FORMER PREMIER LEAGUE DARTS RUNNER-UP SIMON WHITLOCK will return to the tournament in 2018, after fighting his way back into the world’s top ten.
Whitlock, who reached the final of the elite event in 2012, last appeared in the 16-week roadshow competition in 2014 and will return when this year’s edition gets underway in Dublin on Thursday 1 February.
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World number one Michael Van Gerwen will headline the field as he bids to defend his title.
Full line-up:
MICHAEL VAN GERWEN
Peter Wright
Rob Cross
Gary Anderson
SIMON WHITLOCK
Raymond Van Barneveld
Mensur Suljovic
Daryl Gurney
Gerwyn Price
Michael Smith