Geert Nentjes (born 4 September 1998) is a Dutch professional

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player who plays in

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events. He won 4 titles on the PDC Development Tour.

Career

Geert Nentjes played on the PDC Development Tour for the first time in 2016. Thanks to good performances, he qualified for the

2017 PDC World Youth Championship The 2017 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship was the seventh edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for darts players aged between 16 and 23. The knock-out stages from the last 64 ...

and reached the Second round on his debut. The following year, Nentjes took part in the Q-School in Hildesheim but was unable to win a Tour Card. In 2018, he qualified for the 2018 UK Open, but was knocked out in the second round by Darryl Pilgrim. In November 2018, he qualified for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship as one of the two the highest ranked players on the PDC Development Tour, along with Ted Evetts. He reached the quarterfinal at the

2018 PDC World Youth Championship The 2018 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship was the eighth edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for darts players aged between 16 and 23. In a change mirroring that of the 20 ...

, in which he got beaten 6–0 by Martin Schindler. As one of the two highest ranked players from PDC Development Tour, he received two years Tour card for season 2019 and 2020. He played both PDC Pro Tour and PDC Development Tour in 2019. Finishing 3rd overall in PDC Development Tour ranking, he secured his sport at the

2020 PDC World Darts Championship The 2020 PDC World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2020 William Hill World Darts Championship) was the 27th PDC World Darts Championship, World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it Spli ...

, because both the winner and the second, Ted Evetts and

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, qualified for the championship via Pro Tour. Nentjes faced

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in the first round, in a very close match he eventually lost 2–3. Despite some signs of promise, Nentjes finished 88th on the PDC Order of Merit after his first two years as a professional. However, he won a two-year Tour Card straight back at European Q School at the start of 2021, beating

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6–5 in the final on day two. On 15 June 2021, he hit a nine-darter against

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at Players Championship 14. Nentjes was unable to keep his Tour card again and had to hand it in at the end of 2022. However, he got it back despite by placing 5th on the

2022 PDC Development Tour series The 2022 PDC Development Tour consists of 24 darts tournaments on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. Prize money The prize money for the PDC Development Tour remained the same from 2021, with each event having a prize fund of £10,000. This is how the prize ...

Order of Merit, since all players above him qualified for 2023 Tour Card via another method.

World Championship results

PDC

* 2019: First round (lost to

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0–3) * 2020: First round (lost to

2–3) * 2023: First round (lost to Leonard Gates 1–3)

Performance timeline

PDC European Tour PDC Players Championships

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nentjes, Geert 1998 births Living people Dutch darts players Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders People from Urk