To compete in the Professional Darts Corporation pro tour tournaments one needs a Tour Card.
In total 128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events.
[1] A Tour Card is valid for 2 years.
33 remaining places were played out at the 2018 Q-Schools, with the four days of competition giving two Cards a day from the UK Q-School and one a day from the European Q-School; with the remaining players being ranked and the top players also receiving Cards.
All players who won a card at either Q-School had their Order of Merit ranking reset to zero.