The Las Vegas Desert Classic VI begins at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino on Monday, with Phil Taylor looking to claim a fourth title in the event.
The tournament will see over 200 players from around the world head to Las Vegas to compete for over £125,000 in prize money.
The Desert Classic has been won three times by Taylor since its inception in 2002, with Peter Manley (2003) and current champion John Part the other winners.
The top 12 PDC players and four North Americans are joined in the First Round draw by 16 qualifiers - who come through the events staged on Monday and Tuesday and open to all players.
A total of 195 players will be battling for the 16 places, including 2002 runner-up Ronnie Baxter, top American Ray Carver and star Dutch trio Michael van Gerwen, Jelle Klaasen and Vincent van der Voort - the finalist in the Blue Square UK Open earlier in June.
Part battled through last year's Qualifiers before going on to take the title with a 6-3 defeat of Raymond van Barneveld, and picked up victory in a recent Players Championship tournament at Hayling Island.
Dennis Priestley has a repeat of his first round clash of 2006 when he takes on Dennis Smith.
Las Vegas Desert Classic VI - First Round Draw
Darin Young v Tony Eccles
Phil Taylor v Mark Dudbridge
Gerry Convery v Mervyn King
John Kuczynski v Alan Tabern
Roland Scholten v Andy Smith
John Part v Steve Maish
Colin Lloyd v Wes Newton
James Wade v Colin Osborne
Gary Mawson v Stuart Holden
Peter Manley v Vincent van der Voort
Raymond van Barneveld v Kevin Painter
Dennis Priestley v Dennis Smith
Andy Hamilton v Steve Beaton
Adrian Lewis v Steve Smith
Terry Jenkins v Ray Carver
Wayne Mardle v John Ferrell
Best of 11 legs
From Round Two onwards a free draw will be made.
