query: who got the first televised 9 dart finish

pos: Nine-dart finish The total number of different ways of achieving 501 with 9 darts is 3,944, of which 2,296 finish with the BULL, 672 end on D20, 792 on D18, 56 end with D17, 120 finish on D15, and 8 end with D12. The first televised nine dart finish was achieved at the MFI World Matchplay on 13 October 1984 by John Lowe, who used the third method (with the T17 first, then T18, D18) above as his outshot after scoring two maximum 180s. For this he received a prize of £102,000, and he went on to win the whole event. This

pos: Nine-dart finish The total number of different ways of achieving 501 with 9 darts is 3,944, of which 2,296 finish with the BULL, 672 end on D20, 792 on D18, 56 end with D17, 120 finish on D15, and 8 end with D12. The first televised nine dart finish was achieved at the MFI World Matchplay on 13 October 1984 by John Lowe, who used the third method (with the T17 first, then T18, D18) above as his outshot after scoring two maximum 180s. For this he received a prize of £102,000, and he went on to win the whole event. This

pos: MFI World Matchplay MFI World Matchplay The MFI World Matchplay championship is a former major darts tournament. The tournament was short-lived but historic in darts as it featured the first ever televised nine-dart finish on 13 October 1984 when John Lowe won £102,000 for the perfect game of darts against Keith Deller. Lowe went on to win the title that year. The complete list of final results: John Lowe threw the first ever televised nine-dart finish on 13 October 1984 against Keith Deller. The tournament was broadcast on ITV and came from originally came from The Fulcrum Centre, Slough, before moving to Festival

pos: Nine-dart finish achieved by Dutch players, four by Scottish players, three by Australian players, two by Belgian players and one nine-darter has been achieved by players from Singapore, Canada, and Northern Ireland. The following table lists the number of nine-darters scored by players who have scored a televised nine-darter. In 1984, John Lowe pocketed £102,000 for the first TV perfect leg. With nine-dart finishes now thrown on a regular basis the reward for throwing one has decreased. Until 2013 the PDC had a rolling £400 prize-pool for a nine-dart leg. As long as it wasn't won, it increased by £400 for the

pos: Split in darts more tournaments on television. The WDC staged their first televised event in October 1992 (the "Lada UK Masters" on Anglia Television). The final straw which had led to the decision to form the World Darts Council in January 1992 was the BDO's quick release of a VHS videotape which featured extended highlights of the 1992 Embassy World Championship Final between Phil Taylor and Mike Gregory. The videotape also featured brief highlights of the 1983, 1985 and 1987 Embassy World Championship Finals featuring Eric Bristow, John Lowe and Keith Deller, as well as Paul Lim's 9-dart finish from the 1990 Embassy

pos: Paul Lim Paul Lim Paul Lim Leong Hwa known simply as Paul Lim (born 25 January 1954 in Singapore) is a Singaporean professional darts player. He was the first player to hit a perfect 9-dart finish during the Embassy World Darts Championship, which he achieved in 1990 during his second round match against Jack McKenna. Lim won £52,000 for his 9-darter, which was £28,000 more than Phil Taylor won for winning the tournament. John Lowe achieved the first 9-dart finish on television in a match against Keith Deller at the 1984 World Matchplay, for which Lowe won £102,000. Lim's 9-darter remained the

pos: Paul Lim Cornwall, where he part owns a 5 in 1 takeaway. Paul Lim Paul Lim Leong Hwa known simply as Paul Lim (born 25 January 1954 in Singapore) is a Singaporean professional darts player. He was the first player to hit a perfect 9-dart finish during the Embassy World Darts Championship, which he achieved in 1990 during his second round match against Jack McKenna. Lim won £52,000 for his 9-darter, which was £28,000 more than Phil Taylor won for winning the tournament. John Lowe achieved the first 9-dart finish on television in a match against Keith Deller at the 1984 World

pos: John Lowe in November and December 2011, with possible stops including Boston, New York and Las Vegas. In 2014 Lowe was one of several celebrities to take part in ITV's new game show "Amazing Greys", in which members of the public take on icons of British sport and entertainment. Lowe was born in New Tupton, Derbyshire. He is married to Karen and lives in Chesterfield, from where they both support Sunderland. Lowe accomplished the first ever televised nine-dart finish. This finish was not broadcast live. John Lowe John Lowe (born 21 July 1945 in Chesterfield) is a former World No. 1 English

pos: British Darts Organisation for three years during the peak of darts boom period at the turn of the eighties. Jocky Wilson was twice the winner. ATV broadcast the Butlins Grand Masters between 1977 and 1988. Matches were played over the best of nine legs. The tournament was held at a pub in Birmingham. Bobby George was twice the winner and Eric Bristow won a hat-trick of titles. The MFI World Matchplay championship was short-lived but historic in darts as it featured the first ever televised nine dart finish on 13 October 1984 when John Lowe won £102,000 for the perfect game of darts

pos: MFI World Matchplay Classic (Tyne-Tees Television). In 1999, ITV broadcast the head to head showdown at Wembley between Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld, and returned to tournament darts coverage with the Grand Slam of Darts tournament in 2007. MFI World Matchplay The MFI World Matchplay championship is a former major darts tournament. The tournament was short-lived but historic in darts as it featured the first ever televised nine-dart finish on 13 October 1984 when John Lowe won £102,000 for the perfect game of darts against Keith Deller. Lowe went on to win the title that year. The complete list of final results:

pos: Dave Lanning As part of ITV's World of Sport's original roster of commentators, he commentated on the first ever televised nine dart finish hit by John Lowe against Keith Deller on 13 October 1984. He commentated on all darts tournaments and World of Sport darts action broadcast on ITV from 1972 to 1988. He also commentated on speedway, a sport he knew well having been installed as the promoter of the West Ham team in 1966. He provided the commentary for "The Indoor League" and occasionally covered football for his home region of Southern Television in the mid-to-late 1970s. Lanning came out

