Dart tournaments are the major dart activities in the Philippine dart setting.The following is the tournament classification and definition of the different dart tournaments by the National Dart Foundation of the Philippines (NDFP).

Major dart tournaments are two to three days dart tournaments with minimum cash prize of P75,000. Dart tournaments with cash prize of P100,000 and up are always considered major dart tournaments. Examples of major dart tournaments are the Darterong Pinoy, Mindanao Open, Dinagyang Open, and Araw ng Agusan del Norte.

Before the 1st Darterong Pinoy in 1998, major tournaments only had one event per day for two to three days. Since the launch of the Darterong Pinoy Dart Tournament, multiple events in a single day has since been the norm.

Major dart tournaments rely on corporate entities as the main source of sponsorships.

The Darterong Pinoy Dart Tournaments since its inception in 1998 has laid the standards of Philippine dart tournaments.

The P75,000 Darterong Pinoy 1998 was the first dart tournament in the Philippines to implement mandatory chalkers (an international standard), to use the seeding format in an open tournament, to apply the single elimination format in all events (an international standard) and to have multiple events in a day.

The Gilbey’s P100,000 Darterong Pinoy 1999 was the first P100,000 dart tournament in the country and the first tournament to use a thirty-two (32) dartboard set-up.

The Robson P120,000 Darterong Pinoy 2000, the richest tournament at that time, saw the introduction of free-registration events and the use of the rolling one-year ranking for singles events.

The Robson’s P150,000 Darterong Pinoy 2002 introduced the National Team Championships and NDFP Performance Points.

The Sportshouse and Robson’s P100,000 Darterong Pinoy 2003, 2004 and 2005 are the first and only free-registration major tournaments in the country today. These free tournaments eventually became the most attended tournaments with the most nationwide participation.

These are one-day tournaments with cash prizes ranging from P5,000 to P30,000. Majority of the weekend tournaments have a cash prize ranging from P8,000 to 12,000 with a single event, usually draw doubles. These are the one-time tournaments organized by various dart groups, politicians and dart benefactors.

Recent developments have shown expanded one-day dart tournaments with two events and over. The Cabiao Summer Dartfest of 2003 had four events in a day and a total cash prize of P30,000.