | £263,000 |
| 29 | Raymond van Barneveld | £239,000 |
| 30 | Luke Littler | £237,000 |
| 31 | Scott Williams | £208,000 |
| 32 | Kim Huybrechts | £180,750 |
| 33 | Martin Lukeman | £179,250 |
| 34 | Callan Rydz | £172,750 |
| 35 | Madars Razma | £172,250 |
| 36 | Ricardo Pietreczko | £164,250 |
| 37 | Luke Woodhouse | £157,500 |
| 38 | Ryan Joyce | £152,500 |
| 39 | Mike De Decker | £146,750 |
| 40 | Gian van Veen | £143,500 |
| 41 | Ricky Evans | £139,500 |
| 42 | Jim Williams | £139,250 |
| 43 | Alan Soutar | £121,500 |
| 44 | Simon Whitlock | £116,750 |
| 45 | Rowby-John Rodriguez | £114,750 |
| 46 | Matt Campbell | £114,000 |
| 47 | Jermaine Wattimena | £113,500 |
| 48 | Steve Beaton | £112,000 |
| 49 | Keane Barry | £111,500 |
| 50 | William O'Connor | £108,750 |
| 51 | Mickey Mansell | £100,000 |
| 52 | Cameron Menzies | £99,000 |
| 53 | Adrian Lewis | £97,000 |
| 54 | Vincent van der Voort | £95,500 |
| 55 | Boris Krcmar | £91,750 |
| 56 | Mensur Suljovic | £91,000 |
| 57 | Jamie Hughes | £90,000 |
| 58 | Mervyn King | £88,250 |
| 58 | Florian Hempel | £88,250 |
| 60 | Ritchie Edhouse | £87,750 |
| 61 | Kevin Doets | £87,500 |
| 62 | Ryan Meikle | £86,750 |
| 63 | Adam Gawlas | £85,750 |
| 64 | Ian White | £80,000 |
| 65 | Richard Veenstra | £73,500 |
| 66 | Niels Zonneveld | £61,000 |
| 67 | Lee Evans | £51,000 |
| 68 | Dylan Slevin | £45,250 |
| 69 | Maik Kuivenhoven | £33,750 |
| 69 | Keegan Brown | £33,750 |
| 71 | Stephen Burton | £31,750 |
| 72 | Jeffrey De Zwaan | £31,000 |
| 73 | Daniel Klose | £29,500 |
| 74 | Karel Sedlacek | £25,500 |
| 75 | Arron Monk | £25,000 |
| 76 | Robert Owen | £24,000 |
| 77 | Jeffrey Sparidaans | £22,500 |
| 78 | Graham Usher | £22,250 |
| 79 | Pascal Rupprecht | £22,000 |
| 80 | Jurjen van der Velde | £21,750 |
| 81 | Nick Kenny | £20,750 |
| 82 | Adam Smith-Neale | £18,750 |
| 83 | Graham Hall | £18,500 |
| 84 | Josh Payne | £18,000 |
| 85 | Ronny Huybrechts | £15,250 |
| 86 | Geert Nentjes | £15,000 |
| 87 | Owen Roelofs | £12,500 |
| 88 | Danny van Trijp | £11,500 |
| 89 | Adam Warner | £11,000 |
| 90 | Robbie Knops | £10,750 |
| 91 | Christian Perez | £9,500 |
| 92 | Callum Goffin | £8,750 |
| 93 | Steve Lennon | £7,500 |
| 94 | Mario Vandenbogaerde | £6,500 |
| 94 | Berry van Peer | £6,500 |
| 94 | James Hurrell | £6,500 |
| 97 | Jacques Labre | £6,250 |
| 98 | Benjamin Drue Reus | £6,000 |
| 98 | Andy Baetens | £6,000 |
| 100 | Wessel Nijman | £5,000 |
| 100 | Leighton Bennett | £5,000 |
| 102 | Brett Claydon | £4,500 |
| 102 | Patrick Geeraets | £4,500 |
| 102 | Matthew Dennant | £4,500 |
| 102 | Paul Krohne | £4,500 |
| 106 | Danny Lauby | £4,000 |
| 106 | Thibault Tricole | £4,000 |
| 108 | Joshua Richardson | £3,500 |
| 108 | Rhys Griffin | £3,500 |
| 108 | Oskar Lukasiak | £3,500 |
| 111 | Chris Landman | £3,000 |
| 111 | Michele Turetta | £3,000 |
| 113 | Tim Wolters | £2,500 |
| 113 | George Killington | £2,500 |
| 113 | Haupai Puha | £2,500 |
| 113 | Darren Beveridge | £2,500 |
| 113 | Adam Hunt | £2,500 |
| 113 | Dom Taylor | £2,500 |
| 113 | Nathan Rafferty | £2,500 |
| 120 | Owen Bates | £2,000 |
| 120 | Danny Jansen | £2,000 |
| 120 | William Borland | £2,000 |
| 120 | Lukas Wenig | £2,000 |
| 124 | Radek Szaganski | £1,500 |
| 125 | Tom Lonsdale | £1,000 |
| 125 | Ron Meulenkamp | £1,000 |
| 125 | Robert Grundy | £1,000 |
| 125 | Jenson Walker | £1,000 |
| 125 | Harry Lane | £1,000 |
| 125 | Jack Male | £1,000 |
| 125 | Jitse Van der Wal | £1,000 |
| 125 | Jules van Dongen | £1,000 |
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