pos: Dave Whitcombe in the first round of the 1988 British Professional, which was Taylor's first televised appearance, but lost in 2 finals, both to Jocky Wilson. Whitcombe helped form the players' association WPDPA (World Professional Dart Players` Association) with John Lowe, Cliff Lazarenko, and Tony Brown. The association was set up with the intention of promoting more televised tournaments after the big slump of televised darts in 1989 and the early 1990s. Eventually this organisation linked up with the newly formed World Darts Council in 1992, and darts was soon split into two organisations. Whitcombe never actually joined the PDC darts circuit

neg: Nine-dart finish two nine-darters when Phil Taylor's 9-dart finish against Raymond van Barneveld was matched the following day (May 9) by another perfect game from Tony O'Shea against Adrian Lewis. In the Second Round of the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton, James Wade hit his first televised nine-dart-finish against Gary Anderson. The event was shown live on ITV4, making it the first time a nine-darter had been seen live on free-to-air television in the United Kingdom. Wade lost the match 10-8. Mervyn King hit his first televised nine-dart finish in the 2009 South African Masters on September 2009 against James

neg: Nine-dart finish would win £10,000, (in the 2014 tournament the prize was £30,000). The reward for a 9-darter during the most recent BDO World Darts Championship was £52,000. No female darts player has recorded a televised nine-dart finish to date. Mandy Soloman was the first woman to ever record a nine-dart finish in actual competition. It came in a match against Robert Hughes during the qualifying rounds for the 1996 BDO World Championship on 31 November 1995 at Earls Court, London. It was the first time female players were allowed to enter the qualifying rounds for the BDO World Championship. Hughes did

neg: Nine-dart finish Wade — he became the first player to hit a televised nine-darter outside of Europe. On 24 May 2010, in the Premier League final against James Wade, Taylor made history by being the first player to ever hit two 9-dart finishes in a single match. These were his seventh and eighth nine-dart finishes. On 10 February 2017, Michael van Gerwen became the second player to hit two 9-dart finishes in a match, in a 2017 UK Open qualification event against Ryan Murray. Brendan Dolan became the first player ever to hit a nine-darter in a "double-in double-out" game. He did

neg: Dutch Open (darts) PDC players from competing since 2006. Richard Kirby Hit a 9 dart finish in 1990 against Roland Scholten but was not televised. The 2002 version of the tournament saw the first live nine dart finish during the final between Shaun Greatbatch and Steve Coote. Greatbatch checked out using T20, T15, D18 during the third leg of the second set, The tournament has been covered by Dutch SBS6 television in recent years, and also by Eurosport across Europe. From 2002 to 2013 the tournament was held at NH Conference Centre Koningshof, Veldhoven but from 2014 the tournament will be held at

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Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club inducted if they achieve a nine-dart finish at BDO / WDF major and open events. The following list of tournaments qualify players for admittance into the Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club if they achieve a nine-dart finish;

 The first player to be inaugurated into the Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club was John Walton that January. He became the first and so far only player to achieve a nine-dart finish at the Winmau World Masters in 2007. Glen Durrant and Claire Stainsby became the first mixed pairs team inaugurated into the Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club after making history by achieving the

neg: 2010 Premier League Darts nine dart finish in the Premier League, having only been achieved previously by Raymond van Barneveld. This was also the first nine dart finish in a televised final. In the 15th leg he hit the second nine dart finish of the night with two 180s and checked out on 141 (T20, T19, D12). This was the first time that the same player achieved two nine dart finishes in one match. After the second nine darter, Taylor made it 17 consecutive perfect darts, needing only T17 D18 for a 3rd nine darter and second on the trot, he missed the T17

neg: Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club first ever nine-dart finish in mixed pairs competition at the BDO International Open in 2013. Glen Durrant became the first member to be inaugurated twice in the same season after achieving a nine-dart finish at the EDO England Open in 2013 also. Only after Gary Stone achieved a nine-dart finish at the Scottish Masters in 2013 was the event added to the list of qualifying tournaments, with Gary Stone also being inaugurated into the Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club. Since inductees John Walton and Christian Pratt achieved their nine-dart finishes in years prior to the Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club being established,

neg: Mervyn King (darts player) the 2008 Championship League Darts continued into the 2009 tournament as he reached the semi-final before losing to eventual champion Colin Osborne 1–6. Also in 2009, King achieved his first televised nine dart finish. It came in September 2009 at the South African Masters against James Wade, and was the first ever televised nine dart finish outside of Europe. King made a great start to his Premier League career as he opened up with an 8–1 victory over Sky wildcard Wayne Mardle. He then went on to record three more victories on the bounce beating James Wade 8–1, John Part

neg: Nine-dart finish throw a televised nine-darter is Michael van Gerwen, who hit the perfect leg in the semi-finals of the 2007 Masters of Darts tournament in the Netherlands. The event was screened live in the Netherlands. Van Gerwen was just old at the time. The Dutch youngster scored 174 (T20, T19, T19) and 180, then checked out 147 with T20, T17, D18. Van Gerwen's nine-darter was the first live televised nine-darter that did not start with two 180s. Van Gerwen has since gone on to hit 4 more televised nine-darters. The 2007 International Darts League became the first televised tournament to witness

neg: 2011 World Grand Prix (darts) 2011 World Grand Prix (darts) The 2011 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix was the fourteenth staging of the World Grand Prix. It was played from 3–9 October 2011 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. James Wade was the defending champion, however, he lost in the semi-finals to Brendan Dolan who had the unique achievement of becoming the first player to achieve a televised nine-dart finish during a leg in which the players had to start on a double. However, he lost the final to Phil Taylor, who won the World Grand Prix for the tenth time. The total

neg: Craig Caldwell Soutar with a respectable 90 average and also went six darts into a perfect leg. Caldwell hit nine 180's in a first round match at the Lakeside World Championships in 2016, which equaled the current record. Caldwell won the inaugural televised New Zealand national Super league in 2015. Caldwell is the only player to hit a 9 dart finish in a New Zealand ranking event in 2015. Craig Caldwell Craig Caldwell (born 20 January 1973) is a New Zealand professional darts player who competes in British Darts Organisation tournaments. Major sponsors are SHOT, L, Style and Craig the Painter. Caldwell

