PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit prior to final day: Scutt and Plaisier on course for Tour Cards, Ally Pally spots up for grabs
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Sunday marks the final two tournaments of the 2024 PDC Challenge Tour season. It promises to be an exciting day in Leicester as the stakes are high.
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The Challenge Tour is open to players who participated in the Q-School but did not win a Tour Card there. Through this circuit, however, starting tickets can be earned for the majors. The winner of the ranking gets to compete in the Grand Slam of Darts, while the top two players receive an invitation to the World Darts Championship and a PDC Tour Card for the following two seasons.
Connor Scutt currently leads the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit with 10,125 pounds, but Wesley Plaisier follows 50 pounds behind with 10,075 pounds. Because Scutt and Plaisier have already qualified for the World Darts Championship via the Pro Tour, those spot move on to numbers three and four. Those are currently Christian Kist and Alexander Merkx. The number five is also a Dutchman, Danny Jansen is only 75 pounds behind Merkx.
The Tour Cards at this point appear to be going to Scutt and Plaisier, although Kist still has a good chance of throwing a spanner in the works. Scutt, with two tournaments to go, has the best chance to go to the Grand Slam of Darts.
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| Rank | Name | Prize money |
| 1 | Connor Scutt | 10125 |
| 2 | Wesley Plaisier | 10075 |
| 3 | Christian Kist | 9150 |
| 4 | Alexander Merkx | 7475 |
| 5 | Danny Jansen | 7400 |
| 6 | Andy Boulton | 6550 |
| 7 | Jimmy van Schie | 6125 |
| 8 | Darryl Pilgrim | 5675 |
| 9 | John Henderson | 5475 |
| 10 | Dragutin Horvat | 5400 |
| 11 | Andreas Harrysson | 5275 |
| 12 | Stefan Bellmont | 5175 |
| 13 | Aden Kirk | 5075 |
| 14 | Justin Hood | 4900 |
| 15 | Lee Cocks | 4600 |
| 16 | Darius Labanauskas | 4425 |
| 17 | Oskar Lukasiak | 4400 |
| 18 | Franz Roetzsch | 4375 |
| 19 | Sebastian Bialecki | 4300 |
| 20 | Jamie Atkins | 4125 |
| 21 | Stefaan Henderyck | 4000 |
| 22 | Richie Burnett | 3925 |
| 23 | Daniel Ayres | 3875 |
| 24 | Cam Crabtree | 3775 |
| 25 | Thomas Lovely | 3750 |
| 26 | Noa-Lynn van Leuven | 3575 |
| 27 | Rene Eidams | 3575 |
| 28 | Charlie Martin | 3500 |
| 29 | Shane McGuirk | 3325 |
| 30 | Kai Gotthardt | 3325 |
| 31 | Dominik Gruellich | 3050 |
| 32 | Dennie Olde Kalter | 2900 |
| 33 | Carl Wilson | 2850 |
| 34 | Ted Evetts | 2475 |
| 35 | Martin Grearson | 2425 |
| 36 | David Evans | 2425 |
