Owen, Kenny and Griffin learn Players Championship 30 opponents
Rob Owen will play Kim Huybrechts in the first round of Players Championship 30 in Den Bosch on Wednesday 23 September, with Nick Kenny and Rhys Griffin also in the draw.
First-round draw
- Nick Kenny
- v Thomas Lovely
- Rob Owen
- v Kim Huybrechts
- Rhys Griffin
- v Kevin Doets
Three Welsh players in the field
Kenny faces Thomas Lovely and Griffin meets Kevin Doets at Maassport Den Bosch. The official PDC tournament record lists all three matches in the last 128. No Welsh match had started when the draw was checked.
Griffin draws the highest-ranked opponent
Doets, ranked 27th in the PDC record, is the highest-ranked opponent of the Welsh trio. Griffin is listed 123rd. Owen, in 61st, meets Huybrechts in 51st, while Kenny is ranked 65th against Lovely in 86th. Those are the rankings carried by this tournament feed.
The PDC classifies the event as a ranked, non-televised ProTour tournament. This page will follow the Welsh players’ path through Championship 30 as results are confirmed.
Background and supporting figures
Where this sits
Doets at 27 is the highest-ranked opponent of the Welsh three; Griffin is ranked 123.
Owen 61 plays Huybrechts 51; Kenny 65 plays Lovely 86.