New Zealand Darts Masters 2024 prize money: £60,000 on offer

On Friday, August 16 and Saturday, August 17, the New Zealand Darts Masters 2024 is scheduled to take place at the Globox Arena in the New Zealand city of Hamilton. The prize fund for this event includes 60,000 pounds.

At the New Zealand Darts Masters, eight PDC players will compete with eight darters from Oceania for the title. The field of participants includes Luke Humphries, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Littler and Dimitri van den Bergh, as well as local stars such as Damon Heta, Simon Whitlock and Haupai Puha.

The winner of this World Series tournament will go home with a check for 20,000 pounds. The runner-up will receive 10,000 pounds. All 16 participants are guaranteed £1,250 in prize money anyway.

The prize money does not count toward the PDC Order of Merit, nor does it count toward the World Series of Darts Order of Merit. Instead, players can also earn points for the World Series of Darts rankings.

All participants in a World Series tournament are guaranteed one point for the World Series Order of Merit. This number increases to three points upon reaching the quarterfinals, and then to five points for a semifinal place. The losing finalist receives eight points and the winner receives 12 points.

The top eight on the World Series Order of Merit will be guaranteed participation in the World Series Finals in Amsterdam at the end of the season. The event in New Zealand is the last regular World Series tournament of the season.

The PDC came to New Zealand for the first time in 2015. The Auckland Darts Masters was held there annually through 2018. In 2019, the tournament was renamed the New Zealand Darts Masters and Hamilton became the new playing venue. In 2023, Rob Cross took the title there by winning 8-7 over Nathan Aspinall in the final.

Winner: £20,000

Runner-up: £10,000

Semi-finalists: £5000

Quarter-finalists: £2500

Losers last 16: £1250