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Dan Lauby Jr
Daniel Lauby Jr. (born December 11, 1992) is an American professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the 2019 CDC Continental Cup. Lauby formerly played in World Darts Federation (WDF) events, where reached the semi finals of the 2022 World Masters (darts), 2022 World Masters and the quarter-finals at the 2023 WDF World Darts Championship. He is the son of fellow darts player Dan Lauby. Career 2018 Lauby made his World Series of Darts debut at the 2018 US Darts Masters, where he lost to James Wade 6–5 in a deciding leg. 2019 Lauby went to PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School, entering the 2019 PDC Pro Tour#Q-School, 2019 UK Q–School, attempting to earn a PDC Tour Card, but lost in the final on the second day of qualification, thereby failing to win a card. In October, Lauby beat Gary Mawson in the finals to win the CDC North American Continental Cup. This win ultimately lead to Lauby qualifying for the 2021 PDC World Darts Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terre Haute, Indiana
Terre Haute ( ) is a city in Vigo County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 58,389 and Terre Haute metropolitan area, its metropolitan area had a population of 168,716. Located along the Wabash River about east of the state border with Illinois, Terre Haute is one of the largest cities in the Wabash Valley and is known as the Queen City of the Wabash. The city is home to multiple higher-education institutions, including Indiana State University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana. It also contains the United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, which houses the US federal death row. History Terre Haute's name is derived from the French phrase ''terre haute'' (pronounced in French), meaning "highland". It was named by French-Canadian explorers and fur trappers to the area in the early 18th century to describe the unique location above the Wabash Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Lauby
Daniel Lauby (sometimes referred to as Dan Lauby Snr; born March 6, 1960) is an American former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. His son Danny Lauby Jr. is also a professional darts player. Career Lauby played in four PDC World Darts Championships between 1999 and 2004, although he never won a game. Lauby He made his debut of the 1999 World Matchplay, losing to Jamie Harvey of Scotland 5–10 in the last 32. World Championship performances PDC * 1999: Last 32: (lost to Mick Manning 1–3) (sets) * 2000: Last 32: (lost to Graeme Stoddart 2–3) * 2001: Last 32: (lost to Paul Lim Paul Lim Leong Hwa (born 25 January 1954) is a Singaporean professional darts player. Nicknamed "the Singapore Slinger", Lim was the first player to hit a perfect nine-dart finish during the Embassy World Darts Championship, which he achiev ... 1–3) * 2004: Last 48: (lost to Erik Clarys 0–3) References External links {{DEFAULTSORT: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelle Klaasen
Jelle Klaasen (born 17 October 1984), nicknamed the Cobra, is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He previously participated in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments, where in 2006, he became the youngest player to win the BDO World Darts Championship, aged 21 at the time. He also is a Dutch Open champion. Beginnings of his career His first attempt at the international stage was a 2005 Winmau World Masters ended with a 2–3 defeat to Irishman Steve McDonald. On 15 January 2006, Klaasen became the youngest BDO World Darts Champion, aged 21 years 90 days, when he defeated fellow Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld in the final of the 2006 BDO World Championship by 7 sets to 5. He also beat Shaun Greatbatch and world number one Mervyn King on his way to the final. Before the tournament, he was a 100–1 outsider to win the title. As World Champion, he was invited to the 2006 World Darts Trophy in his home country, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Boulton
Andrew Boulton (born 25 February 1973) is a Scottish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "X-Factor", he has won four titles on the PDC Challenge Tour. Career BDO, UK Open appearances Boulton made his Professional Darts Corporation, PDC major debut at the 2005 UK Open, starting in the preliminary round and reaching the third round. He was eliminated after a 5–1 loss to Colin Osborne. He made his BDO World Darts Championship, BDO World Championship debut at the 2009 BDO World Darts Championship, 2008 edition, eliminating 10th Seeding (sport), seed Martin Atkins (darts player), Martin Atkins in the first round. He lost to Ted Hankey in the second round. In March 2008, he won the North Lanarkshire Open by beating Robert Thornton (darts player), Robert Thornton 4–1 in the final. Boulton qualified for the 2009 UK Open as a pub qualifier. He beat Darren Latham 6–5 in the first round but lost 6–4 to Wes Newton in the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niko Springer
Niko Springer (born 11 July 2000) is a German darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In 2024, he won three Development Tours and four PDC Europe Next Gen titles. He is a current PDC Tour Card holder, having earned one through his placing on the 2024 Development Tour ranking. Springer reached his first PDC ranking final at the 2025 Dutch Darts Championship, finishing as the runner-up to Jonny Clayton. Career Early career Springer first took part in PDC Qualifying School (Q-School) in 2021, where he reached the final stage of European Q-School but was unable to obtain a PDC Tour Card. Due to his performances at Q-School, Springer received a wildcard for the 2021 PDC Europe Super League, where he was eliminated in the quarter-finals by the eventual tournament winner Martin Schindler. During the 2021 PDC European Development Tour series, Springer made two finals, losing to Rusty-Jake Rodriguez on both occasions. His Development Tour ranking saw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 UK Open
