Rusty-Jake Rodriguez and Dom Taylor lead PDC Development Tour rankings
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez and Dom Taylor sit top of the European and UK Development Tour Order of Merit respectively after the first six events of the season.
A memorable weekend for 20-year-old Rodriguez saw him pick up three titles as the 2021 PDC Development Tour campaign got under way.
The Austrian ace claimed the Event Two title in Niedernhausen on Friday and secured back-to-back triumphs in Event Five and Event Six to go unbeaten on Sunday.
His impressive £6,500 haul moves him almost £3,000 clear of nearest challenger Niels Zonneveld at the top of the European Development Tour Order of Merit with a further six events to come in November.
Zonneveld, who was whitewashed 5-0 by Rodriguez in the final of Event Five, had claimed the Event Four title on Saturday.
Jurjen van der Velde occupies third position, having triumphed in the opening event of the weekend and reached the Semi-Finals of Event Three.
Kevin Doets claimed glory in Event Three and remains in close order in fourth spot.
Bristol’s Taylor comfortably leads the way at the halfway stage of this year’s UK Development Tour after incredibly reaching the final of the first four events.
The 23-year-old prevailed over Jack Male in the final of Event Three but was forced to settle for the runner-up spot on a further three occasions.
He is followed in the UK Order of Merit by Liam Meek – winner of Event Four and Keelan Key – winner of Event Two and a semi-finalist in Event Four.
Reece Colley, Nathan Rafferty and Bradley Brooks also secured a title apiece across the weekend in Milton Keynes.
Each Development Tour event features players aged 16-23, with the overall Order of Merit winner of each tour securing a PDC Tour Card for 2022/23 and a place in the 2021/22 William Hill World Championship.
The Development Tour continues with UK Events 7-12 in Barnsley from October 29-31, while European Events 7-12 are set to be staged in Niedernhausen from November 5-7.
UK Development Tour Order of Merit following Event Six
| 1 | Dom Taylor | £5,050 |
| 2 | Liam Meek | £3,450 |
| 3 | Keelan Kay | £2,850 |
| 4 | Nathan Rafferty | £2,750 |
| 5 | Bradley Brooks | £2,700 |
| 6 | Reece Colley | £2,500 |
| 7 | Ted Evetts | £1,600 |
| 8 | Cameron Anderson | £1,500 |
| 9 | Daniel Perry | £1,350 |
| 10 | Jack Male | £1,300 |
| 11 | Joshua Richardson | £1,100 |
| 12 | Conor Heneghan | £1,050 |
| 13 | Keane Barry | £1,000 |
| 14 | Nathan Girvan | £900 |
| 15 | Alex Jacques | £900 |
| 16 | Lewis Williams | £850 |
| 17 | Jarred Cole | £750 |
| 18 | Connor Hopkins | £750 |
| 19 | Lewis Gurney | £750 |
| 20 | Craig Galliano | £650 |
| 21 | Justin Smith | £650 |
| 22 | Jordan Boyce | £650 |
| 23 | Fred Box | £650 |
| 24 | Owen Maiden | £600 |
| 25 | Harry Jackson | £600 |
| 26 | Adam Dee | £550 |
| 27 | Joe Davis | £550 |
| 28 | Lewis McGuigan | £550 |
| 29 | Jaikob Selby-Rivas | £550 |
| 30 | Oliver King | £500 |
| 31 | Jim Moston | £500 |
| 32 | John Brown | £500 |
| 33 | Bradley Coltman | £500 |
| 34 | Lennon Cradock | £450 |
| 35 | William Blackwell | £450 |
| 36 | Justin Hewitt | £450 |
| 37 | Nathan Care | £400 |
| 38 | Adam Paxton | £400 |
| 39 | Christopher Holt | £400 |
| 40 | Benjamin Smith | £400 |
| 41 | Kieron Robinson | £400 |
