{"id":30467,"date":"2026-07-01T23:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T23:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/30467\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T23:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T23:23:08","slug":"lukes-to-miss-players-championship-double","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/30467\/","title":{"rendered":"Lukes to Miss Players Championship Double"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Entries for next week\u2019s Players Championship double-header have been confirmed today, as the race for Betfred World Matchplay qualification will conclude in Leicester.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next ProTour double (PC 23 &amp; 24) will be on July 6-7, as the 2026 PDC season continues at the Mattioli Arena in the East Midlands. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dartsworldstore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">DARTS PLAYER MERCHANDISE AND COLLECTABLES AT OUR DARTSWORLD STORE!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fields of 128 players \u2013 comprised of PDC Tour Card Holders and PDPA Associate Members \u2013 will take part across two days of action, including Netherlands\u2019 World Cup of Darts finalists Gian van Veen and Michael van Gerwen.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PDC-Pro-Tour-stage.jpg\" alt=\"PDC, Darts Pro Tour, Playing Cubes\" class=\"wp-image-36580\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several Tour Card holding players, including World Champion Luke Littler and recent US Darts Master  Luke Humphries, are missing one or both events, with their replacements, including recent ADC and MODUS Super Series winners will be keen to take the opportunity to improve their standing or qualify for PDC majors later in the season:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tour Card Holders Absent:\u00a0Jonny Clayton,\u00a0Matthias Ehlers, Luke Humphries, Luke Littler, Niko Springer, Oskar Lukasiak, Dimitri Van den Bergh, Richard Veenstra (PC23 only).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Non-Tour Card Holders\u00a0Competing:\u00a0Joe Hunt, Derek Coulson, Tommy Lishman, Daniel Ayres, Tommy Morris, Aden Kirk, Christopher Wickenden, Nathan Potter (PC23 only).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the final event the field for the World Matchplay will be confirmed as the race to Blackpool comes to a close and darts\u2019 biggest names prepare to compete for the Phil Taylor Trophy from July 18th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MORE ELITE DARTS COVERAGE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dartsworld.com\/pdc-land\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Check Out Our Devoted PDC Area<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Players Championships will commence at 1300 BST on each day, and coverage from four boards in each event will be streamed on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/video.pdc.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">PDCTV<\/a>\u00a0and across bookmakers\u2019 websites worldwide, with German commentary provided on Streaming Board One.<\/p>\n<p>Players Championships 23-24 Player Entries<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattioli Arena, Leicester<br \/>July 6-7<br \/>Players Championship 23<br \/>Gary Anderson<br \/>Nathan Aspinall<br \/>Daniel Ayres<br \/>Keane Barry<br \/>Owen Bates<br \/>Stefan Bellmont<br \/>Filip Bereza<br \/>Sebastian Bialecki<br \/>Tom Bissell<br \/>Andy Boulton<br \/>Bradley Brooks<br \/>Stephen Bunting<br \/>Stephen Burton<br \/>Dave Chisnall<br \/>Gabriel Clemens<br \/>Derek Coulson<br \/>Cam Crabtree<br \/>Rob Cross<br \/>Joe Cullen<br \/>Niall Culleton<br \/>Maximilian Czerwinski<br \/>Mike De Decker<br \/>Jeffrey de Graaf<br \/>Jeffrey de Zwaan<br \/>Cor Dekker<br \/>Chris Dobey<br \/>Kevin Doets<br \/>Brendan Dolan<br \/>Tavis Dudeney<br \/>Ritchie Edhouse<br \/>Ricky Evans<br \/>Adam Gawlas<br \/>Andrew Gilding<br \/>Kai Gotthardt<br \/>Beau Greaves<br \/>Rhys Griffin<br \/>Dominik Gruellich<br \/>Daryl Gurney<br \/>Stefaan Henderyck<br \/>Damon Heta<br \/>Yorick Hofkens<br \/>Justin Hood<br \/>Max Hopp<br \/>Joe Hunt<br \/>James Hurrell<br \/>Kim Huybrechts<br \/>Ryan Joyce<br \/>Tytus Kanik<br \/>Nick Kenny<br \/>Mervyn King<br \/>Aden Kirk<br \/>Christian Kist<br \/>Marvin Kraft<br \/>Maik Kuivenhoven<br \/>Darius