Scott Williams leads the way in the 2022 PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit after the opening weekend of action.
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A double title haul sees Williams already onto £4,050 ahead of Jim McEwan on £2,900. Stu Wilson and Steve Haggerty (£2,100 and £2,000) follow along while Lee Evans is the best of the rest in terms of non title winners on £1,800.
The Challenge Tour circuit is open to players who have participated in the Q-School, but have not won a Tour Card. On this tour players can earn reserve spots for the Pro Tour 2022 and Tour Cards for 2023 and 2024. The highest ranked players on the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit fill up the available spots on the Players Championship events.
PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit after five tournaments
1 Scott Williams £4,050
2 Jim McEwan £2,900
3 Stu Wilson £2,100
4 Steve Haggerty £2,000
5 Lee Evans £1,800
6 Stephen Burton £1,400
7 Matthew Edgar £1,350
8 Robert Owen £1,300
9 Pete Burgoyne £1,100
10 Haupai Puha £1,050
11 Darren Penhall £900
12 Gavin Carlin £800
13 Christopher Gilliland £750
14 Thibault Tricole £750
15 Jason Hogg £700
16 Andy Jenkins £700
17 Karel Sedlacek £700
18 Scott Marsh £650
19 Ryan de Vrede £600
20 Michael Flynn £600
21 Darren Johnson £600
22 Danny Lauby £600
23 Thomas Lovely £500
24 Graham Hall £500
25 Jacob Taylor £500
26 Daniel Klose £450
27 Jeremy van der Winkel £450
28 Leighton Bennett £450
29 Jesus Noguera £400
30 Carlo van Peer £400
31 Gary Blades £400
32 Darryl Pilgrim £400
33 Colin Osborne £350
34 Jim Moston £350
35 Nick Kenny £350
36 Jimmy Bristow £350
37 James Richardson £350
38 Keelan Kay £300
39 Steven Noster £300
40 Dave Prince £300
41 Roman Benecky £300
42 Owen Roelofs £300
43 Jacques Labre £300
44 Robert Thornton £300
45 Steve Hine £300
46 Robert Rickwood £300
47 Graham Usher £250
48 Davy Toast £250
49 Richard North £250
50 Ryan Craddock £250
51 Maikel Verberk £250
52 Matthew Dennant £250
53 Jarred Cole £250
54 Dan Read £250
55 Luke Wenig £250
56 Justin Smith £250
57 Lee Budgen £200
58 Mark McGeeney £200
59 Toni Alcinas £200
60 Barrie Bates £200
61 Gian van Veen £200
62 Simon Stevenson £200
63 Jamie Caven £200
64 Paul Hogan £200
65 Scott Taylor £200
66 Shaun Narain £200
67 Robert Collins £200
68 Wayne Jones £200
69 Adrian Gray £200
70 Reece Robinson £200
71 Chas Barstow £200
72 Shaun Carroll £200
73 Owen Maiden £200
74 David Pallett £150
75 Franz Roetzsch £150
76 Chris Quantock £150
77 Alan Norris £150
78 Scottie Walters £150
79 Gillian Cow Horn £150
80 Martijn Dragt £150
81 Patrick van den Boogaard £150
82 Jamie Lewis £150
83 Nathan Girvan £150
84 Darren Armstrong £150
85 Jimmy van Schie £150
86 Kai Gotthardt £150
87 Marko Kantele £150
88 Callum Francis £150
89 Martin Thomas £150
90 Diogo Portela £100
91 Geoffrey Murray £100
92 Kevin Lane £100
93 Will Harwood £100
94 Jeroen Mioch £100
95 Alexander Masek £100
96 Arjan Konterman £100
97 Martyn Turner £100
98 Ryan Harrington £100
99 John Cook £100
100 Jordan Brooks £100
101 Martin Heneghan £100
102 Andy Hamilton £100
103 Darren Latham £100
104 Ian Lever £100
105 Scott Campbell £100
106 Andrew Hyland £100
107 Daniel Day £100
108 Paul Rowley £100
109 Prakash Jiwa £100
110 Reece Colley £100
111 Tavis Dudeney £100
112 Jelle Klaasen £100
113 Kelvin Heart £100
114 Nathan Potter £100
115 Sven van Dun £100
116 Kevin Garcia £100
117 Alex Long £100
118 Cameron Crabtree £100
119 Ciaran Teehan £100
120 Conor Heneghan £100
121 Shane Hayward £100
122 Paul Mitchell £100
123 Wes Newton £100
124 Alan Tabern £50
125 Arron Monk £50
126 Cristo Reyes £50
127 Jacob Gwynne £50
128 James Beeton £50
129 Joshua Sinkovits £50
130 Kevin Luhr £50
131 Mark Frost £50
132 Petros Christodoulou £50
133 Philip Van Gasse £50
134 Danny van Trijp £50
135 Jaikob Selby-Rivas £50
136 John Crossley £50
137 Kai Fan Leung £50
138 Kurt Parry £50
139 Robert Nelson £50
140 Roxy James Rodriguez £50
141 Shaun Thompson £50
142 Steven Beasley £50
143 Stuart White £50
144 Lisa Ashton £50
145 Matt Gallett £50
146 Michael Burgoine £50
147 Owen Emmett Bowden £50
148 Roemer Mooijman £50
149 Sean Fisher £50
150 Tomas Houdek £50
151 Carl Beattie £50
152 Daniel Lee £50
153 Dom Taylor £50
154 Henry Reddin £50
155 Josh McCarthy £50
156 Michael Baker £50
157 Adam Mold £50
158 Brian Woods £50
159 James Waite £50
160 John Bowles £50
161 Josh Payne £50
162 Kyle Richardson £50
163 Lee Cocks £50
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