Joe Cullen claimed an emotional second title of 2017 - just a week after pulling out of an event due to his father suffering a heart attack.
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The Bradford ace's love of the Barnsley Metrodome - where he also took victory in April - continued as he defeatied Zoran Lerchbacher 6-4 in the Players Championship 16 final to pick up the £10,000 first prize.
Cullen had withdrawn during last week's European Darts Open event in Leverkusen to return to the UK after his father suffered a heart attack, but after seeing him on the road to recovery enjoyed a memorable success in Barnsley.
Cullen's day was book-ended by tight contests against Austrian aces, with Rowby-John Rodriguez taking him to a deciding leg in the first round.
The 27-year-old then overcame Scotland's Jamie Bain, Belgium's Mike De Decker and Dutch ace Benito van de Pas before coming through an 11-leg quarter-final with Nathan Aspinall.
Cullen then raced past Daryl Gurney in the semi-finals - having previously overcome the Northern Irish ace in the final when he won a Players Championship exactly three months earlier.
Cullen took that form into the early stages of the final, winning the opening leg on double ten, hitting a 102 finish to break and an 11-darter for a three-leg lead.
The next two were shared before Lerchbacher, aided by a key 96 checkout, hit back to level at four-all, but Cullen regained his composure by taking out 60 in leg nine before following up a 180 with double ten to seal the title.
An emotional Cullen dedicated the win to his father, admitting: "He'd be proud of me. Hopefully he's on the mend now, he's back home and obviously things are looking up so I wanted to do it for him.
"I'm just happy to win. I felt comfortable all day but I didn't feel like I was playing well - I just cleaned up the doubles.
"I've never played Zoran before, he's an unexpected finalist and you don't know what to expect so I didn't want to be complacent and I wanted to do the job.
"I think I made it harder than I should have done but I got over the line, so that's the main thing."
Cullen had made his breakthrough into the world's top 32 last year after reaching his first TV quarter-final at the Coral UK Open, and now moves up to a career-high 21st on the PDC Order of Merit.
However, he added: "It's weird - I'm sort-of disappointed with my form this year. Although I'm better off financially on the rankings this year, I felt like I was a lot more consistent last year."
Lerchbacher produced a day of brilliant darts to win through to his first ranking final.
The two-time World Championship qualifier battled past Tony Newell, Robert Owen, Mark Webster and Robert Thornton to reach the quarter-finals, with three of those matches going to a deciding leg.
He then saw off former World Youth Champion Keegan Brown 6-4 and came from behind to edge out Steve Beaton 6-5 in the semi-finals, earning £6,000 for his day's efforts.
Last 128
Richard North 6-1 Simon Whitlock
Kirk Shepherd 6-2 Brian Woods
James Richardson 6-0 Harry Robinson
John Michael 6-0 Ronnie Baxter
Barrie Bates 6-4 Steve West
Andy Boulton 6-5 Andrew Gilding
Steve Beaton 6-5 Simon Preston
Aden Kirk 6-5 Chris Quantock
Ian White 6-3 Kevin Painter
Mick Todd 6-2 Luke Woodhouse
Joe Murnan 6-5 Ronny Huybrechts
Ryan Palmer 6-2 Sven Groen
Rob Cross 6-1 Yordi Meeuwisse
Kevin McDine 6-4 Jonathan Worsley
Jonny Clayton 6-2 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Scott Taylor 6-2 Richie Corner
Kim Huybrechts 6-2 Josh Payne
Keegan Brown 6-5 Paul Harvey
Robbie Green 6-4 Antonio Alcinas
Lee Bryant 6-5 Jamie Lewis
Cristo Reyes 6-3 Jimmy Hendriks
