the field has undergone a series of late-stage alterations, prompting the ever dependable and frequently summoned reserve list to spring into action ...

There is, admittedly, a growing murmur that the young champion may be flirting with the age-old accusation of becoming “a touch too big for his boots ...

That maiden edition, held in Mannheim, fittingly saw Michael van Gerwen claim the title - a theme that would continue to resonate in the years that followed ...