Darts supremo Barry Hearn has promised Scottish fans that they will see the cream of the crop at the Unibet Masters at Edinburgh’s Royal Highland Centre next weekend.
The second staging of the £160,000 tournament will see the world’s top 16 players do battle across two days, live on ITV4, on November 1-2.
And Hearn, who has been widely credited with the sport’s meteoric rise to prominence over the last decade or so, insists arrows fans north of the border will not be disappointed with what’s on offer.
“We’ve thrown up some very special games for darts fans during this event,” said Hearn.
“This event is the best versus the best – the top 16 in the world – and it’s an event not to be missed.”
Reigning champion Phil Taylor will play Wes Newton in the Saturday evening session, while world champion Michael van Gerwen faces a massive all-Dutch clash with Raymond van Barneveld.
In form James Wade will open the session against Northern Ireland’s Brendan Dolan, while home favourite Gary Anderson will bring the evening’s entertainment to a close against 2012 World Championship finalist Andy Hamilton.
The Saturday afternoon session is nothing to be sniffed at either, with World Championship finalist Peter Wright playing Justin Pipe in the tournament’s opener, before Ayrshire’s former UK Open champion Robert Thornton meets Premier League star Dave Chisnall.
The afternoon’s third game sees Australian number one Simon Whitlock take on Mervyn King, before two-time World Champion Adrian Lewis, last year’s Masters runner-up, faces leading Belgian Kim Huybrechts.
The quarter-finals will be held in Sunday’s afternoon session at the Royal Highland Centre, with the semi-finals and final taking place on Sunday evening, with the tournament screened live on ITV4.