After edging a tight opening set, the number 15 seed powered to victory by dropping just one more leg out of ten to progress, and will now face either Adrian Lewis or Robert Thornton after Christmas.
Scholten defied a maximum from Jones with his first visit to the oche to take the first leg before Jones hit another 180 in the process of taking the second.
Jones secured a break of throw in the third leg after Scholten was guilty of missing eight darts at doubles, before wasting five darts of his own in the next as Scholten stepped in on double eight.
The fifth leg saw both players continue to miss doubles, as Jones missed a chance at double 16 but Scholten was off-target with two attempts at double eight for the set.
The Wolverhampton man returned to hit the same bed to end an error-strewn first set, before converting an excellent 116 checkout to take the first leg of set two.
Jones then took the next two legs with finishes of 62 and 61 to win the set without reply and double his lead.
Jones took the first leg of the third set and then hit a two-dart 61 finish to win his fifth leg in a row.
The third leg saw Jones miss two darts at double 16 to pull further clear, and the experienced Dutchman hit double two to stop the rot.
Jones missed two more chances at double 16 in the next leg but Scholten was in no position to capitalise, and he returned to hit the double to move 3-0 ahead.
Jones hit double 16 again to make a positive start to the fourth set and followed that with a two-dart 100 checkout, making Scholten pay for two further missed darts at doubles.
That put Jones one leg away from the winning line, which he crossed in convincing fashion with a 13-dart finish.
"I'm absolutely delighted to be through," said Jones. "I need to improve after Christmas but the most important thing is that I'm coming back.
"I felt good before I went up but in the first set I couldn't hit a double. I got away with it and I kicked on from there and played quite well after that first set.
"I could see that Roland was struggling and after winning the second set I didn't think I was going to lose the game. I had to concentrate, hold my throw and try to break him.
"I think I played really well in the last two sets and I need to kick in a bit quicker next time.
"It's still over a 90 average even with a poor first set, so my game's there as long as I dont mess around, so I'll try and tighten up my finishing. If I can kick in straight away in the next round I'll take some stopping."
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