| 37 | Scott Mitchell | 2425 |
| 38 | Reece Colley | 2375 |
| 39 | Kevin Burness | 2300 |
| 40 | John O'Shea | 2150 |
| 41 | Darren Armstrong | 2125 |
| 42 | Derk Telnekes | 2075 |
| 43 | Bradley Brooks | 2025 |
| 44 | Michael Unterbuchner | 1925 |
| 45 | David Davies | 1875 |
| 46 | Jarred Cole | 1875 |
| 47 | Adam Mould | 1800 |
| 48 | Reece Robinson | 1775 |
| 49 | Adam Paxton | 1775 |
| 50 | Trevor Burkhill | 1750 |
| 51 | Vitezslav Sedlak | 1750 |
| 52 | Jesus Noguera | 1750 |
| 53 | Grant Brown | 1725 |
| 54 | Romeo Grbavac | 1700 |
| 55 | Lewis Pride | 1650 |
| 56 | Pal Szekely | 1650 |
| 57 | Damian Mol | 1650 |
| 58 | Tytus Kanik | 1650 |
| 59 | Conan Whitehead | 1625 |
| 60 | Sean Fisher | 1600 |
| 61 | Tom Sykes | 1600 |
| 62 | Max Hopp | 1600 |
| 63 | Simon Perkins | 1575 |
| 64 | Jarno Bottenberg | 1575 |
| 65 | Colin Osborne | 1550 |
| 66 | Liam Goyne | 1500 |
| 67 | Andy Hamilton | 1475 |
| 68 | Scott Campbell | 1375 |
| 69 | Peter Jacques | 1375 |
| 70 | Patrick Lynskey | 1350 |
| 71 | Patrick Peters | 1350 |
| 72 | Devon Petersen | 1350 |
| 73 | Ciaran Teehan | 1325 |
| 74 | Chris Hurds | 1325 |
| 75 | Sam Spivey | 1300 |
| 76 | Ryan O'Connor | 1275 |
| 77 | Michael Flynn | 1200 |
| 78 | Joe Croft | 1200 |
| 79 | Anton Ostlund | 1175 |
| 80 | Tom Lonsdale | 1175 |
| 81 | Thomas Cromwell | 1150 |
| 82 | Jose Justicia | 1150 |
| 83 | Adam Lipscombe | 1125 |
| 84 | Steve Haggerty | 1125 |
| 85 | Michael Busscher | 1125 |
| 86 | Martin Thomas | 1075 |
| 87 | Paul Rowley | 1050 |
| 88 | James Beeton | 1025 |
| 89 | Arjan Konterman | 1025 |
| 90 | Scott Waites | 1000 |
| 91 | Mike Warburton | 1000 |
| 92 | James Richardson | 1000 |
| 93 | James Parkin | 950 |
| 94 | Ron Meulenkamp | 950 |
| 95 | James Welding | 950 |
| 96 | Tommy Morris | 925 |
| 97 | Stu Wilson | 925 |
| 98 | Greg Ritchie | 925 |
| 99 | Niko Springer | 925 |
| 100 | Jacob Gwynne | 900 |
| 101 | Niall Culleton | 900 |
| 102 | Peter Burgoyne | 900 |
| 103 | Wayne Jones | 850 |
| 104 | Fallon Sherrock | 850 |
| 105 | Keith Rooney | 850 |
| 106 | Ross Montgomery | 850 |
| 107 | Nicolas Thuillier | 825 |
| 108 | Kevin Leadenham | 825 |
| 109 | Ashley Coleman | 775 |
| 110 | Riccardo Castelli | 775 |
| 111 | Neil Parry | 775 |
| 112 | Dustin Straver | 775 |
| 113 | Roy van de Griendt | 775 |
| 114 | Vladimir Andersen | 775 |
| 115 | Nick Fullwell | 750 |
| 116 | Charlie Symons | 750 |
| 117 | Lee Barrow | 750 |
| 118 | Lee Budgen | 725 |
| 119 | Brian Raman | 725 |
| 120 | Thomas Banks | 700 |
| 121 | Owen Maiden | 700 |
| 122 | Patrick Klingelhoefer | 700 |
| 123 | Lewis Dare | 700 |
| 124 | Ryan Harrington | 675 |
| 125 | Kevin Lane | 675 |