neg: 2010 UK Open the tournament, Anderson was the on the wrong side of a nine-dart finish from Mervyn King. In the fourth round of this tournament, Phil Taylor beat Kevin Painter 9–0 with a 3–dart average of 118.66, which at the time was the all-time highest 3–dart average for a televised darts match. It was eventually beaten on 25 February 2016 in the 2016 Premier League Darts meeting in Aberdeen, when Michael van Gerwen averaged 123.40 in beating Michael Smith 7–1. There were eight qualifying events staged between February and May 2010 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament

neg: 2010 UK Open Mervyn King hit a nine dart finish in his fourth round match against Gary Anderson, however he lost the match 9-8. Phil Taylor hit the highest televised average in history in his 9-0 victory over Kevin Painter, finishing the match with a three-dart average of 118.66. 2010 UK Open The 2010 Rileys Darts Zones UK Open was the eighth year of the PDC darts tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competed in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton, England, from 3–6 June 2010, and

neg: 2008 Grand Slam of Darts Against; +/- = Plus/Minus Record, in relation to legs; Average – 3-dart average; Pts = Points. With Andy Hamilton and Alan Tabern finishing level on points and leg difference, a piece of history was made, with a nine-dart shootout between the two to see who would play Phil Taylor in the second round. The match took place after the conclusion of Tuesday's second round matches. In the seventh second round match, James Wade recorded his first televised nine dart finish against Gary Anderson, during the twelfth leg of Anderson's 10–8 win. Wade hit consecutive maximums, before checking out with treble

neg: Nine-dart finish end up winning the match 2–0 though. Soloman was also one of the first women to record a nine-dart finish in SuperLeague. Claire Stainsby and Glen Durrant made history when they recorded the first ever nine-dart finish in mixed pairs competition at the 2013 BDO International Open in Brean, Somerset. Durrant opened up with a 177, Stainsby followed that up with a 180 to leave Durrant on 144, which he ended up taking out for the first nine-dart finish in mixed pairs competition. As a result, Claire Stansby was inducted into the BDO 9 Dart Club, thus becoming the first

neg: Nine-dart finish and 3rd televised "double-in double-out" nine-dart-finishes were hit in the same match. This also makes James Wade the only man ever to have hit a 'standard' nine-darter and a "double-in double-out" nine-darter. Currently over 200 professional darts players have achieved nine-dart finishes, both televised and untelevised. Prior to 2006 there had been around 10. As of 14 November 2018, 53 televised nine-darters have been achieved by 25 different men, 33 of those 52 hit two 180s and finished with a 141 check-out. Only 3 have been "double-in double-out". English players have achieved a total of 31 nine-darters, 10 have been

neg: 2007 World Masters (darts) the Masters. Adams plus the next seven highest ranked BDO players who hadn't qualified for the Grand Slam were later given seeding positions through to the BBC televised stages of the tournament for the first time. 2007 World Masters (darts) The 2007 Winmau World Masters was a being staged by the British Darts Organisation at Leisure World in Bridlington between November 16 and November 18, 2007. It also featured a qualifying event for the 2008 Lakeside World Professional Championship. History was made by John Walton who became the first player to hit a perfect nine dart finish in the televised

neg: Nine-dart finish nine dart finish was not broadcast live, nor was Paul Lim's nine dart finish at the 1990 Embassy World Championship. The first ever live broadcast nine dart finish was performed by Shaun Greatbatch against Steve Coote in the Final of the Dutch Open on 3 February 2002, while Phil Taylor achieved the first live nine-darter broadcast on British television during the 2002 World Matchplay. The first player to manage the outshot in the World Championship was Paul Lim on 9 January 1990 against Jack McKenna. He favoured the first method of those listed above for his outshot. Lim won a

neg: Nine-dart finish first time. Phil Taylor has achieved this feat more than any other darts player on television, having done so 11 times. The first came on 1 August 2002 during a quarter final tie against Chris Mason, at the 2002 PDC World Matchplay in Blackpool. It was the first live-televised nine-dart finish on British television, and Taylor received £100,000. Despite having achieved the feat a record 11 times, Taylor has never hit a nine-darter in the World Championship, missing a chance on the outside wire of double 12 in his last ever match in the 2018 Final. The youngest player to

neg: 2008 Grand Slam of Darts 20, treble 19 and double 12. It was the first ever nine-darter at the Grand Slam and the first UK televised nine-dart finish in which the player achieving it eventually lost the match. In 2007 Michael van Gerwen recorded a nine dart finish during the semi-finals of the Masters of Darts (a tournament that was shown on Dutch TV) but ended up losing the match to Raymond van Barneveld. ITV Sport again broadcast coverage throughout the championship, in the UK. Again, Matt Smith presented the coverage on ITV4, with analysis from Chris Mason and Alan Warriner-Little, commentary from Peter Drury,

neg: 2012 World Matchplay (darts) against Justin Pipe. For the fourth consecutive World Matchplay, the prize fund was £400,000. The top 16 in the PDC Order of Merit qualified as seeded players. The other 16 places went to the top 16 non-qualified players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit who are unseeded players. † "Michael van Gerwen threw his second televised 9 darter" ‡ "Wes Newton threw his first televised 9 darter" ! Player ! Eliminated ! Played ! Legs Won ! Legs Lost ! LWAT ! 100+ ! 140+ ! 180s ! High Checkout ! 3-dart Average 2012 World Matchplay (darts) The 2012

neg: Wes Newton the way to the final. He also won the eighth qualifier three months later with a 6–2 victory over Justin Pipe in the final. In the UK Open itself he lost to eventual winner Robert Thornton in the quarter-finals. At the World Matchplay, Newton beat James Hubbard 10–5 in the first round, before throwing the first televised nine-dart finish of his career in the 11th leg of his last 16 match against Justin Pipe. However, despite being 9–7 up in the game, he went on to lose 10–13. Newton reached his second PDC major final in September's European Championship in

