Ranking event winners to miss out on the Grand Slam 2015-2023

[The Thorn]

2015: Joe Murnan, Alan Norris
2016: Stephen Bunting, Josh Payne
2017: Adrian Lewis, Joe Cullen, Steve Beaton, Kyle Anderson, Jonny Clayton
2018: Mickey Mansell, Jeffrey de Zwaan, Mervyn King, Nathan Aspinall, Danny Noppert
2019: Jamie Hughes, Mensur Suljovic, Krzysztof Ratajski, Joe Cullen, Jonny Clayton, Jeffrey de Zwaan, Harry Ward, Jose de Sousa
2020:
2021: Callan Rydz, Brendan Dolan, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Ross Smith, Ryan Searle
2022: Jim Williams, Danny Jansen, Scott Williams, Adrian Lewis, Brendan Dolan, Keegan Brown, Josh Rock, James Wade
2023: Kim Huybrechts, Ross Smith, Callan Rydz, Ryan Joyce, Radek Szaganski

[The Thorn]

Blood on Matt Porter's hands. Players missing out twice:

Adrian Lewis, Joe Cullen, Jonny Clayton, Jeffrey de Zwaan, Krzysztof Ratajski, Callan Rydz, Brendan Dolan, Ross Smith

[Randall]

It's a mystery why an event for winners ignores winners

[Ross, Bob]

RIP Kyle.

[tungsten tossers]

RIP Kyle.

And Toon

[sennafan24]

It's a mystery why an event for winners ignores winners

IIRC Porter stated years ago that the floor qualifiers exist to give TC holders more opportunities to qualify for TV events. In turn, giving the TC more value.

Of course, I don't think that approach is appropriate for a Grand Slam event that is meant to showcase PDC event winners over the full year.

[Ross, Bob]

RIP Kyle.

And Toon

Kyle dying was unexpected, Toon already had one foot in the grave. So not really comparable.

[The Thorn]

It's a mystery why an event for winners ignores winners

IIRC Porter stated years ago that the floor qualifiers exist to give TC holders more opportunities to qualify for TV events. In turn, giving the TC more value.

Of course, I don't think that approach is appropriate for a Grand Slam event that is meant to showcase PDC event winners over the full year.

Loves his useless jobbers, does Porter

[Emulsfier]

RIP Kyle.

And Toon

Kyle dying was unexpected, Toon already had one foot in the grave. So not really comparable.

Excellent joke.

[Ross, Bob]

RIP Kyle.

And Toon

Kyle dying was unexpected, Toon already had one foot in the grave. So not really comparable.

Excellent joke.

Not really. Toon was having health problems the last 5 years or so.

[tungsten tossers]

RIP Kyle.

And Toon

Kyle dying was unexpected, Toon already had one foot in the grave. So not really comparable.

[vizIIsto]

It's a mystery why an event for winners ignores winners

IIRC Porter stated years ago that the floor qualifiers exist to give TC holders more opportunities to qualify for TV events. In turn, giving the TC more value.

Of course, I don't think that approach is appropriate for a Grand Slam event that is meant to showcase PDC event winners over the full year.

Grand Prix would be a better choice for this. Also because there is more potential for a first round upset.

[thegentle]

It's a mystery why an event for winners ignores winners

IIRC Porter stated years ago that the floor qualifiers exist to give TC holders more opportunities to qualify for TV events. In turn, giving the TC more value.

Of course, I don't think that approach is appropriate for a Grand Slam event that is meant to showcase PDC event winners over the full year.

I'm cool with a floor qualifier to fill up the numbers if necessary (which it would have been in every other year apart from last year and 2019 when every man and his dog won a PDC event), but 8 floor warriors is insane, a tour card has been steadily increasing in value that I don't think it's necessary

[thegentle]

2015: Joe Murnan, Alan Norris
2016: Stephen Bunting, Josh Payne
2017: Adrian Lewis, Joe Cullen, Steve Beaton, Kyle Anderson, Jonny Clayton
2018: Mickey Mansell, Jeffrey de Zwaan, Mervyn King, Nathan Aspinall, Danny Noppert
2019: Jamie Hughes, Mensur Suljovic, Krzysztof Ratajski, Joe Cullen, Jonny Clayton, Jeffrey de Zwaan, Harry Ward, Jose de Sousa
2020:
2021: Callan Rydz, Brendan Dolan, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Ross Smith, Ryan Searle
2022: Jim Williams, Danny Jansen, Scott Williams, Adrian Lewis, Brendan Dolan, Keegan Brown, Josh Rock, James Wade
2023: Kim Huybrechts, Ross Smith, Callan Rydz, Ryan Joyce, Radek Szaganski

Remarkably in 2019 4 of those players were Euro Tour winners, I don't think any other year has seen any ET winners not make it. Perhaps even more remarkable is the list of winners that year, Harry Ward fell off the face of the earth, and last year saw some surprising names too, Jansen of course, but I had long forgotten that Lewis won a ProTour last year

[TheMalteseDart]

2015: Joe Murnan

+1

[The Thorn]

2015: Joe Murnan, Alan Norris
2016: Stephen Bunting, Josh Payne
2017: Adrian Lewis, Joe Cullen, Steve Beaton, Kyle Anderson, Jonny Clayton
2018: Mickey Mansell, Jeffrey de Zwaan, Mervyn King, Nathan Aspinall, Danny Noppert
2019: Jamie Hughes, Mensur Suljovic, Krzysztof Ratajski, Joe Cullen, Jonny Clayton, Jeffrey de Zwaan, Harry Ward, Jose de Sousa
2020:
2021: Callan Rydz, Brendan Dolan, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Ross Smith, Ryan Searle
2022: Jim Williams, Danny Jansen, Scott Williams, Adrian Lewis, Brendan Dolan, Keegan Brown, Josh Rock, James Wade
2023: Kim Huybrechts, Ross Smith, Callan Rydz, Ryan Joyce, Radek Szaganski

Remarkably in 2019 4 of those players were Euro Tour winners, I don't think any other year has seen any ET winners not make it. Perhaps even more remarkable is the list of winners that year, Harry Ward fell off the face of the earth, and last year saw some surprising names too, Jansen of course, but I had long forgotten that Lewis won a ProTour last year

Harry Ward plays in Modus still half decent if he gave it a proper go

[The Thorn]

2015: Joe Murnan

+1

One of the true cult heroes of PC event winners. I will never ever forget this fact in my life

[thegentle]

2015: Joe Murnan

+1

More than made up for it with his prowess in the qualifier lol

[The Thorn]

2015: Joe Murnan

+1

More than made up for it with his prowess in the qualifier lol

When life gives you lemons...stink up a PDC major

[thegentle]

2015: Joe Murnan

+1

More than made up for it with his prowess in the qualifier lol

When life gives you lemons...stink up a PDC major

And boy did he stink up the Slam, lost all 6 games including to BDO superstars Gary Robson and Ross Montgomery lol