Wesley Plaisier won the fifteenth tournament of the PDC Challenge Tour on Sunday. He sealed a tournament on the Challenge Tour for the third time in his career.
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Plaisier made it to the final of Challenge Tour 15 after wins over Kenny Neyens (5-0), Reece Robinson (5-4), Owen Maiden (5-3), Charlie Martin (5-2), Pal Szekely (5-3), Darren Armstrong (5-0) and Sebastian Bialecki.
Damian Mol was the other finalist after wins over Jarred Cole (5-1) and Dragutin Horvat (5-2), among others. In the final, Mol took a 4-3 lead and in the eighth leg he had six match darts, but Mol could not capitalize. Plaisier forced a deciding leg and decided the match with a 15-darter.
The Challenge Tour circuit is open to players who participated in the Q-School but did not win a Tour Card. On this tour, spots for the 2024 Pro Tour and Tour Cards for 2025 and 2026 can be earned.
The highest-ranked players on the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit qualify for the reserve spots at the Players Championship tournaments.
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Wesley Plaisier claimed his first Winmau Challenge Tour title of 2024 as the year's third weekend of action concluded with Event 15 in Leicester on Sunday.