Gary Anderson bids to end 7-year self-exile from the European Tour

When Gary Anderson competes in the Tour Card holder qualifier for the German Darts Grand Prix on Monday, he will try to end a seven-year absence from the European Tour.

The European Darts Open in Düsseldorf in 2016 marked Anderson’s most recent appearance in a European Tour competition, and the German Darts Championship in 2014 yielded his lone Euro Tour victory to date.

After the most recent World Championship, the two-time World Champion fell to 22nd in the PDC Order of Merit, and after the first two Players Championship events of the season, he has since dropped another two spots.

Last year, Anderson missed out on a spot in the Grand Slam for the first time and was unable to advance past the Last 32 stage of a televised ranking tournament.

Gary Anderson bids. to end 7-year self-exile from the European Tour
Gary Anderson bids. to end 7-year self-exile from the European Tour (PDC)

The 52-year-old made a suggestion that he might be willing to end his European Tour hiatus if there is little travel required during last month’s Masters in Milton Keynes.

The Scot has entered the Tour Card holder qualifier for ET4 in Barnsley on Monday. ET4 will be held in Munich from April 8–10; the qualifier for the International Open (ET3) in Riesa has not been entered.

Raymond van Barneveld, James Wade, Chris Dobey, Jose de Sousa, Ross Smith, Daryl Gurney, and Adrian Lewis are some additional notable participants in the qualifying action.

The PDC European Tour’s prize pool has increased to £175,000 per event this year, with £30,000 going to the event winner.

ET3 & 4 Tour Card Holder Qualifier Entries

Monday February 20

ET3 Tour Card Holder Qualifier

Keane Barry

Steve Beaton

Bradley Brooks

Keegan Brown

Stephen Bunting

Kevin Burness

Richie Burnett

Stephen Burton

Matt Campbell

Jamie Clark

Mike De Decker

Jose de Sousa

Jeffrey De Zwaan

Chris Dobey

Kevin Doets

Brendan Dolan

Ritchie Edhouse

Lee Evans

Ricky Evans

Ted Evetts

Nick Fullwell

Adam Gawlas

Andrew Gilding

Callum Goffin

Daryl Gurney

Graham Hall

Jimmy Hendriks

Jamie Hughes

Kim Huybrechts

Ronny Huybrechts

Danny Jansen

Ryan Joyce

Jose Justicia

Krzysztof Kciuk

Nick Kenny

George Killington

Mervyn King

Martijn Kleermaker

Daniel Klose

Robbie Knops

Boris Krcmar

Maik Kuivenhoven

Darius Labanauskas

Jacques Labre

Steve Lennon

Adrian Lewis

Martin Lukeman

Mickey Mansell

Tony Martinez

Ryan Meikle

Cameron Menzies

Damian Mol

Arron Monk

Ross Montgomery

Joe Murnan

Geert Nentjes

William O’Connor

John O’Shea

Robert Owen

Josh Payne

Luc Peters

Devon Petersen

Ricardo Pietreczko

Nathan Rafferty

Brian Raman

Krzysztof Ratajski

Madars Razma

Rowby-John Rodriguez

Rusty-Jake Rodriguez

Owen Roelofs

Pascal Rupprecht

Callan Rydz

Connor Scutt

Ryan Searle

Karel Sedlacek

Dylan Slevin

Jeff Smith

Ross Smith

Adam Smith-Neale

Alan Soutar

Jeffrey Sparidaans

Mensur Suljovic

Radek Szaganski

Graham Usher

Raymond van Barneveld

Jurjen van der Velde

Vincent van der Voort

Jules van Dongen

Danny Van Trijp

Gian van Veen

Mario Vandenbogaerde

Richard Veenstra

James Wade

Scott Waites

Adam Warner

Jermaine Wattimena

Darren Webster

Ian White

Simon Whitlock

Shaun Wilkinson

Jim Williams

Lewy Williams

Scott Williams

James Wilson

Luke Woodhouse

Niels Zonneveld

ET4 Tour Card Holder Qualifier

Gary Anderson

Keane Barry

Steve Beaton

Bradley Brooks

Keegan Brown

Stephen Bunting

Kevin Burness

Richie Burnett

Stephen Burton

Matt Campbell

Jamie Clark

Mike De Decker

Jeffrey De Zwaan

Chris Dobey

Kevin Doets

Brendan Dolan

Ritchie Edhouse

Lee Evans

Ricky Evans

Ted Evetts

Nick Fullwell

Adam Gawlas

Andrew Gilding

Callum Goffin

Daryl Gurney

Graham Hall

Jimmy Hendriks

Jamie Hughes

Kim Huybrechts

Ronny Huybrechts

Danny Jansen

Ryan Joyce

Jose Justicia

Krzysztof Kciuk

Nick Kenny

George Killington

Mervyn King

Martijn Kleermaker

Daniel Klose

Robbie Knops

Boris Krcmar

Maik Kuivenhoven

Darius Labanauskas

Jacques Labre

Steve Lennon

Adrian Lewis

Martin Lukeman

Mickey Mansell

Tony Martinez

Ryan Meikle

Cameron Menzies

Damian Mol

Arron Monk

Ross Montgomery

Joe Murnan

Geert Nentjes

William O’Connor

John O’Shea

Robert Owen

Josh Payne

Luc Peters

Devon Petersen

Ricardo Pietreczko

Nathan Rafferty

Brian Raman

Krzysztof Ratajski

Madars Razma

Rowby-John Rodriguez

Rusty-Jake Rodriguez

Owen Roelofs

Pascal Rupprecht

Callan Rydz

Connor Scutt

Ryan Searle

Karel Sedlacek

Dylan Slevin

Jeff Smith

Ross Smith

Adam Smith-Neale

Alan Soutar

Jeffrey Sparidaans

Mensur Suljovic

Radek Szaganski

Graham Usher

Raymond van Barneveld

Jurjen van der Velde

Vincent van der Voort

Jules van Dongen

Danny Van Trijp

Gian van Veen

Mario Vandenbogaerde

Richard Veenstra

James Wade

Scott Waites

Adam Warner

Jermaine Wattimena

Darren Webster

Ian White

Simon Whitlock

Shaun Wilkinson

Jim Williams

Lewy Williams

Scott Williams

James Wilson

Luke Woodhouse

Niels Zonneveld