Australia’s top two stars Simon Whitlock and Damon Heta will make their homecoming at the PalmerBet New South Wales Darts Masters in August, with the field for the World Series of Darts event in Wollongong including reigning champion Jonny Clayton.
The PDC’s annual trip Down Under will see the PalmerBet NSW Darts Masters take place on August 11-12, as eight top stars take on eight Oceanic representatives across two days a week after the NZ Darts Masters is held in Hamilton.
Whitlock and Heta, who won a historic first World Cup for Australia in 2022 will return to Wollongong’s WIN Entertainment Centre in August – with the venue having welcomed an Australian record crowd of 4,000 fans during last year’s event.
2022 champion Jonny Clayton returns to defend his title, with World Champion Michael Smith, world number two Peter Wright and nine-time TV title winner Gerwyn Price among the headline acts.
Premier League ace Nathan Aspinall and 2022 UK Open champion Danny Noppert are set to take part in the NZ Darts Masters for the first time following their inclusion, while two-time World Series event winner Dimitri Van den Bergh and 2018 Brisbane Masters champion Rob Cross complete the line-up of PDC representatives.
2022 Oceanic Masters winner Mal Cuming, former PDC Tour Card Holder Darren Penhall and veteran Dave Marland are the trio of Australian stars confirmed for the NSW Darts Masters so far, with a further three Oceanic qualifiers to be confirmed.
2023 US Darts Masters champion Michael van Gerwen and world number six Luke Humphries will miss the event for family reasons.
Tickets for the PalmerBet NSW Darts Masters (https://bit.ly/Wollongong23) are now on general sale through Ticketmaster.
2023 World Series of Darts
PalmerBet NSW Darts Masters
August 11-12, WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
PDC Representatives
Michael Smith
Peter Wright
Gerwyn Price
Rob Cross
Jonny Clayton
Danny Noppert
Nathan Aspinall
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Oceanic Representatives
Damon Heta
Simon Whitlock
DPA Q1 – Mal Cuming
DPA Q2 – Darren Penhall
DPA Q3 – Dave Marland
DPA Q4 –July 7, Warilla
DPNZ Qualifier – July 1, Christchurch
Top-ranked player from DPA Order of Merit following Event 21 (July 9)
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