| 42 | Kyle Macleod | £400 |
| 43 | Jake Fewell | £400 |
| 44 | Rory Jolly | £400 |
| 45 | Rhys Griffin | £350 |
| 46 | Connor Pickett | £350 |
| 47 | Jacob Gwynne | £350 |
| 48 | Tom Garfield | £350 |
| 49 | Kalem Marsh | £350 |
| 50 | Andrew Cass | £350 |
| 51 | Jack Dickinson | £350 |
| 52 | Leighton Calder | £350 |
| 53 | Brandon Western | £300 |
| 54 | Ben West | £300 |
| 55 | Connor Beasley | £300 |
| 56 | James Beeton | £300 |
| 57 | Connor Arberry | £300 |
| 58 | Joe Usher | £300 |
| 59 | Jordan Ward | £300 |
| 60 | Lee Lok Yin | £250 |
| 61 | Tavis Dudeney | £250 |
| 62 | Joshua Lloyd | £250 |
| 63 | Katie Sheldon | £250 |
| 64 | Lewis Pride | £250 |
| 65 | Ryan Payne | £250 |
| 66 | Lewis Coates | £250 |
| 67 | Tom Dawson | £250 |
| 68 | Tyler Radlett | £250 |
| 69 | Coby Jones-Swanson | £250 |
| 70 | Sean Negrette | £250 |
| 71 | Daniel Jones | £250 |
| 72 | Nathan Potter | £250 |
| 73 | Harry Gregory | £200 |
| 74 | Bradley Timlin | £200 |
| 75 | Liam Hill | £200 |
| 76 | Sam Aitkens | £200 |
| 77 | Charlie Wiles | £200 |
| 78 | Jamie Marten | £200 |
| 79 | Charlie Symons | £200 |
| 80 | Billy Warriner | £150 |
| 81 | Mikey Rees | £150 |
| 82 | Liam Fowkes | £150 |
| 83 | Kai Haddock | £150 |
| 84 | Kieran Hoare | £150 |
| 85 | Cameron Crabtree | £150 |
| 86 | George Lynch | £150 |
| 87 | Owen Bates | £150 |
| 88 | Thomas Heggie | £150 |
| 89 | Daniel Castle | £150 |
| 90 | Jack Vincent | £150 |
| 91 | Ben McCaffery | £100 |
| 92 | James Green | £100 |
| 93 | Daniel Maystone | £100 |
| 94 | Lee Tyrer | £100 |
| 95 | Mitchell Leeming | £100 |
| 96 | Callum Dudding | £100 |
| 97 | Daniel Thomas | £100 |
| 98 | Pacey Large | £100 |
| 99 | Jimmy Bristow | £100 |
| 100 | John Wightman | £100 |
| 101 | Spencer Brown | £100 |
| 102 | Shane Weeks | £100 |
| 103 | Ryan Oakley | £100 |
| 104 | Ben Duncan | £100 |
| 105 | Harry Kelly | £100 |
| 106 | David Johnson | £100 |
| 107 | Scott Millar | £100 |
| 108 | Jack Sargeant | £100 |
| 109 | Luke Rutter | £100 |
| 110 | Callum Loose | £100 |
| 111 | Danny Key | £100 |
| 112 | Gary Steven | £50 |
| 113 | Ieuan Halsall | £50 |
| 114 | Keegan Charlton | £50 |
| 115 | Jacob Hibbert | £50 |
| 116 | Reece Pauling | £50 |
| 117 | Ryan Lowndes | £50 |
| 118 | Anthony Doherty | £50 |
| 119 | Jack Kerr | £50 |
| 120 | Carter Guiney | £50 |
| 121 | Freddie Francis | £50 |
| 122 | Nathan Boon | £50 |
| 123 | Ryan Humphrey | £50 |
| 124 | Scot Heggie | £50 |
| 125 | Jack Boardman | £50 |
| 126 | Kyran Jones | £50 |
| 127 | Sean Cummins | £50 |
| 128 | Charlie Green | £50 |
| 129 | James O’Toole | £50 |
| 130 | Joe Higgins | £50 |
| 131 | Joe Weldon | £50 |
| 132 | Leighton Smith-Raynes | £50 |
European Development Tour Order of Merit following Event Six
| 1 | Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | £6,500 |
| 2 | Niels Zonneveld | £3,600 |
| 3 | Jurjen van der Velde | £3,150 |
| 4 | Kevin Doets | £2,850 |
| 5 | Mike van Duivenbode | £2,500 |
| 6 | Geert Nentjes | £1,900 |
| 7 | Niko Springer | £1,750 |
| 8 | Bradly Roes | £1,750 |
| 9 | Maikel Verberk | £1,450 |
| 10 | Jeroen Mioch | £1,400 |
| 11 | Gillian Koehoorn | £1,300 |
| 12 | Gian van Veen | £1,300 |
| 13 | Joshua Hermann | £950 |
| 14 | Tobias Scheifl | £900 |
| 15 | Tomas Houdek | £900 |
| 16 | Damian Mol | £900 |
| 17 | Mark Tabak | £900 |