neg: 2007 UK Open John "Mr. Magoo" MaGowan, who he defeated 11-7 in the Semi-Finals twelve months ago. It was a different story against John Part with less doubles hit for Barney (compared to 80% against MaGowan). Part led 10-9, but van Barneveld squeezed through to hit double 16 and edge a great match 11-10. Phil Taylor achieved his third nine dart finish at Bolton in the fifth round against Wes Newton - it is also his fifth televised perfect game. Taylor was playing on the second main stage and whilst his match was in progress Colin Osborne was on his way to an

neg: Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club the following list of players who did the same at the list of qualifying tournaments (listed above) could be seen as a notable absentees from the Winamau BDO 9-Dart Club. Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club The Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club was an initiative launched and partnered by the British Darts Organisation and long term sponsor Winmau in January 2013, which celebrated the 40th anniversary of the British Darts Organisation, with membership restricted to darts players that achieve a nine-dart finish at BDO / WDF major and open events. Players that achieve this feat are presented with a unique set of laser-etched

neg: James Wade checkout in the last leg. The comeback was later named the televised performance of the year at the PDC's annual awards dinner. Wade suffered a 4–1 defeat to Stephen Bunting in the second round of the 2015 World Championship and he lost 9–6 against Andrew Gilding in the fifth round of the UK Open. He lost in the final of the first Players Championship event 6–5 to Gary Anderson, but returned to claim the second event a day later by beating Peter Wright 6–5. He threw a nine-dart finish in the final of the sixth event to level the scores

neg: Gary Anderson (darts player) Premier League title. He finished bottom of the league table having won just three matches from the 14 game season. In winning the event in 2011 he made a total of 79 180's, but could only manage 31 this year, the least of any of the eight players. However, in the last league game Anderson did have an encouraging 7–7 draw with Phil Taylor. In June, he completed his first live televised nine-dart finish in a 9–3 third round win over Davey Dodds at the UK Open. He lost in the next round to compatriot, and eventual winner of the

neg: Tony O'Shea deciding leg of the deciding set. Two years thereafter he reached the semi-finals after a winning streak defeating Gary Anderson, Gary Robson and Ted Hankey before he eventually went out against Mervyn King 5–1. Later that year he had his best chance to date of winning a major title, as he led King 5–3 in the final of the Winmau World Masters before King recovered to win 6–5. O'Shea managed to achieve a televised nine dart finish against Adrian Lewis during the 2007 International Darts League on 9 May 2007 which made the tournament the first in darts history to

neg: Mervyn King (darts player) he still qualified for the 2010 Premier League Darts King reached his third PDC major final in the 2010 Players Championship Finals. Having beaten James Wade, Jelle Klaasen, Wayne Jones and Colin Osborne in earlier rounds, he narrowly lost in the final to Paul Nicholson 13–11. This was his third PDC Premier event final without victory. King also reached the last 16 in the 2010 UK Open, losing 8–9 to Gary Anderson. King hit his second televised nine-dart finish during the match. King started the 2010 Premier League with wins over James Wade and Adrian Lewis. His first loss of

neg: Michael van Gerwen won his second Premier League title (his first being in 2013) with an 11–3 victory over Taylor in what was van Gerwen's fourth consecutive Premier League final. Taylor had led 2–1 but van Gerwen soon took control of proceedings and won ten of the following eleven legs to complete a resounding win. Van Gerwen had won three of the six UK Open Qualifiers and in the fourth round of the main event he produced his fifth televised nine-dart finish whilst defeating Rob Cross 9–5. He also hit 170 finishes in the leg before and after the perfect leg. He recovered

neg: 2009 PDC Pro Tour 2009 PDC Pro Tour The 2009 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They consisted of Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) Players Championships and UK Open Regional Finals. In addition, £400 per Pro Tour event was reserved for a nine-dart finish. Should this not be won in an event, it would be carried over to the next event, and so on until a nine-dart finish is achieved. Once the prize fund is won, it will revert to £400 for the next event. The German Darts Corporation rankings are calculated from

neg: Colin Lloyd Taylor in terms of odds. Unfortunately for Lloyd, he was knocked out in the first round by qualifier Gary Welding, having led 2–0 in the best-of-five match. He reached the final of the International Darts League in the Netherlands in May 2006, losing to Raymond van Barneveld. A heavy 2–11 defeat to Taylor at the 2006 UK Open saw his form in televised events dip dramatically. He lost in the first round of the 2006 Las Vegas Desert Classic to Chris Mason, to Steve Maish (despite a ten-dart leg where he was two darts away from a nine dart finish)

neg: Andy Hamilton (darts player) been played, Hamilton was 14th on the Order of Merit, which qualified him for the Players Championship Finals where he saw off Andy Smith and van Gerwen to play Phil Taylor in the quarter-finals. Hamilton led 9–5 in the best of 19 legs match, on the verge of beating the 15-time world champion for the first time in a televised match, but Taylor came back and with the score at 9–8, Hamilton needed 60 for the match. He missed the board with his first dart and missed double 20 with his last, this being the only dart he had for

neg: UK Open has achieved the perfect nine-dart finish four times (2004, 2005, 2007 & 2008). Mervyn King (2010) and Gary Anderson (2012), Wes Newton (2013) and Michael van Gerwen (2016) have also achieved a nine-dart leg (although Newton's was the only one of the eight to not be televised). The tournament had a different runner-up for the first 13 years. Because of extreme weather conditions and fears for the safety of visiting fans the unprecedented decision was taken by the host venue Butlins to play the entire 2018 UK Open behind closed doors leaving the public only being able to watch the

neg: World Grand Prix (darts) knock-out and has remained so ever since. The double-start format also makes landing a perfect nine-dart finish even more difficult, as it limits the number of combinations and guarantees that a player must either start or finish on the bullseye. The first nine-darter in Grand Prix history was completed by Brendan Dolan in the 2011 semi-final. In 2014, James Wade and Robert Thornton both hit perfect legs in the same match, the first time this happened in any televised event. On all three occasions, the leg started with a score of 160 (starting on double 20), followed by 180, followed

neg: Raymond van Barneveld World Matchplay by Wayne Mardle, despite leading 12 legs to 7 at one stage. However, Van Barneveld did regain some form in the World Grand Prix reaching the final of the tournament, before being defeated by Taylor by 6 sets to 2. He also suffered a quarter-final embarrassment at the hands of Lewis in the quarter-finals of the inaugural European Darts Championship in November losing by 9 legs to 2. Van Barneveld threw another televised nine dart finish in the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship in his quarter-final match against fellow Dutchman Klaasen on 2 January 2009. Van Barneveld hit

neg: 2007 World Masters (darts) 2007 World Masters (darts) The 2007 Winmau World Masters was a being staged by the British Darts Organisation at Leisure World in Bridlington between November 16 and November 18, 2007. It also featured a qualifying event for the 2008 Lakeside World Professional Championship. History was made by John Walton who became the first player to hit a perfect nine dart finish in the televised stage of the tournament. The event was broadcast by the BBC, however the nine-darter was not shown live as it was achieved in the last 16 before their live coverage began. Michael van Gerwen was unable

neg: Kim Huybrechts progressed to his first quarter-final in the event with a 10–9 win after Joe Cullen missed one match dart. Huybrechts himself then missed two match darts as Alan Norris knocked him out 10–9. He lost 6–3 in the final of the seventh Players Championship to Daryl Gurney. In the second round of the World Cup, Ronny averaged 115.62, the highest ever by a Belgian player in a televised match, as Belgium saw off Greece. A day later Kim averaged 121.97, the second highest televised average of all-time and the brothers would reach their third semi-final in a row, but were

neg: Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club The Winmau BDO 9-Dart Club was an initiative launched and partnered by the British Darts Organisation and long term sponsor Winmau in January 2013, which celebrated the 40th anniversary of the British Darts Organisation, with membership restricted to darts players that achieve a nine-dart finish at BDO / WDF major and open events. Players that achieve this feat are presented with a unique set of laser-etched tungsten darts in a laser-etched aluminium presentation case as a permanent keepsake from Winmau. There is no specified limit as to how many times a player or team can be

neg: Devon Petersen 9–6 and Eddie Dootson 9–3 to reach the quarter-finals of a major PDC event for the first time. Petersen led world number one Michael van Gerwen 3–2 at the first break but had had darts to win every leg and went on to lose 10–5. He became the first South African to throw a nine-dart finish on the PDC tour at the sixth Players Championship and went on to reach the quarter-finals where Van Gerwen whitewashed him 6–0. At the World Cup, Petersen and Filby survived a match dart from Finland to win 5–4 before losing both of their singles

neg: 2008 UK Open had failed to defend the £30,000 from the UK Open two years ago. Earlier in the tournament, Phil Taylor threw his fourth nine dart leg in six years in the UK Open, during a 9-1 victory over Jamie Harvey in the fourth Round. In his Fifth Round match against Wesley Newton, Taylor achieved the highest televised 3 dart average (to date) of 114.53 surpassing Darryl Fitton's record (114.15) in the International Darts League 2004 against Davy Richardson. The semi-final line-up contained only one player from the United Kingdom for the first time it the tournament's six-year history. That one player

neg: Jamie Caven finish bottom of the table. Caven saw off Ian White 6–4 at the Players Championship Finals and was almost the victim of a huge fightback from Robert Thornton as he forced a deciding leg after having been 9–4 behind. However, he survived one match dart to win 10–9 and reach his only major quarter-final of the year where he faced Adrian Lewis. Caven missed a dart for the match at the bull to complete a 167 finish to win 10–8 and was instead eliminated 10–9. Caven lost 4–3 in the second round of the 2015 World Championship to Raymond van

neg: 2011 PDC Pro Tour 2011 PDC Pro Tour The 2011 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). They were the Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA) Players Championships and the UK Open Qualifiers. This year there were 39 PDC Pro Tour events – 31 Players Championships and 8 UK Open Qualifiers. Prize money for each Players Championship and UK Open Qualifier increased from £31,200 in 2010 to £34,600 in 2011. In addition, £400 per Pro Tour event was reserved for a nine-dart finish. Should this not be won in an event, it was carried over

neg: James Wade bullseye for a unique nine-darter. On 20 November 2008, Wade completed his first live nine-darter hitting two 180s then T20, T19 and D12 against Gary Anderson in the second round of the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts which was shown on ITV4. However, Anderson went on to win the match 10–8, therefore Wade became the first man to hit a nine-dart finish in a major televised tournament in the UK and then go on to lose the match. (Michael van Gerwen had previously done so in a tournament on Dutch television.) Wade was also the first left-handed player to hit

neg: Michael van Gerwen majors during his career. In the final of the World Series of Darts Finals, Van Gerwen came from 10–9 down to defeat Wright 11–10 with a 129 checkout and an 11-dart leg. He took his fourth televised title in a row at the Players Championship Finals with an 11–6 win over Adrian Lewis. It also ensured he had featured in every televised final since the World Championship at the start of the year. After needing a tie-break to beat René Eidams in the first round of the 2016 World Championship, Van Gerwen recorded 109.23, the fourth-highest average ever recorded in

neg: Ross Smith (darts player) number 79, and reached his first semi-final on the PDC tour in April at the seventh UK Open Qualifier, where he lost 6–3 to John Part. At the UK Open itself, he fought back from 7–4 down in the third round against Jelle Klaasen to level at 7–7, before being edged out 9–7. He threw a nine-dart finish in the second round of the Gibraltar Darts Trophy against Adrian Lewis, but lost 5–6; this remained the last nine-dart finish achieved on the PDC European Tour until June 2018. Smith won four events on the PDC Challenge Tour during 2013 to

neg: Nine-dart finish next event. In 2013 the bonus stopped being awarded. For all PDC Premier events, including the Grand Slam of Darts, the PDC has a rolling £5000 prize-pool for a nine-dart leg. As long as it isn't won, the prize for hitting a nine-dart leg is increased by £5000. If multiple players hit a nine-dart finish in one premier event, the money is split evenly across all players who achieved a nine-dart finish in that event. So the prize for a nine-darter varies for every PDC premier event. In the 2015 tournament, achieving the perfect leg in the PDC World Championships

