Timothy "Tim" Pusey (born 26 August 1992) is an Australian professional
darts
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Points can be scored by hitting specific marked areas of the ...
player who plays in the
Professional Darts Corporation
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(PDC) events.
Career
A patient care assistant by trade, Pusey has mainly played on the Dartplayers Australia (DPA) Tour. His first big exposure was qualifying for all 3
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events in Australia and New Zealand as the number 1 ranked player in the DPA rankings. He would lose in the first round of all three events to
Gary Anderson in
Auckland
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,
Michael Smith in
Melbourne
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and to
Rob Cross in
Brisbane
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.
He would eventually win his first DPA Tour event in
Mitchelton
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Geography
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a couple of months later with a 6–4 over
Robbie King. He just missed out on qualification for the
2019 PDC World Darts Championship
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by losing the Oceanic Masters final 3 sets to 2 to
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, despite having match darts to win.
Pusey also qualified for the
2019 Melbourne Darts Masters, but lost to
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently PDC Order of Merit, ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Darts Championship, PDC ...
in the first round.
References
External links
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1992 births
Living people
Australian darts players
Professional Darts Corporation associate players
Sportspeople from Perth, Western Australia
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