| Tournament Name: | 2012 Dutch Darts Masters |
| Dates: | 26–28 October 2012 |
| Venue: | Van Der Valk Hotel |
| Location: | Nuland |
| Organisation: | PDC |
| Format: | Legs |
| Prize Fund: | £82,100 |
| Winners Share: | £15,000 |
| Winner: |  Simon Whitlock |
| Prev: | Event 4 |
The 2012 Dutch Darts Masters was the fifth of five PDC European Tour events on the 2012 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Van Der Valk Hotel in Nuland, Netherlands, from 26 to 28 October 2012. It featured a field of 64 players and £82,100 in prize money, with £15,000 going to the winner.
Simon Whitlock won his first European Tour title, defeating Paul Nicholson 6–1 in the final.[1]
| Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | align=center | (1) | align=center | £15,000 |
| Runner-up | align=center | (1) | align=center | £7,500 |
| Semi-finalists | align=center | (2) | align=center | £5,000 |
| Quarter-finalists | align=center | (4) | align=center | £3,000 |
| Third round losers | align=center | (8) | align=center | £1,500 |
| Second round losers | align=center | (16) | align=center | £1,000 |
| First round losers | align=center | (32) | align=center | £200 |
| Final qualifying round losers | align=center | (32) | align=center | £100 |
| Total | align=center colspan=2 | £82,100 | ||
The top 32 players from the PDC Order of Merit automatically qualified for the event.[3] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Dublin on 5 October),[4] eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier.[3]
Robert Thornton withdrew the day before the start of the tournament due to ill health.[5]
1–32UK Qualifier
European Qualifier
Ronny Huybrechts (first round) Davyd Venken (second round)Host Nation Qualifier