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Players Championship tournaments will be played in Barnsley from 20 to 23 October. Eight of the 128 PDC Tour Card holders have not registered for these.
Michael van Gerwen is the highest profile absentee with Peter Wright, Gerwyn Price and Michael Smith all involved from the top ten.
Furthermore, Boris Koltsov, Gordon Mathers, John Brown, Zoran Lerchbacher, Michael Unterbuchner, Krzysztof Kciuk and Vladimir Andersen have also not registered for Players Championship 25-28. Their spots will be taken by the highest-ranked players on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit.