Kaya Baysal secured Turkey's first PDC title with a 5-3 victory over Jurjen van der Velde in the final of PDC Development Tour 24 at the Robin Park Leisure Centre in Wigan. Baysal averaged 86.15 in the final, while Van der Velde posted 80.01. The win capped a remarkable run for Baysal, who also defeated Owen Bates 5-4 in the semi-finals with an average of 87.19, and Damien Decla 5-3 in the quarter-finals with an average of 89.79.
Van der Velde reached the final with a 5-1 semi-final win over Duyane Wade Decena, and a 5-1 quarter-final victory over Dylan Slevin. Decena's run included a 5-4 quarter-final win over Dominik Gruellich, while Bates defeated Tyler Thorpe 5-1 in the last eight.
Following the conclusion of Event 24, Sebastian Bialecki finished top of the final PDC Development Tour Order of Merit with £21,900 in prize money. Jurjen van der Velde and Cam Crabtree tied for second on £12,350, with Jamai van den Herik fourth on £12,250 and Owen Bates and Jack Drayton level on £12,200. Leon Weber (£11,350), Dominik Gruellich (£11,300), Archie Self (£10,550) and James Beeton (£10,400) completed the top ten. Kaya Baysal's victory moved him to 15th on £8,350.
The 2026 Development Tour comprised 24 events held across Leicester Arena, Arena MK in Milton Keynes, Halle 39 in Hildesheim and the Robin Park Leisure Centre in Wigan. The season began on 20 February 2026 at Leicester Arena and concluded on 4 October 2026 in Wigan. Each event carried a total payout of £20,000, with the winner receiving £3,000, the runner-up £2,000, semi-finalists £1,000, quarter-finalists £750, last 16 losers £350, last 32 losers £250 and last 64 losers £100.
The top two players on the Development Tour who have not secured their Tour Card through another route win a two-year Tour Card for 2027 and 2028. The top three also qualify for the PDC World Darts Championship if they haven't done so through another method, while the highest ranked player on the Order of Merit receives a spot at the 2026 Grand Slam of Darts. Players in the top 16 who had not obtained a PDC Tour Card before 2027 Qualifying School were granted free entry to the final stage of Q-School, and the eight highest ranked players who did not earn a Tour Card for the 2026 season qualified for the first round of the 2026 UK Open.
The Development Tour is not available to watch, though DAZN confirmed a deal to show events in Germany from 2027. For now, only results on DartConnect and through the Tournament Centre are available. The field consists of PDC Tour Card holders aged 23 and under as of January 2026, with a minimum age of 16, and only those not in the top 64 of the main PDC Order of Merit can play. Beau Greaves, who has held a PDC Tour Card since this season, returned to the tour alongside Charlie Manby, Cam Crabtree and Owen Bates among others.