neg: Keith Deller Bristow and Lowe. Deller's name has been in the record books on a couple of occasions. He held the Guinness World Record for the fastest 3 legs of 301 in 97 seconds. On 13 October 1984 he was on the wrong end of a piece of darting history when Lowe hit the first-ever televised nine-dart finish against him in the quarter-finals of the MFI World Matchplay. He became the first player in history to achieve a match average of 100 in the 1985 World Championship quarter-finals; he did, however, lose the game to Lowe. Deller set another World Record in

neg: Dean Winstanley Winstanley hit his first televised nine-dart finish and the fifth in World Championship history. He eventually lost 2–4 having had darts at doubles to win both the fifth and sixth sets. Winstanley won the Best Newcomer at the annual PDC dinner in January 2013. His only quarter-final of 2013 came in May at the Players Championship One, where he lost 6–1 to Robert Thornton. Winstanley suffered a surprise 4–5 defeat to qualifier Dave Weston in the first round of the UK Open. Winstanley produced an encouraging 5–2 victory over Kim Huybrechts in his opening group game of the Grand Slam

neg: Leighton Rees those days). Evans took an early lead with a couple of 180s before Rees recorded the championship's first ever ten-dart finish (also the first ever televised) before eventually running out a 6–3 victor. At the time the BBC's executive producer Nick Hunter proclaimed it as the match that made darts live up to all their expectations and cemented it as a National TV item for years to come. In the semi-final Rees actually struggled to beat a determined American, Nicky Virachkul 8–7 in the semi-finals but showed a whole different set of battling qualities to pull through into a final

neg: Raymond van Barneveld PDC debut came in the 2006 Premier League competition. He won his first match convincingly 8-1 against Baxter. On March 23, he hit his first televised nine dart finish and faced Taylor later in the same night, fighting back for a 7-7 draw. The re-match came on Van Barneveld's 39th birthday, but this time Taylor won the deciding leg for an 8-6 victory. Van Barneveld suffered a surprise 11-3 semi-final defeat in the Premier League to fellow Dutchman Roland Scholten. Van Barneveld then started a very successful run with a 13-5 final victory over Colin Lloyd in the final of

neg: Larry Butler (darts player) He also won the USA Dart Classic, a World Darts Federation tournament. Butler then made his first televised appearance in over ten years by qualifying for the 2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic as one of four North American qualifiers. He lost in the first round 6–4 to Alan Tabern. In April 2009 Butler traveled to Europe to compete in a series of PDC Players Championships and in UK Blue Square Open qualifiers. He advanced to the money round in 13 out of 16 events he entered. His best finish was a quarter-final appearance in the West Midlands regional final on

neg: Dave Chisnall reaching the final of the 2014 Grand Slam of Darts, losing a much closer match 16–13, again to Phil Taylor. He hit his only televised nine-dart finish in the 2015 Grand Slam of Darts against Peter Wright. Chisnall was brought up in St Helens and played for a local football team until he was 17 when he broke his foot. He switched to darts and first played in a friend's bedroom, throwing 100 in his first ever visit to the board. His nickname actually originates from his work as a carpenter rather than his surname His debut in BDO events

neg: Andy Hamilton (darts player) the good results at the World Grand Prix reaching the quarter-finals. At the 2011 World Matchplay he reached the semi-final by beating Gary Anderson, John Henderson, and after being 15-8 down against Simon Whitlock, he pulled back and won the game 17-15, winning 9 legs in a row in a remarkable comeback. However he eventually lost to Phil Taylor 17-9 in the Semi finals. At the 2012 World Championship he beat Antonio Alcinas 3–2 in the first round, while missing a dart at double 18 in the third set for a nine-dart finish. He then beat Vincent van der Voort

neg: Mark Hylton (darts player) second half of the season also earned him the 2010 PDC Best Newcomer award. 2011 has seen a strong start with Hylton taking several open titles including The Double16.com Cotgrave & Newark Opens during the 2nd of which he produced a perfect 9 dart leg, only 6 days later he produced another 9 dart finish during an Open event at The Red Lion in Erdington. A first professional appearance in The UK Open in June will be a 3rd TV Major in 8 months. He is climbing the Orders of Merit strongly looking to be well placed for the 2011/12

neg: Shayne Burgess as runner-up in both the 1999 and 2000 World Grand Prixs, losing to Phil Taylor in both finals. Aside from achieving a 9-dart finish at the Eastbourne Pro event in February 2001, Burgess' form declined for a couple of years after his 1998-2000 peak. However, Burgess then suddenly reached the final of the inaugural UK Open in 2003, again losing to Taylor. In 2008, after years of a big decline in his form, Burgess left the PDC circuit. In 2011, Burgess was playing on the BDO circuit, and he hit the second 9-dart finish of his career in September 2012,

neg: 2012 BDO World Darts Championship top 16 players in the WDF/BDO rankings over the 2010/11 season were seeded for the tournament. The 32 players who qualified for invitation into the first round proper of the men's singles were: The televised stages featured 8 players. The top 4 players in the WDF/BDO rankings over the 2010/11 season were seeded for the tournament. The eight women qualified for invitation were: The prize money was £258,000 for the men's event and £16,000 for the women's event. There was also a shared 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £3,000 per event. The

neg: John Lowe the first player to achieve a televised nine-dart finish (in 1984). Lowe won the World Championship title in three different decades – 1979, 1987 and 1993. Although regarded as the gentleman of the game, he was in the shadow of Eric Bristow in the early days of darts' rise to prominence – in terms both of results and of charisma. He met Bristow six times in the World Championship in various semi-finals and finals, and it was not until his fourth attempt (in the 1987 final) that he managed to overcome his great rival. His record against the "Crafty Cockney"

neg: Michael van Gerwen Michael van Gerwen Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently ranked world number one. He began playing darts at the age of 13 and had won the World Masters and thrown a televised nine-dart finish within four years, becoming the youngest player to do either. However, after this initial burst onto the darting scene, van Gerwen struggled for consistent form until his breakthrough year in 2012. Going from world number 38 at the start of 2012 to number four at the beginning of 2013, the year included his first major

