Connor Scutt

Connor Scutt (born 15 April 1996) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a current PDC Tour Card holder, having previously held one from 2022 to 2023. He has finished as runner-up in two ranking PDC Players Championship events. He reached his first PDC major quarter-final at the 2024 Players Championship Finals. He won two titles on the 2024 PDC Challenge Tour and topped the Order of Merit ranking, which earned him a Tour Card.

Scutt previously competed in World Darts Federation (WDF) events, where he won three titles, and reached the semi finals of the 2024 World Masters.

Career

2022

At 2022 Q-School Scutt won a two-year PDC Tour Card by finishing third on the UK Q-School Order of Merit.

Scutt qualified for the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship, which he was allowed to play after getting special dispensation from the PDC, but he would lose in the first round to Shawn Burt 2–0 in sets.

In the 2022 PDC Players Championship series Scutt reached the semi–finals at Players Championship 3, losing there to Joe Cullen 7–5. At Players Championship 30 Scutt reached the quarter-finals, losing there to Martin Schindler 6–5.

2023

Scutt reached the semi–finals at 2023's Players Championship 13, losing there to Michael Smith 7–3 and the final at Players Championship 27, losing to Radek Szagański 8–5. As a result Scutt qualified for the 2023 Players Championship Finals, making his debut as the 37th seed, where he lost to the 28th seed, eventual–semi finalist Gabriel Clemens, in the first round.

2024

PDC

Despite his final at PC27, Scutt lost his Tour card after the 2024 PDC World Championship after he lost 3–0 to Gerwyn Price in the event's second round. Scutt was ranked sixty-ninth on the Order of Merit after the World Championship, therefore outside the top 64 which he needed to be in to keep his card.

Scutt failed to re-gain his tour card at 2024's UK Qualifying School (Q-School), finishing seventeenth on the UK Q-School Order of Merit, outside of the top ten required to win a card.

Scutt competed the secondary tier of the 2024 PDC Pro Tour, the 2024 PDC Challenge Tour (CT), winning two titles and topping the Order of Merit ranking. He won event thirteen, whitewashing Dragutin Horvat 5–0 in the final and event seventeen, beating Tom Sykes 5–3 in the final. Scutt finished as runner-up at event twenty, being defeated by Christian Kist 5–2 in the final. He secured his place as the Challenge Tour Order of Merit winner by reaching the final at Challenge Tour 23, losing to Andreas Harrysson 5–3 but earning a place at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts and guaranteeing himself a place at the 2025 PDC World Championship.

At the Grand Slam Scutt made his debut and was drawn in Group D. He whitewashed number 5 seed Dave Chisnall 5–0 in his opening game but then lost to Ritchie Edhouse 5–2 and was whitewashed by Ross Smith. He was eliminated after finishishing third in his group.

Scutt received call–ups for 2024 PDC Players Championship events filling in as a reserve for an absent tour card holder virtue of his ranking on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit. He reached the quarter-finals at Players Championship 6 (PC6), where he was whitewashed by Daryl Gurney 6–0, and PC16, where he lost to Ricky Evans 6–5 in a deciding leg. Scutt reached the final at PC22, losing to Gary Anderson 8–4. At Players Championship Finals Scutt reached another quarter–final, losing to Stephen Bunting 6–4.

As a result of his performances in Players Championship events Scutt qualified for the 2024 Players Championship Finals as 34th seed. This meant that he played 31st seed Martin Lukeman in the first round, who he defeated 6–4. Scutt then defeated Mario Vandenbogaerde 6–3 and Daryl Gurney 10–3 to reach his first PDC major quarter–final. He then lost to Dirk van Duijvenbode 10–9 in a deciding leg.

WDF

As he failed to re–gain his Tour Card status at Q-School, Scutt returned to playing World Darts Federation events.

Scutt won the 2024 British Classic, defeating Josh Clough 5–2 in the final.

At the 2024 WDF World Masters Scutt reached the semi-final, losing there to Kai Gotthardt 6–5 in a deciding leg.

2025

In February 2025, Scutt signed for Red Dragon Darts.

World Championship results

WDF

* 2022: First round (lost to Shawn Burt 0–2)

PDC

* 2024: Second round (lost to Gerwyn Price 0–3)
* 2025: Second round (lost to Damon Heta 1–3)

Performance timeline

WDF

PDC

PDC European Tour

PDC Players Championships

References

External links

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1996 births
Living people
Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders
People from Carshalton
Sportspeople from the London Borough of Sutton
English darts players