Labanauskas<br \/>Chris Landman<br \/>Sietse Lap<br \/>Adam Leek<br \/>Adam Lipscombe<br \/>Tommy Lishman<br \/>Pero Ljubic<br \/>Jim Long<br \/>Thomas Lovely<br \/>Martin Lukeman<br \/>Charlie Manby<br \/>Mickey Mansell<br \/>Shane McGuirk<br \/>Ryan Meikle<br \/>Cameron Menzies<br \/>Arno Merk<br \/>Alexander Merkx<br \/>Tommy Morris<br \/>Wessel Nijman<br \/>Danny Noppert<br \/>William O\u2019Connor<br \/>Dennie Olde Kalter<br \/>Rob Owen<br \/>Adam Paxton<br \/>Ricardo Pietreczko<br \/>Darryl Pilgrim<br \/>Wesley Plaisier<br \/>Nathan Potter<br \/>Benjamin Pratnemer<br \/>Gerwyn Price<br \/>Samuel Price<br \/>Krzysztof Ratajski<br \/>Madars Razma<br \/>Cristo Reyes<br \/>Greg Ritchie<br \/>Josh Rock<br \/>Rusty-Jake Rodriguez<br \/>Stephen Rosney<br \/>Pascal Rupprecht<br \/>Callan Rydz<br \/>Martin Schindler<br \/>Connor Scutt<br \/>Ryan Searle<br \/>Karel Sedlacek<br \/>David Sharp<br \/>Michael Smith<br \/>Ross Smith<br \/>Carl Sneyd<br \/>Alan Soutar<br \/>Jeffrey Sparidaans<br \/>Mensur Suljovic<br \/>Tom Sykes<br \/>Tyler Thorpe<br \/>Viktor Tingstrom<br \/>Thibault Tricole<br \/>Raymond van Barneveld<br \/>Jurjen van der Velde<br \/>Dirk van Duijvenbode<br \/>Michael van Gerwen<br \/>Jimmy van Schie<br \/>Gian van Veen<br \/>Marvin van Velzen<br \/>Mario Vandenbogaerde<br \/>James Wade<br \/>Adam Warner<br \/>Jermaine Wattimena<br \/>Leon Weber<br \/>Lukas Wenig<br \/>Ian White<br \/>Christopher Wickenden<br \/>Scott Williams<br \/>Luke Woodhouse<br \/>Peter Wright<br \/>Niels Zonneveld<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Players Championship 24<br \/>Gary Anderson<br \/>Nathan Aspinall<br \/>Daniel Ayres<br \/>Keane Barry<br \/>Owen Bates<br \/>Stefan Bellmont<br \/>Filip Bereza<br \/>Sebastian Bialecki<br \/>Tom Bissell<br \/>Andy Boulton<br \/>Bradley Brooks<br \/>Stephen Bunting<br \/>Stephen Burton<br \/>Dave Chisnall<br \/>Gabriel Clemens<br \/>Derek Coulson<br \/>Cam Crabtree<br \/>Rob Cross<br \/>Joe Cullen<br \/>Niall Culleton<br \/>Maximilian Czerwinski<br \/>Mike De Decker<br \/>Jeffrey de Graaf<br \/>Jeffrey de Zwaan<br \/>Cor Dekker<br \/>Chris Dobey<br \/>Kevin Doets<br \/>Brendan Dolan<br \/>Tavis Dudeney<br \/>Ritchie Edhouse<br \/>Ricky Evans<br \/>Adam Gawlas<br \/>Andrew Gilding<br \/>Kai Gotthardt<br \/>Beau Greaves<br \/>Rhys Griffin<br \/>Dominik Gruellich<br \/>Daryl Gurney<br \/>Stefaan Henderyck<br \/>Damon Heta<br \/>Yorick Hofkens<br \/>Justin Hood<br \/>Max Hopp<br \/>Joe Hunt<br \/>James Hurrell<br \/>Kim Huybrechts<br \/>Ryan Joyce<br \/>Tytus Kanik<br \/>Nick Kenny<br \/>Mervyn King<br \/>Aden Kirk<br \/>Christian Kist<br \/>Marvin Kraft<br \/>Maik Kuivenhoven<br \/>Darius Labanauskas<br \/>Chris Landman<br \/>Sietse Lap<br \/>Adam Leek<br \/>Adam Lipscombe<br \/>Tommy Lishman<br \/>Pero Ljubic<br \/>Jim Long<br \/>Thomas Lovely<br \/>Martin Lukeman<br \/>Charlie Manby<br \/>Mickey Mansell<br \/>Shane McGuirk<br \/>Ryan Meikle<br \/>Cameron Menzies<br \/>Arno Merk<br \/>Alexander Merkx<br \/>Tommy Morris<br \/>Wessel Nijman<br \/>Danny Noppert<br \/>William O\u2019Connor<br \/>Dennie Olde Kalter<br \/>Rob Owen<br \/>Adam Paxton<br \/>Ricardo Pietreczko<br \/>Darryl Pilgrim<br \/>Wesley Plaisier<br \/>Benjamin Pratnemer<br \/>Gerwyn Price<br \/>Samuel Price<br \/>Krzysztof Ratajski<br \/>Madars Razma<br \/>Cristo Reyes<br \/>Greg Ritchie<br \/>Josh Rock<br \/>Rusty-Jake Rodriguez<br \/>Stephen Rosney<br \/>Pascal Rupprecht<br \/>Callan Rydz<br \/>Martin Schindler<br \/>Connor Scutt<br \/>Ryan Searle<br \/>Karel Sedlacek<br \/>David Sharp<br \/>Michael Smith<br \/>Ross Smith<br \/>Carl Sneyd<br \/>Alan Soutar<br \/>Jeffrey Sparidaans<br \/>Mensur Suljovic<br \/>Tom Sykes<br \/>Tyler Thorpe<br \/>Viktor Tingstrom<br \/>Thibault Tricole<br \/>Raymond van Barneveld<br \/>Jurjen van der Velde<br \/>Dirk van Duijvenbode<br \/>Michael van Gerwen<br \/>Jimmy van Schie<br \/>Gian van Veen<br \/>Marvin van Velzen<br \/>Mario Vandenbogaerde<br \/>Richard Veenstra<br \/>James Wade<br \/>Adam Warner<br \/>Jermaine Wattimena<br \/>Leon Weber<br \/>Lukas Wenig<br \/>Ian White<br \/>Christopher Wickenden<br \/>Scott Williams<br \/>Luke Woodhouse<br \/>Peter Wright<br \/>Niels Zonneveld<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Images: PDC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Entries for next week\u2019s Players Championship double-header have been confirmed today, as the race for Betfred World 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