Jonny Clayton won the 14th Players Championship of the year as he averaged a superb 103.59 at the tournament in the Netherlands.
The Welshman beat outsider Dominik Gruellich of Germany, ranked 123 on the PDC order of merit, 8-2 in the final at the Autotron in Rosmalen.
Clayton, 50, averaged more than a century in six of his seven matches – including 109.68 in the final – and lost just 11 legs in total as he scooped the £15,000 top prize with his first PDC ranking title of 2025.
“If I can find this form consistently that would be brilliant. I’ll be dangerous then,” Clayton told the PDC.
“Fair play to Dominik. He did brilliantly, but things went my way, and hopefully it carries on going for the rest of the year.”
Clayton had cruised to a 6-1 win over three-time world champion Michael van Gerwen, who endured a tough day on home soil after an early exit in the first part of the Dutch double-header, to reach the quarter-finals.
Former Premier League champion Clayton then thrashed James Wade 6-0 in the last eight before he fought back from 3-1 down against Danny Noppert to win 7-3.
Gruellich, 23, beat Michael Smith on his way to his first senior PDC final but had no answer to Clayton’s scintillating form.
There are 34 Players Championship events across the year, with the competition’s finals held in Minehead in November.
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