neg: John Lowe in majors was three wins and six defeats. Lowe achieved the ultimate feat in darts on 13 October 1984 during the World Matchplay tournament against Keith Deller, when he managed a nine-dart finish – the sport's equivalent of a 147 break in snooker. This was the first time it had ever been accomplished by any darts player whilst being televised, although it was not live and instead shown on a highlights programme on ITV. Lowe won £102,000 for this success. He went on to win the tournament. In addition to his three world titles Lowe has also won two World

neg: Nathan Derry Nathan Derry Nathan Derry (born 15 January 1987 in Gorleston, Norfolk) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. Derry won a two-year PDC Pro Tour card in January 2015 on the last day of the PDC's Q School. He qualified for the UK Open and beat Alan Tabern 5–4 and Keegan Brown 9–2 to reach the fourth round, where he led Mervyn King 8–5, but would lose 9–8. In the first Players Championship of the year he threw a nine-dart finish in the opening round during a 6–5 defeat to Darren Johnson. Derry's first European

neg: Chris Mason (darts player) was Taylor's opposition at the 2002 World Matchplay when Taylor hit the first PDC nine-dart finish to be televised live on British screens. Mason has reached the quarter-finals in a few other PDC events, including the 2005 UK Open, the 2006 Las Vegas Desert Classic, and the 2006 World Matchplay. Whilst commentating on the 2010 Grand Slam of Darts, on broadcaster ITV, Mason announced that he intended to retire from darts following the forthcoming qualifying rounds of the 2011 PDC World Championship, declaring that "even if I do qualify, which is unlikely, the World Championships will be my swansong". It

neg: Masters of Darts the semi-final and Andy Fordham in the final to win the top prize €150,000 (approx £100,000) - one of the highest prizes in darts history. The 2007 tournament featured a nine dart finish by Michael van Gerwen, Phil Taylor finished bottom of the England group losing three of his five matches. Peter Manley achieved a 100% record en route to the final against Raymond van Barneveld, but van Barneveld clinched the title with a whitewash 7-0 set victory. Masters of Darts The Masters of Darts has a unique place in darts history as it was the first televised tournament to

neg: 2009 PDC World Darts Championship van der Rassel. Eventually, the title was won by Phil Taylor, with a 7–1 victory in the final over Raymond van Barneveld. This was Taylor's twelfth PDC world title, and his fourteenth in all; his average of 110.94 against van Barneveld remains a record for the PDC World Championship final. The tournament was also notable for featuring the first ever nine-dart finish at the PDC World Championship, completed by van Barneveld in his quarter-final match with Jelle Klaasen. The televised stages featured 70 players, an increase of two from the previous year. The top 32 players in the PDC Order

neg: Phil Taylor (darts player) complete a hat-trick of World Cup of Darts titles as they were defeated by the Netherlands in the final. Taylor lost 4–0 to Van Gerwen, while Lewis was beaten 4–0 by Van Barneveld and 4–2 by Van Gerwen, which meant that the tie was over before Taylor's second singles match. Taylor later reflected on the first half of 2014 as the worst spell of form in his career. Taylor threw his 10th televised nine-dart finish in the second round of the World Matchplay during a 13–6 win over Michael Smith. He returned to top form during the event beating Gary

neg: Phil Taylor career statistics ever losing average, as Van Barneveld beat him 7–4 in the Premier League with Taylor averaging 115.80. Taylor also holds the record for the highest combined average in a single match of 224.26 which was set in his 10–3 victory over Gary Anderson in the quarter-finals of the 2009 European Championship when he averaged 118.14 and Anderson 106.12. Taylor's lifetime average from 717 matches in which it was recorded is 101.52, the highest of any player. Taylor has supplemented his accomplishments in televised tournaments by frequently achieving the perfect leg of darts- a nine-dart finish. The first time he achieved

neg: Ronny Huybrechts successive rounds and then threw the first nine-dart finish of his career during a 6–4 win over Darren Webster. Huybrechts reached the final by eliminating Michael Smith 6–5, but lost 6–3 to Simon Whitlock. Ronny briefly held the highest televised average of a Belgian player when he averaged 115.62 in the second round of the World Cup against Greece. However, a day later in the quarter-finals Kim averaged 121.97 against Singapore and the brothers went on to reach their third semi-final in a row, but were unable to win either of their singles matches against the Welsh team of Gerwyn

neg: Dave Chisnall quarter-finals of the European Championship for the second year in a row, but he was beaten 10–4 by Van Gerwen. He hit his first televised nine-dart finish during a group stage match 5–2 victory over Peter Wright at the Grand Slam. Chisnall went on to be eliminated in the second round of the event 10–7 by Michael Smith. His fifth major quarter-final of the year followed at the Players Championship Finals with Van Gerwen again beating him, this time 10–7 despite Chisnall averaging 105.51. Chisnall's third round 2016 World Championship game with Peter Wright went to a deciding set. Chisnall

neg: John Walton (darts player) then-reigning Winmau World Masters champion Robert Thornton. He hasn't won any of the major open events since his successful year in 2001 when he took the British Open, British Classic, Belgium Open, Scottish Open and Portland Open. Overall his tournament success has dried up since winning the world title, but he continues to maintain a high world ranking by progressing to the quarter-final and semi-final stages of several Open darts events. Walton made history at the 2007 Winmau World Masters in Bridlington by hitting a televised nine dart finish. It was the first time a player had hit a nine-darter

neg: 1990 BDO World Darts Championship first nine-dart finish at the World Championship in his second round match with Ireland's Jack McKenna, receiving £52,000 for his efforts. The prize fund was £100,000. There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £1,000. 1990 BDO World Darts Championship The 1990 Embassy World Darts Championship was held at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey from 5–13 January 1990. It saw Phil Taylor win the first of sixteen world titles, beating his mentor Eric Bristow 6-1 in sets in the final, with Taylor playing in his first ever World

