Saudi Gazette report

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia will offer the largest prize in the history of darts for a nine-dart finish during the Saudi Darts Masters 2026, with a reward of up to $200,000, according to an announcement by Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA).

The tournament will be held on Jan. 19–20 at the Global Theater in Boulevard City as part of Riyadh Season, featuring some of the world’s top darts players in matches broadcast globally.

A player who achieves a nine-dart finish during the tournament will receive $100,000, with the chance to double the prize to $200,000 through the Riyadh Season Bullseye challenge.

Under the challenge, the player will be given one dart to hit the bullseye, making it the biggest prize of its kind in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) history.

The Saudi Darts Masters will feature eight PDC players competing against eight of Asia’s leading players in a two-day event.

Among the participants are reigning world champion Luke Littler, who previously achieved a perfect nine-dart finish during the World Series in Bahrain in 2024, 2023–2024 world champion Luke Humphries, world championship runner-up Gian van Veen, three-time world champion Michael van Gerwen, former world champion Gerwyn Price, world No. 7 Stephen Bunting, former UK Open champion Danny Noppert, and 2023 World Matchplay champion Nathan Aspinall.

Representing Asia are Singaporean darts legend Paul Lim, who recorded the first televised nine-dart finish in the sport’s history in 1990, Filipino players Alexis Toylo, Lourence Ilagan and Paolo Nebrida, Japanese players Motomu Sakai, Ryusei Azemoto and Tomoya Goto, and Hong Kong player Man Lok Leung.