De strijd om de Tour Cards en PDC UK Q-School 2025 is tot de laatste worpen gegaan. In een dramatische alles of niets finale voor Kelvin O'Keefe werd de Welshman met 6-4 verslagen door de ervaren Canadees Jim Long.
O'Keefe ging de dag in met 0 punten en had in de eindfase nog geen wedstrijd gewonnen. Op dag vier klikte het echter en versloeg O'Keefe onder andere James Beeton, Kai Fan Leung en Adam Lipscombe om de finale te bereiken. Voor Long was zijn Tour Card al veiliggesteld door alleen maar de finale te bereiken, na overwinningen op onder andere John O'Shea, Andy Boulton en Tom Sykes.
In een stroeve opening van de finale waren er in de eerste twee legs genoeg gemiste darts. In beide legs was O'Keefe echter de man die uiteindelijk de dubbel wist te raken. De volgende legs gingen met de darts mee en O'Keefe behield een voorsprong van twee legs op 3-1. Opnieuw hield Long stand in leg 5 om terug te komen tot één leg achterstand, waarna hij brak om weer gelijk te komen op 3-3. O'Keefe brak direct terug om weer aan de leiding te komen op 4-3 voordat het momentum weer omsloeg en de Canadees gelijkmaakte op 4-4. Dat leek O'Keefe eindelijk te stoppen, want Long schoof er één weg bij 5-4. Even later was de overwinning voor Long en de hoop van O'Keefe voorbij.
Uitslagen PDC Q-School Finalefase Dag 4
# Finale
Jim Long (87,84) 6 | 4 (79,35) Kelvin O'Keefe
# Halve finales
Jim Long (98.02) 6 | 0 (63.14) John Brown
Kelvin O'Keefe (88,74) 6 | 5 (92,76) Adam Lipscombe
# Kwartfinales
Jim Long (90.09) 6 | 3 (98.59) Scott Campbell
John Brown (82.51) 6 | 4 (83.59) Darryl Pilgrim
Adam Lipscombe (82,80) 6 | 5 (91,56) Bradley Brooks
Kelvin O'Keefe (83,29) 6 | 5 (84,82) Kai Fan Leung
# Top 16
Scott Campbell (83.31) 6 | 3 (78.10) Adam Warner
Jim Long (100.07) 6 | 4 (90.60) Tom Sykes
John Brown (80.01) 6 | 5 (80.15) Callum Goffin
Darryl Pilgrim (91.09) 6 | 0 (77.91) Mike Warburton
Bradley Brooks (92,33) 6 | 4 (87,22) Mervyn King
Adam Lipscombe (79.11) 6 | 0 (73.70) Cam Crabtree
Kai Fan Leung (89.72) 6 | 4 (91.32) Carl Sneyd
Kelvin O'Keefe (79,38) 6 | 2 (74,41) James Beeton
# Top 32
Adam Warner (91.65) 6 | 3 (94.76) Jason Heaver
Scott Campbell (87,68) 6 | 5 (84,78) Nicholas Ellis
Tom Sykes (98,19) 6 | 5 (96,51) Jack Tweddell
Jim Long (98,44) 6 | 4 (94,23) Andy Boulton
Callum Goffin (87.38) 6 | 5 (84.41) Dean Finn Forde
John Brown (93.20) 6 | 4 (84.34) Henry Coates
Darryl Pilgrim (89.01) 6 | 4 (82.66) Jim McEwan
Mike Warburton (92.23) 6 | 5 (91.27) Charlie Martin
