Luke Littler wins maiden PDC Development Tour title at Event Three

After reaching a final and Quarter-Final so far in his debut weekend on the PDC Development Tour, Luke Littler has firmly put the tour on notice with his maiden title in only his third event.

Littler who is seen by many as the next darting prodigy saw off Nathan Girvan, Riley Rees-Tucker, Oliver King and finally Jurjen van der Velde to seal Event Three and the 16-year-old is firmly living up to his promise so far.

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The PDC Development Tour circuit consists of 24 tournaments. At each Development Tour tournament, there is a prize pool of £15,000 to be distributed.

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PDC Development Tour Event Three

Last 16

Stefan Dees 4 | 3 Levy Frauenfelder

Oliver King 4 | 2 Jitse Van der Wal

Riley Rees-Tucker 4 | 0 David Schlichting

Luke Littler 4 | 2 Nathan Girvan

Cam Crabtree 4 | 0 Luke Van der Kwast

Nathan Rafferty 4 | 3 Connor Hopkins

Jurjen van der Velde 4 | 2 Charlie Large

Lewis Williams 4 | 1 Lewis Gurney

Quarter-Finals

Oliver King 5 | 1 Stefan Dees

Luke Littler 5 | 3 Riley Rees-Tucker

Nathan Rafferty 5 | 4 Cam Crabtree

Jurjen van der Velde 5 | 4 Lewis Williams

Semi-Finals

Luke Littler 5 | 2 Oliver King

Jurjen van der Velde 5 | 1 Nathan Rafferty

Final

Luke Littler 5 | 1 Jurjen van der Velde