Steve Lennon 6-1 Andy Jenkins
Christian Kist 6-4 Craig Gilchrist
Simon Stevenson 6-3 Ritchie Edhouse
Robert Owen 6-5 Alan Norris
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-5 Tony Newell
Mark Webster 6-2 Ross Twell
Jamie Caven 6-5 Vincent Kamphuis
Stephen Bunting 6-3 Mick McGowan
Bryan de Hoog 6-4 Stuart Kellett
Robert Thornton 6-3 Ron Meulenkamp
Jeffrey de Zwaan 6-5 Wayne Jones
Diogo Portela 6-4 Michael Smith
Ryan Searle 6-4 Ted Evetts
Jan Dekker 6-3 Adam Hunt
Peter Jacques 6-2 Berry van Peer
James Wilson 6-2 Jim Walker
Nathan Aspinall 6-5 Martin Schindler
Wes Newton 6-3 Kyle Anderson
Devon Petersen 6-3 Jim Brown
Benito van de Pas 6-3 Andy Hamilton
Callan Rydz 6-2 Madars Razma
Peter Hudson 6-5 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Darren Johnson 6-3 Steve Hine
Joe Cullen 6-5 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Jamie Bain 6-3 Mark Walsh
Mike De Decker 6-1 Chris Dobey
Michael Barnard 6-0 Matthew Dennant
Richie Burnett 6-5 Jelle Klaasen
Terry Roach 6-5 Dennis Smith
Vincent van der Voort 6-3 Matt Clark
Brendan Dolan 6-2 Mark Barilli
Ricky Evans 6-2 Mervyn King
Ryan Meikle 6-3 Martin Lukeman
Justin Pipe 6-3 William O'Connor
Jeffrey de Graaf 6-4 Stephen Burton
Daryl Gurney 6-1 Paul Nicholson
Matthew Edgar 6-4 David Pallett
Jermaine Wattimena 6-1 Terry Temple
Max Hopp 6-2 Ray Campbell
Darren Webster 6-1 Maik Langendorf
Ryan Harrington 6-5 Mickey Mansell
John Henderson 6-5 Paul Rowley
Callum Loose 6-4 John Bowles
Last 64
Kirk Shepherd 6-4 Richard North
John Michael 6-5 James Richardson
Andy Boulton 6-2 Barrie Bates
Steve Beaton 6-1 Aden Kirk
Ian White 6-2 Mick Todd
Ryan Palmer 6-4 Joe Murnan
Rob Cross 6-3 Kevin McDine
Scott Taylor 6-2 Jonny Clayton
Keegan Brown 6-1 Kim Huybrechts
Robbie Green 6-4 Lee Bryant
Cristo Reyes 6-3 Steve Lennon
Christian Kist 6-4 Simon Stevenson
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-5 Robert Owen
Mark Webster 6-1 Jamie Caven
Stephen Bunting 6-2 Bryan de Hoog
Robert Thornton 6-5 Jeffrey de Zwaan
Ryan Searle 6-5 Diogo Portela
Jan Dekker 6-5 Peter Jacques
Nathan Aspinall 6-5 James Wilson
Wes Newton 6-2 Devon Petersen
Benito van de Pas 6-1 Callan Rydz
Darren Johnson 6-0 Peter Hudson
Joe Cullen 6-3 Jamie Bain
Mike De Decker 6-5 Michael Barnard
Terry Roach 6-4 Richie Burnett
Brendan Dolan 6-4 Vincent van der Voort
Ryan Meikle 6-1 Ricky Evans
Jeffrey de Graaf 6-5 Justin Pipe
Daryl Gurney 6-2 Matthew Edgar
Jermaine Wattimena 6-5 Max Hopp
Darren Webster 6-4 Ryan Harrington
Callum Loose 6-4 John Henderson
Last 32
Kirk Shepherd 6-4 John Michael
Steve Beaton 6-2 Andy Boulton
Ian White 6-1 Ryan Palmer
Rob Cross 6-3 Scott Taylor
Keegan Brown 6-5 Robbie Green
Christian Kist 6-4 Cristo Reyes
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-2 Mark Webster
Robert Thornton 6-5 Stephen Bunting
Jan Dekker 6-3 Ryan Searle
Nathan Aspinall 6-2 Wes Newton
Benito van de Pas 6-5 Darren Johnson
Joe Cullen 6-2 Mike De Decker
Brendan Dolan 6-2 Terry Roach
Ryan Meikle 6-2 Jeffrey de Graaf
Daryl Gurney 6-1 Jermaine Wattimena
Darren Webster 6-1 Callum Loose
Last 16
Steve Beaton 6-1 Kirk Shepherd
Ian White 6-4 Rob Cross
Keegan Brown 6-3 Christian Kist
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-5 Robert Thornton
Nathan Aspinall 6-2 Jan Dekker
Joe Cullen 6-3 Benito van de Pas
Brendan Dolan 6-3 Ryan Meikle
Daryl Gurney 6-4 Darren Webster
Last Eight
Steve Beaton 6-4 Ian White
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-4 Keegan Brown
Joe Cullen 6-5 Nathan Aspinall
Daryl Gurney 6-4 Brendan Dolan
Last Four
Zoran Lerchbacher 6-5 Steve Beaton
Joe Cullen 6-2 Daryl Gurney
Final
Joe Cullen 6-4 Zoran Lerchbacher