Bradley Brooks (95.65) 6 | 5 (88.70) Arron Monk
Mervyn King (90,45) 6 | 3 (85,00) Keenan Thomas
Adam Lipscombe (85,94) 6 | 3 (81,78) John Henderson
Cam Crabtree (94.38) 6 | 2 (88.15) Adam Smith-Neale
Carl Sneyd (93.16) 6 | 5 (86.43) Beau Greaves
Kai Fan Leung (84.27) 6 | 4 (84.64) Thomas Lovely
James Beeton (81,89) 6 | 2 (76,36) Ryan Furness
# Top 64
Jason Heaver (84.15) 6 | 3 (82.16) Derek Maclean
Adam Warner (85.16) 6 | 4 (84.32) Frankie Ansell
Nicholas Ellis (84,93) 6 | 5 (86,98) Martin Grearson
Scott Campbell (79.96) 6 | 3 (79.55) Aden Kirk
Jack Tweddell (88,43) 6 | 3 (80,63) Daniel Perry
Tom Sykes (87,51) 6 | 5 (79,68) Thomas Cromwell
Andy Boulton (94,49) 6 | 3 (90,55) Jim Walker
Jim Long (87,18) 6 | 3 (84,97) John O'Shea
Dean Finn Forde (82,88) 6 | 4 (83,86) Mark McGeeney
Callum Goffin (87.46) 6 | 1 (78.10) Nathan Potter
Henry Coates (88,38) 6 | 4 (83,98) Sean Fisher
John Brown (97.07) 6 | 4 (84.79) Peter Burgoyne
Jim McEwan (85,26) 6 | 2 (76,64) Karl Williams
Darryl Pilgrim (94.43) 6 | 2 (78.53) Jason Wilson
Charlie Martin (79.81) 6 | 5 (82.64) Tommy Lishman
Mike Warburton (80.33) 6 | 2 (73.51) Mat Caste
Bradley Brooks (91.07) 6 | 3 (89.35) Graham Usher
Arron Monk (89.12) 6 | 5 (86.69) Jamie Atkins
Keenan Thomas (82.91) 6 | 4 (85.24) Adrian Gray
Mervyn King (91,99) 6 | 1 (85,31) Ryan Palmer
John Henderson (89.61) 6 | 1 (84.19) Steve Haggerty
Adam Lipscombe (91,53) 6 | 2 (92,28) Ieuan Halsall
Adam Smith-Neale (93,81) 6 | 1 (80,25) Keegan Brown
Cam Crabtree (90.53) 6 | 3 (78.46) Dean Gallagher
Beau Greaves (90.18) 6 | 0 (81.63) Ted Evetts
Carl Sneyd (87,51) 6 | 5 (89,87) Shane McGuirk
Thomas Lovely (82,86) 6 | 3 (81,02) Colin Osborne
Kai Fan Leung (84,00) 6 | 2 (79,78) Brandon Lewis Richardson
James Beeton (94.61) 6 | 1 (83.47) Fallon Sherrock
Ryan Furness (81,12) 6 | 4 (72,65) David Sumner
Andrew Cass (88,48) 6 | 5 (84,73) Jamie Hughes
Kelvin O'Keefe (89,30) 6 | 2 (76,36) Geoffrey Heath
# Top 128
Jason Heaver (82.69) 6 | 3 (64.11) Eddie Lovely
Adam Warner (86.43) 6 | 2 (85.68) Reece Colley
Frankie Ansell (97.74) 6 | 3 (89.71) Ryan O'Connor
Martin Grearson (93,15) 6 | 3 (89,00) Oliver Mitchell
Nicholas Ellis (85,89) 6 | 0 (84,64) Lee Evans
Aden Kirk (83,76) 6 | 5 (80,52) Nigel Prior
Scott Campbell (79.12) 6 | 2 (72.27) Robbie Long
Jack Tweddell (88,20) 6 | 3 (87,88) Scott Mitchell
Daniel Perry (89.44) 6 | 3 (86.24) Jonny Barnes
Tom Sykes (86,00) 6 | 3 (77,10) Simon Whitlock
Thomas Cromwell (83,85) 6 | 4 (84,24) Owen Maiden
