Michael van Gerwen stretched his lead at the top of the World Series of Darts to 12 points following his victory in the US Darts Masters yesterday.
The world number one won the inaugural staging of the event in Las Vegas after beating Daryl Gurney 8-6 in a closely-fought final, making it back-to-back victories on the World Series circuit after he also retained the Shanghai Darts Masters title last week.
World Series debutant Gurney heads into eighth spot after reaching the final, while Las Vegas semi-finalists Gary Anderson and Gerwyn Price are second and third respectively.
World Series of Darts Order of Merit (as of July 16, 2017)
| Pos | Player | Points |
| 1 | Michael van Gerwen | 32 |
| 2 | Gary Anderson | 20 |
| 3 | Gerwyn Price | 13 |
| 4 | Peter Wright | 11 |
| = | Dave Chisnall | 11 |
| 6 | Raymond van Barneveld | 9 |
| = | James Wade | 9 |
| 8 | Daryl Gurney | 8 |
| 9 | Phil Taylor | 6 |
| 10 | Dawson Murschell | 3 |
| = | Dave Richardson | 3 |
| 12 | Max Hopp | 1 |
| = | Chris White | 1 |
| = | Willard Bruguier | 1 |
| = | Jayson Barlow | 1 |
| = | David Cameron | 1 |
| = | Shawn Brenneman | 1 |
| = | Dennis Sayre | 1 |
| = | Paul Lim | 1 |
| = | Royden Lam | 1 |
| = | Haruki Muramatsu | 1 |
| = | Hyun Chul Park | 1 |
| = | Cheng An Liu | 1 |
| = | Xiao Chen Zong | 1 |
| = | Wei Hong Li | 1 |
| = | Hai Long Chen | 1 |
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