| 126 | Ultan McDyer | 675 |
| 127 | Robert Thornton | 650 |
| 128 | Adrian Gray | 650 |
| 129 | Gary Blades | 625 |
| 130 | Jenson Walker | 600 |
| 131 | Henry Coates | 600 |
| 132 | Raymond Mulvey | 600 |
| 133 | Angelo Balsamo | 600 |
| 134 | Gilbert van der Meijden | 600 |
| 135 | Ricardo Perez | 600 |
| 136 | Lee Williams | 600 |
| 137 | Nathan Potter | 575 |
| 138 | Harry Lane | 575 |
| 139 | Jan Dueckers | 575 |
| 140 | Kai Fan Leung | 575 |
| 141 | Jaikob Selby-Rivas | 575 |
| 142 | Bjorn Beauprez | 575 |
| 143 | Alex Spellman | 575 |
| 144 | Steve Hine | 550 |
| 145 | Jack Mayoh | 550 |
| 146 | Dylan Dowling | 550 |
| 147 | Callum Francis | 525 |
| 148 | Tom Riding | 500 |
| 149 | Tonny Veenhof | 500 |
| 150 | Chris Quantock | 500 |
| 151 | Keelan Kay | 475 |
| 152 | Kevin Lankhuizen | 475 |
| 153 | Geoffrey Heath | 475 |
| 154 | John Cook | 450 |
| 155 | Ash Khayat | 450 |
| 156 | Eric Gohde | 450 |
| 157 | Eddie Lovely | 450 |
| 158 | Robert Ellis-Brown | 425 |
| 159 | David Wawrzewski | 425 |
| 160 | Darren Brown | 425 |
| 161 | Matt Caste | 425 |
| 162 | Sebastian Steyer | 425 |
| 163 | Dan Read | 425 |
| 164 | Patrick Quinn | 375 |
| 165 | Ryan Furness | 375 |
| 166 | Cory Evans | 375 |
| 167 | Christopher Wickenden | 375 |
| 168 | Jamai van den Herik | 375 |
| 169 | Kevin Troppmann | 375 |
| 170 | Sam Cankett | 375 |
| 171 | Ricardo Ham | 350 |
| 172 | Simon Stothart | 350 |
| 173 | Maikel Mossou | 350 |
| 174 | Ian Jones | 350 |
| 175 | Zereso Zeverboom | 350 |
| 176 | Paul Lewis | 350 |
| 177 | Zac Griffiths | 350 |
| 178 | Ruben Mesters | 350 |
| 179 | Conor Heneghan | 350 |
| 179 | Jeroen Mioch | 350 |
| 181 | Dennis van der Ende | 350 |
| 182 | Roemer Mooijman | 300 |
| 183 | Patrick Bulen | 300 |
| 184 | Alan Norris | 275 |
| 185 | Coni Singh Nagi | 275 |
| 186 | Stuart Wares | 275 |
| 187 | Michael Stoeten | 275 |
| 188 | Jorge Garcia del Pozo | 275 |
| 189 | Marcel Bos | 275 |
| 190 | Jeroen Caron | 275 |
| 191 | Patrick Maat | 275 |
| 192 | Gabriel Rollo | 275 |
| 193 | Dieter Van Ham | 275 |
| 194 | Iain Cash | 275 |
| 195 | Ryan De Vreede | 275 |
| 195 | Ryan Hogarth | 275 |
| 197 | Matt Good | 275 |
| 198 | Jordan Brooks | 275 |
| 199 | Steven Inkpen | 225 |
| 200 | Sean Ryan | 225 |
| 201 | Jim Moston | 225 |
| 202 | Joshua Wise | 225 |
| 203 | Nathan Care | 225 |
| 204 | Sergio Scratches | 225 |
| 205 | Dale Gadsby | 225 |
| 206 | Patrick Dekker | 225 |
| 207 | Graham Borland | 225 |
| 208 | Marcel Otter | 225 |
| 209 | Derek Barry | 200 |
| 210 | Ian Lever | 200 |
| 211 | Kevin McDine | 200 |
| 212 | Nathan Girvan | 200 |
| 213 | Joe Murnan | 200 |
| 214 | Shane Hayward | 200 |