Andy Boulton (92,72) 6 | 2 (84,87) Keith O'Neill
Jim Walker (78.92) 6 | 4 (79.29) Dan Hands
Jim Long (92,97) 6 | 0 (78,35) Jamie Durrant
John O'Shea (98.88) 6 | 5 (97.29) Brandon Weening
Dean Finn Forde (91.24) 6 | 1 (77.86) Alex Williams
Callum Goffin (85.01) 6 | 2 (78.67) Colin Gibson
Nathan Potter (74.87) 6 | 4 (77.42) Kirk De Ruyter
Sean Fisher (81,21) 6 | 5 (83,09) Lee Budgen
Henry Coates (85,30) 6 | 2 (81,80) James Howard Hughes
John Brown (81,80) 6 | 5 (84,71) Dylan Dowling
Peter Burgoyne (94,16) 6 | 2 (81,12) Conor Heneghan
Karl Williams (80.23) 6 | 5 (86.41) Paul Linwood
Jim McEwan (73,28) 6 | 5 (70,19) Jordan-Lee Rawlings
Jason Wilson (84.97) 6 | 4 (86.82) Danny Trueman
Darryl Pilgrim (86.86) 6 | 2 (82.50) Adam Paxton
Tommy Lishman (97.05) 6 | 2 (90.72) Jimmy Bristow
Charlie Martin (90.11) 6 | 5 (87.57) Jarred Cole
Mat Caste (80.44) 6 | 3 (76.45) Rhys Peris Davies
Mike Warburton (91.71) 6 | 4 (84.97) Richie Burnett
Graham Usher (80.46) 6 | 3 (81.74) Charlie Manby
Arron Monk (90.47) 6 | 1 (78.55) Kevin Burness
Jamie Atkins (81,61) 6 | 1 (75,93) Lewis Trots
Keenan Thomas (90.18) 6 | 0 (73.63) Taylor Greaves
Adrian Gray (85.73) 6 | 2 (83.66) Chas Barstow
Mervyn King (100,40) 6 | 1 (83,52) Lee Williams
Ryan Palmer (78.53) 6 | 4 (81.99) Jim Moston
John Henderson (94.35) 6 | 4 (90.22) Greg Ritchie
Steve Haggerty (88,98) 6 | 5 (89,98) Josh Payne
Ieuan Halsall (92,66) 6 | 3 (88,45) Graham Hall
Adam Lipscombe (85,27) 6 | 5 (80,88) Steve Hine
Keegan Brown (79.95) 6 | 1 (75.16) Chris Hurds
Adam Smith-Neale (84.02) 6 | 3 (78.68) Daniel Ayres
Cam Crabtree (98.02) 6 | 0 (76.90) Ricky Palmer
Dean Gallagher (84.82) 6 | 5 (88.96) Adam Beck
Ted Evetts (81,85) 6 | 4 (81,82) Trevor Burkhill
Beau Greaves (95.94) 6 | 0 (75.77) Kevin McDine
Carl Sneyd (92.04) 6 | 1 (78.90) Alan Norris
Shane McGuirk (85,80) 6 | 5 (84,70) Christian Perez
Colin Osborne (79.91) 6 | 4 (78.31) Danny Goddard
Thomas Lovely (94.48) 6 | 2 (79.41) Scott Walters
Brandon Lewis Richardson (81,46) 6 | 5 (80,83) Jamie Owens
Kai Fan Leung (98.75) 6 | 2 (86.64) Michael Flynn
Fallon Sherrock (90.82) 6 | 1 (76.80) Ultan McDyer
James Beeton (80,72) 6 | 1 (68,81) Matthew Dicken
Ryan Furness (92.13) 6 | 2 (86.28) Tommy Morris
David Sumner (78.44) 6 | 3 (73.45) Hayden Robbie
Jamie Hughes (85.04) 6 | 3 (86.13) Kevin Lane
Andrew Cass (80,96) 6 | 2 (73,31) Nathan Girvan
Kelvin O'Keefe (71,96) 6 | 2 (67,51) James Evans-Bradford
Geoffrey Heath (77.16) 6 | 3 (83.48) John Davey