| 18 | Sebastian Bialecki | £800 |
| 19 | Adam Gawlas | £750 |
| 20 | Levy Frauenfelder | £750 |
| 21 | Youri Brouwer | £750 |
| 22 | Robin Beger | £700 |
| 23 | Joost Geurts | £700 |
| 24 | Nico Kurz | £650 |
| 25 | Kevin Luhr | £650 |
| 26 | Jonathan Parvaneh | £500 |
| 27 | Haz Balint Gergely | £500 |
| 28 | Robert Kef | £500 |
| 29 | Moreno Blom | £450 |
| 30 | Marcel Gerdon | £450 |
| 31 | Bertus Herks | £450 |
| 32 | Brent Plaisier | £450 |
| 33 | Sam Coenders | £400 |
| 34 | Oliver Ufer | £400 |
| 35 | Tomas Rehak | £400 |
| 36 | Nic Mueller | £400 |
| 37 | Danny Jansen | £400 |
| 38 | Martijn Piree | £350 |
| 39 | Jamai van den Herik | £350 |
| 40 | Tobias Reisner | £350 |
| 41 | Alex Flohr | £350 |
| 42 | Jarno Bottenberg | £350 |
| 43 | Roman Benecky | £350 |
| 44 | Meinte Hibma | £350 |
| 45 | Tobias Pankow | £350 |
| 46 | Joey de Jong | £350 |
| 47 | Robin Radloff | £350 |
| 48 | Viani Van den Bergh | £350 |
| 49 | Julian Zwergel | £300 |
| 50 | Frederik Bosing | £300 |
| 51 | Kevin Troppmann | £300 |
| 52 | Yannic Wilhelm | £300 |
| 53 | Gijsbert van Malsen | £300 |
| 54 | Alexander Draisbach | £300 |
| 55 | Keanu van Velzen | £250 |
| 56 | Enrique Sasse | £250 |
| 57 | Felix Bollmann | £250 |
| 58 | Justin Paul | £250 |
| 59 | Wesley Veenstra | £250 |
| 60 | Phil Schneider | £250 |
| 61 | Jonathan Schuette | £250 |
| 62 | Owen Roelofs | £250 |
| 63 | Tom Heldt | £250 |
| 64 | Anton Salge | £200 |
| 65 | Egor Tvorogov | £200 |
| 66 | Rene Molendijk | £200 |
| 67 | Bjorn Ole Blohm | £200 |
| 68 | Leon Crump | £200 |
| 69 | Sebastian Keine | £200 |
| 70 | Jannis Kirstein | £200 |
| 71 | Lars Fransen | £200 |
| 72 | Markus Burger | £200 |
| 73 | Fynn Pfannebecker | £200 |
| 74 | Lars Plaisier | £200 |
| 75 | Ole Holtkamp | £200 |
| 76 | Nils Schierbrock | £150 |
| 77 | Luis Breuer | £150 |
| 78 | Sven Hesse | £150 |
| 79 | Marcus Richter | £150 |
| 80 | Dominik Gruellich | £150 |
| 81 | Toms Balodis | £150 |
| 82 | Marco Buecker | £150 |
| 83 | Felix Kleeberg | £150 |
| 84 | Simon Schreier | £150 |
| 85 | Winston van de Graaf | £150 |
| 86 | Ron Leon Kolberg | £150 |
| 87 | Marvin van Velzen | £150 |
| 88 | Andre Winter | £100 |
| 89 | Florian Preuss | £100 |
| 90 | Fabian Klos | £100 |
| 91 | Leopold Piribauer | £100 |
| 92 | Niklas Hess | £100 |
| 93 | Nils Muller | £100 |
| 94 | Luke van der Kwast | £100 |
| 95 | Marco Jungwirth | £100 |
| 96 | Robin Stegler | £100 |
| 97 | Till Stein | £100 |
| 98 | Marc Legant | £100 |
| 99 | Maximilian Kiessling | £100 |
| 100 | Guido Boskeljon | £100 |
| 101 | Nico Krause | £100 |
| 102 | Tim Nieborg | £100 |
| 103 | Jonas Aplowski | £100 |
| 104 | Miro Seemann | £100 |
| 105 | Mattis Kaletsch | £100 |
| 106 | Sara Schliemann | £100 |
| 107 | Elias Kessenbrock | £50 |
| 108 | Lucas Opitz | £50 |
| 109 | Yoerie de Vries | £50 |
| 110 | Christoph Kloetzer | £50 |
| 111 | Elias Henkel | £50 |
| 112 | Tobias Vettermann | £50 |
| 113 | Anna Votavova | £50 |
| 114 | Nicklas Specht | £50 |
| 115 | Aron Boroczi | £50 |
| 116 | Dominik Leidner | £50 |
| 117 | Florian Birzer | £50 |
| 118 | Karl Neumann | £50 |
| 119 | Louis Rodamer | £50 |
| 120 | Marcel Teders | £50 |
| 121 | Niklas Lande | £50 |
| 122 | Dominik Steinmann | £50 |
| 123 | Elias Hansch | £50 |
| 124 | Luca Rehm | £50 |
| 125 | Sam Groot Roessink | £50 |