| 215 | Mario Robbe | 200 |
| 216 | Felix Schiertz | 200 |
| 217 | Michael Hurtz | 200 |
| 218 | Paavo Myller | 200 |
| 218 | Darren Webster | 200 |
| 220 | Arno Brand | 200 |
| 220 | Ben Quenby | 200 |
| 222 | Jim Walker | 200 |
| 223 | Jack Vincent | 150 |
| 224 | Liam Saxon | 150 |
| 225 | Daniel Astbury | 150 |
| 226 | Derek Maclean | 150 |
| 227 | Bhav Patel | 150 |
| 228 | Davy Robijns | 150 |
| 229 | Robert Nelson | 150 |
| 230 | Kevin Mills | 150 |
| 231 | Michael Barnard | 150 |
| 232 | Nick Hijmans | 150 |
| 232 | Colin Tyrer | 150 |
| 234 | Scott Taylor | 150 |
| 235 | Giovanni Stecconi | 150 |
| 236 | Joseph Bridle | 150 |
| 237 | Christopher Harvey | 150 |
| 238 | Paul Mitchell | 150 |
| 239 | Dmitriy Zhukov | 150 |
| 240 | Darren Barton | 150 |
| 241 | Brandon Western | 150 |
| 242 | Jonathan Kavanagh | 150 |
| 243 | Andrew Hyland | 150 |
| 244 | Adam Atkinson | 150 |
| 245 | Ricky de Vos | 150 |
| 246 | Born Van Put | 150 |
| 247 | Soeren Carlsson | 150 |
| 248 | William Leijten | 150 |
| 249 | Marcel Hausotter | 150 |
| 250 | Graham Rackstraw | 150 |
| 251 | Marcel Walpen | 150 |
| 252 | Shaun Alcock | 150 |
| 253 | Gary Butcher | 150 |
| 254 | Luke Smith | 150 |
| 255 | Kristian Barker | 75 |
| 255 | Kamil Janowicz | 75 |
| 255 | Calvin Nicolai | 75 |
| 258 | Kevin Lowe | 75 |
| 258 | Wayne Morgan | 75 |
| 258 | Steve Price | 75 |
| 261 | Kevin Bambrick | 75 |
| 261 | Phil Coward | 75 |
| 263 | Michael Baker | 75 |
| 263 | Andrew Hoare | 75 |
| 263 | Phil Milburn | 75 |
| 266 | Kevin Garcia | 75 |
| 266 | Simon Teysen | 75 |
| 268 | Gethyn Bennett | 75 |
| 268 | Patrick Schwab | 75 |
| 270 | Kevin Painter | 75 |
| 270 | Wesley van Trijp | 75 |
| 272 | Lloyd Walker | 75 |
| 273 | Danny Tessmann | 75 |
| 274 | David Jeske | 75 |
| 274 | Vincent Kamphuis | 75 |
| 276 | Markus Kessler | 75 |
| 276 | Marcus Kirchmann | 75 |
| 276 | Maximilian Nirschl | 75 |
| 279 | Miroslaw Grudziecki | 75 |
| 279 | Christian Helmecke | 75 |
| 279 | Thomas Kohnlein | 75 |
| 279 | Oliver Mueller (Frankfurt) | 75 |
| 279 | Jody Tobback | 75 |
| 279 | Joey ten Berge | 75 |
| 285 | Michael Ladefoged | 75 |
| 286 | Dean Forde | 75 |
| 286 | Lee Grace | 75 |
| 286 | Lewis Williams | 75 |
| 289 | Stuart Barrowcliffe | 75 |
| 289 | Petros Christodoulou | 75 |
| 289 | Levy Frauenfelder | 75 |
| 289 | Adam Serpell | 75 |
| 289 | Mathew Wood | 75 |
| 294 | Ryan Murray | 75 |
| 294 | Darren Webster (Heanor) | 75 |
| 296 | Jake Neale | 75 |
| 296 | Jordy Van den Broek | 75 |
| 298 | James Green | 75 |
| 298 | Ole Holtkamp | 75 |
| 298 | Stephen Jones | 75 |
| 298 | Justin Smith | 75 |

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