The Professional Darts Corporation have announced the provisional 2007 calendar of tournaments. The PDC are moving towards a minimum of 25 Pro Tour events to accompany the existing five televised ranking tournaments on the £2 million professional circuit next year. These Pro Tour tournaments will come from existing events such as Players Championships and UK Open Regional Finals, the latter of which will increase in prize fund to £20,000 from January onwards. However, there is a possibility that some non-PDC promoted events will also be upgraded to meet the criteria of a minimum prize fund of £20,000. Details of these events are still being confirmed and those dates in the calendar - signalled in italics - are still provisional. There will be other events added to this calendar in due course as final arrangements are being organised. Venues and dates for the 2007 Holsten Premier League Darts will be announced in the coming weeks, with the top six players in the world rankings after the SkyBet World Grand Prix automatically qualifying for the £265,000 event, to be joined by two wildcards. The Professional Darts Corporation will move from a ranking points system to an Order of Merit from 2 January 2007, with prize money won in ranked tournaments over a two-year period counting towards a player's standing. 2007 UK Open North-East Regional Final 6-7 January Pro Tour Stan James Players Championship 20 January, Gibraltar Pro Tour Players Championship 21 January, Gibraltar Pro Tour UK Open South-West Regional Final 10-11 February Pro Tour Irish Masters 16-18 February Pro Tour West Tyrone Open 24-25 February Pro Tour UK Open Southern Regional Final 3-4 March Pro Tour UK Open North-West Regional Final 17-18 March Pro Tour UK Open Midlands Regional Final 31Mar-1 April Pro Tour Antwerp Open 14 April Pro Tour Open Holland 28-29 April Pro Tour International Darts League 5-13 May Le Skratch-Sarantos Retsinas Memorial 11-13 May, Montreal Pro Tour World Series of Darts 18-20 May, Connecticut UK Open TV Finals 7-10 June, Bolton PREMIER Players Championship 17 June, Hayling Island Pro Tour Players Championship 18 June, Hayling Island Pro Tour Players Championship 1 July, Las Vegas PRo Tour Las Vegas Desert Classic 2-8 July PREMIER William Cross Players Championship July, Australia Pro Tour Bobby Bourn Memorial Trophy 21 July Pro Tour Stan James World Matchplay 22-28 July PREMIER Bavaria World Darts Trophy 1-9 September Ireland Open Classic 8-9 September Pro Tour Sky Bet World Grand Prix Irish Qualifiers September - TBC Windy City Open 15-16 September Pro Tour Players Championship, Wales 22 September Pro Tour UK Open Welsh Regional Final 23 September Pro Tour Emperors Palace South African Masters 29 September Open Zwartewaterland 13 October Pro Tour Players Championship, Dublin 20 October Pro Tour UK Open Irish Regional Final 21 October Pro Tour SkyBet World Grand Prix 22-28 October PREMIER DPA Oceanic Masters October - TBC Players Championship, Scotland 3 November Pro Tour UK Open Scottish Regional Final 4 November Pro Tour Players Championship, Holland 10 November Pro Tour Players Championship, Holland 11 November Pro Tour World Championship PDPA Qualifiers 17 November Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship December/January PREMIER Please note, events in Italics indicate some details TBC. Green = Televised events Orange = PDC Pro Tour events Yellow = Non-Ranking events
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