Michael van Gerwen and
Nathan Aspinall are missing from the World Series tournaments in Australia and New Zealand in August. Van Gerwen was also absent from these World Series tournaments last year.
The field of participants for the Australian Darts Masters and New Zealand Darts Masters is led by
Luke Humphries and
Luke Littler. Michael Smith, Gerwyn Price, Rob Cross, Peter Wright, Dimitri van den Bergh and Damon Heta will also be in action there on behalf of the PDC.
They will play one of the Oceanic players in the first round of the World Series tournaments. That includes at least Simon Whitlock and Haupai Puha. Brenton Lloyd and Rob Modra have also already qualified for the Australian Darts Masters, which takes place August 9-10 in Wollongong. A week later, the New Zealand Darts Masters will be played in Hamilton.
Participant field Australian Darts Masters
PDC players
Luke Humphries
Michael Smith
Gerwyn Price
Rob Cross
Peter Wright
Luke Littler
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Damon Heta
Oceanic players
Simon Whitlock
Haupai Puha
Brenton Lloyd
Rob Modra
DPA Q3 (June 16)
DPA Q4 (July 14)
DPNZ Qualifier (July 6)
Highest ranked player on DPA ranking (July 14)
New Zealand Darts Masters participant field
PDC players
Luke Humphries
Michael Smith
Gerwyn Price
Rob Cross
Peter Wright
Luke Littler
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Damon Heta
Oceanic players
Haupai Puha
Simon Whitlock
DPNZ OOM #1 (May 12)
DPNZ OOM #2 (May 12)
DPNZ OOM #3 (May 12)
DPNZ Q1 (July 6)
DPNZ Q2 (July 7)
Highest ranked player on DPA ranking (July 14)