Full list of African players at PDC Worlds and how they QualifiedFiss Plaps wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 12:07 pmWasn't that the case at one point? Maybe I'm getting confused with Devon being absent a few years back because of his elbow or whatever it was.Captain Hobo wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 11:37 am I think it'd be better if Tour Card holders were ineligible for such Qualifiers, and you've got to think that might be the case if Devon wasn't so 'marketable'.
2007 - Wynand Havenga - Won South African Masters
2008 - Charles Losper - Won South African Open
2009 - Charles Losper - Won South African Qualifier
2010 - Les Francis - Won South African Qualifier
2011 - Devon Petersen - Won South African Qualifier
2012 - Devon Petersen - Won South African Qualifier
2013 - Charl Pietersen - Won South African Qualifier - Devon didn't play due to arm injury
2014 - Devon Petersen - Won South African Qualifier
2015 - Nolan Arendse - Won South African Qualifier - Beat Devon in the final
2016 - Warrick Scheffer - Won South African Qualifier - Not sure if Devon played in that, he did lose in the PDPA Qualifier that year
2017 - Devon Petersen - PDC Pro Tour Qualifier
2018 - Devon Petersen - Highest Ranked African on PDC OOM
2019 - Devon Petersen - Won African Qualifier
2020 - Devon Petersen - Won African Qualifier
So the first year that Devon qualified by right, was also the first year in 10 years that Uncle Barry couldn't get an African Qualifier organised. Then the next year they just shoehorn Devon in due to his ranking, and again no Qualifier is played.
Then when it expands to 96 players and Devon isn't even near qualifying by right, the African qualifier reappears.
Now that Taylor has retired, it seems that PDC stands for Putting Devon on Camera.