One of the few good things to come out of the Covid-19 dominated 2020 season was the decision by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) to launch the Women’s Series.
The choice prompted much speculation and comment at the time as previously the PDC had mainly stuck to the open / mixed format, despite a previous attempt at a Women’s World Championship in 2011.
This time, although initially only 4 events, the PDC decided to move to a full ‘women’s tour’ very quickly and the Women’s Series is now one of three tier tours that aim to develop different areas of the game toward the standards of the mixed field PDC Pro Tour.
The Women’s Series quickly expanded to 20 events, played in five weekend blocks of four events per set. A new ‘Major’ was also born as the Women’s World Matchplay was added to the PDC calendar.
Soon there were always more than 64 paid entries and usually over 100. Following the successful pattern of other tours, weekends in Germany and Holland have since been added to those in the UK.
Big name dominance was always likely in the early years simply due to experience levels and only the exceptional previously being able to forge careers in game.
Fallon Sherrock, whose ground-breaking efforts at the 2020 World Championship…
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