The 2022 Cazoo UK Open was a professional darts tournament that was held from 4–6 March 2022 at Butlin's Minehead, England, returning to the venue after the 2021 edition was held behind closed doors at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the twentieth edition of the tournament to be organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. James Wade was the defending champion after defeating Luke Humphries 11–5 in the 2021 final, but he lost 10–4 to Keane Barry in the quarter-finals. Danny Noppert won his first PDC major tournament, beating Michael Smith 11–10 in the final after Smith had a dart for the title. The tournament saw three nine-dart finishes. José Justicia hit the first in his third round game against Adam Gawlas. Defending champion James Wade also hit one during his sixth round game against Boris Krčmar. Michael Smith hit another in his own sixth round game against Mensur Suljović. Format The 158 participants entered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 PDC Pro Tour
The 2022 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. There were thirty Players Championship events and thirteen PDC European Tour events, and after the split format last year, the Challenge and Development Tours returned as one big tour, rather than a UK/European split tour. Prize money The prize money for the Players Championship events rose from 2021 levels, with each event having a prize fund of £100,000. This is how the prize money is divided: PDC Tour Card 128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships events, the UK Open and qualifiers for all European Tour and select televised events. Tour cards The 2022 Tour Cards are awarded to: * (64) The top 64 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, 2022 World Championship. * (24) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Gates
Leonard Gates (born November 26, 1970) is an American professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), World Darts Federation (WDF) and World Seniors Darts (WSD) events. In the World Seniors he won three televised titles in 2023; the WSDT Champion of Champions, World Seniors Matchplay and the World Seniors Masters. He was the 2022 PDC North American champion and has won ten titles on the CDC Pro Tour. Gates is currently ranked WDF world number one. He is also a former baseball player, playing for Abilene Prairie Dogs, Massachusetts Mad Dogs, Catskill Cougars and Nashua Pride. Career Gates started to play in WDF in 2007, winning numerous American darts tournaments, including exhibition ones. His first appearance in major BDO tournament was in 2017 World Masters, where he lost in the last 272 to Paul Coughlin. In 2022, Gates qualified as a seed for the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship, but he lost in the second round to Steve Hine of Engla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darin Young
Darin Young (born February 2, 1973) is an American professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. His nickname is Big Daddy. Career PDC Young made his PDC World Darts Championship debut in 2005 where he lost in the first round to fellow left-hander Josephus Schenk. He returned a year later but lost again in the first round, this time losing 3–0 to Mark Dudbridge. Young has appeared in five successive Las Vegas Desert Classics, reaching the second round in four of them. In 2004, he beat Lionel Sams in the first round before losing to Wayne Mardle. In 2005, he defeated Andy Hamilton in round one, but lost in the second round to Canadian John Part. 2006 saw a first round exit for Young in the Desert Classic, losing to Raymond van Barneveld, who was making his debut in the event. In 2007, Young defeated another Desert Classic debutant Tony Eccles in round one, but lost to Dennis Smith 8–7 in the second round. In the 2008 Desert Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Puleo
Chuck Puleo (born September 20, 1972) is an American professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He qualified for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship as the highest-ranked American finisher in the 2018 CDC Pro Tour. He was drawn to play against the twice World Youth Champion Dimitri Van den Bergh of Belgium, and despite neither player playing anywhere near top form, Van den Bergh won the match 3–0. In May 2019, it was revealed that Puleo would partner up alongside "Big Daddy" Darin Young at the prestigious PDC World Cup of Darts in June, held in Hamburg, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu .... World Championship results PDC * 2019: First round: (lost to Dimitri Van den Bergh 0–3) References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 PDC World Cup Of Darts
The 2020 BetVictor World Cup of Darts was the tenth edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts. It took place behind closed doors from 6–8 November 2020 at the Salzburgarena in Salzburg, Austria. The event was originally due to be held between 18–21 June 2020 at the Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg, Germany, but was postponed and relocated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was also relocated away from a second planned venue of the Premstättner Halle in Graz. Scotland were the defending champions, after defeating the Irish team of William O'Connor and Steve Lennon 3–1 in the 2019 final, Peter Wright and Gary Anderson did not defend the title for Scotland this year, as both withdrew from taking part due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and were replaced by John Henderson and Robert Thornton, making Scotland the first defending champions of this tournament to be unseeded at the following tournament. The new-look Scotland team were beaten 2–1 by Wales in the second round. Wales, rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Mawson
Gary Mawson (born May 17, 1963) is a Canadian-born American professional darts player. He currently resides in Fort Myers, Florida. Mawson played darts for the US in 2004 and the years immediately following, having previously played darts for Canada up to 2001. Mawson used the nickname The Mauler for his matches. Mawson's biggest career achievement in darts was in reaching the final of the 2008 UK Open in Bolton, after upsetting the odds and defeating the two-time defending UK Open champion Raymond van Barneveld, 10–8 in the semi-finals. Van Barneveld had never previously lost at the UK Open and had won 16 matches in a row at the event. Mawson lost in the final to James Wade. Biography Mawson's parents were born in Britain, and he also lived in Bolton, England for four years between the ages of 3–7 before moving back to Canada. As a result, Mawson holds dual Canadian and British citizenship. After living in the United States for many years, Mawson is now a US citizen. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