neg: Peter Manley Peter Manley Peter David Manley (born 7 March 1962 in Cheam, London Borough of Sutton) is a former English professional darts player who used to play in Professional Darts Corporation events from July 1996 onwards. He now does corporate events as well as appearing at exhibitions around the world. He was named One Dart by commentator Tony Green after hitting the winning double on numerous occasions with his first dart during his first televised appearance at the 1995 Unipart European Masters, where he eventually lost in the final to Mike Gregory. The nickname subsequently proved to be a heavy burden

neg: Kim Huybrechts and the Masters, Huybrechts qualified from his group in the Grand Slam with a 5–1 win over Darren Webster. He then beat BDO player Alan Norris 10–5 and was involved in the game of his career to date against Van Gerwen in the quarter-finals. Huybrechts started exceptionally to lead 12–3 with an average over 110, before Van Gerwen cut the gap to 13–7. Huybrechts responded with his first televised nine-dart finish and defeated the reigning world champion 16–10. His semi-final match against Dave Chisnall swung in the favour of both players as Huybrechts was 4–1 behind, before edging 14–12 ahead

neg: Nathan Derry to progress through to the knockout stage, but lost 5–0. Nathan Derry Nathan Derry (born 15 January 1987 in Gorleston, Norfolk) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. Derry won a two-year PDC Pro Tour card in January 2015 on the last day of the PDC's Q School. He qualified for the UK Open and beat Alan Tabern 5–4 and Keegan Brown 9–2 to reach the fourth round, where he led Mervyn King 8–5, but would lose 9–8. In the first Players Championship of the year he threw a nine-dart finish in the opening round

neg: Nine-dart finish on the board. A nine dart finish is also attainable in games which require a double to commence scoring (a "double-in", such games are thus termed "double-in double-out" with the existing double-out requirement). In such games, throwing for double 20 first can lead to a maximum score of 160 with the first throw, leaving the thrower commonly requiring 180 then 161 (T20,T17,BULL) in their remaining six darts, though other outcomes are possible. It is worth noting that in these games, only throwing for double 20, double 17, or bullseye to start the leg can result in a nine dart finish.

neg: Darryl Fitton the quarter-finals to number-one seed (and eventual champion) Mark Webster. Darryl is known as a consistently high scorer, he once held the record for best average in a full, televised match. His 6-0 win against Davy Richardson in the 2004 International Darts League saw him hit a three-dart average of 114.15. This was, at the time, the highest three-dart average on a televised tournament. Fitton reached the semi finals of the 2009 BDO World Championship, beating Mark Salmon in the first round and then defeated 12th seed Simon Whitlock in round two. He followed up with a 5-4 win over

neg: 2015–16 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball team Grande Valley. They finished the season 19–14 and 9–5 in WAC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the WAC Women's Tournament where they lost to New Mexico State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to TCU. The Broncs finished the season 19–15, 9–5 in final WAC play to finish in third place. They lost in the championship of the WAC Tournament to New Mexico State. For the first time in club history women's basketball games will be televised. 9 of 11 home games

neg: Colin Monk the time. Monk's only appearance at the World Matchplay event in Blackpool in 2004, saw Monk get whitewashed 10-0 in the first round by John Part, averaging a mere 59.96. Monk's greatest comeback victory in the PDC was arguably at the 2007 UK Open, when he was 3-7 down to Martyn Turner, and came back to win the match 8-7. Monk became a member of the 9 Dart Club when he had a nine dart finish in the Blue Square UK Open in Barnsley during his 6-1 win over Ray Farrell. Monk had a hard time in the 2010 PDC

neg: Dave Chisnall missed one match dart, but then took out a 130 checkout to save the game after Wright had missed a match dart of his own. However, Wright broke once more and, after Chisnall missed double top to complete a 125 finish, he won the match 4–3. The defeat meant that Chisnall is yet to reach a quarter-final in a PDC World Championship. Chisnall recovered from an 8–0 deficit in the first round of the Masters to beat Robert Thornton 10–9 and then came past Kim Huybrechts 10–5 and James Wade 11–6 to reach the final. However, he would lose his

neg: Dennis Priestley World Championship Final in a 4-6 loss to Taylor, despite Taylor's average being almost three points lower at 98.52. In 1992, Priestley entered the 1993 Embassy World Championship as the number-one seed. In his first-round tie against Jocky Wilson, he set a new record for the highest match average (102.6) at the championship, which stood until 2004. In his autobiography, "Bobby Dazzler", Bobby George recalled that, during the same championship, he played Priestley in a best of nine-leg practice match. Priestley had a dart for a perfect 9-dart finish in every leg en route to recording a 5-0 win using

neg: Nine-dart finish and so far only female to be inducted. Ten-time World Champion Trina Gulliver revealed she has twice missed her last dart to record a nine-dart finish. One was a double 18 for $100,000 at an event in Canada and another missed double was for a car at an event in Ireland. Nine-dart finish A nine-dart finish is a perfect leg in the sport of darts, using only nine darts, the fewest possible, to check out from 501. It is notoriously difficult to achieve, even by the game's top professionals. It is considered to be the highest single-game achievement in the

neg: Phil Taylor (darts player) in 2006 and 2010, finishing as runner-up in the latter. He was the first person to hit two nine-dart finishes in one match, in the 2010 Premier League Darts final against James Wade. He hit a record 11 televised nine-dart finishes (and 22 overall). Taylor played in competitions organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO) until 1993. Amidst growing disenchantment with the BDO, he was among 16 top players who broke away to form their own organisation, the World Darts Council, now known as the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Just before the final of the , Taylor confirmed his retirement

neg: Peter Wright (darts player) to lose 11–7. The pair would meet once more in the final of the first World Series of Darts Finals and this time Wright lost the game's opening four legs, before moving 5–4 up. At 10–9 ahead and one leg away from the title, Wright hit a 180 to leave 90 only for Van Gerwen to take out 129 on the bull and, after Wright was unable to checkout 121 in the final leg, Van Gerwen finished 50 to complete an 11 dart leg and deny Wright his first televised title. Wright did not drop a set in reaching the

neg: Alan Tabern Open in Atlanta by defeating Andy Hamilton 3–1 in the final and the next month he claimed another Players Championship win in Wales. This put him in the top 10 in the PDC Order of Merit for the first time in his career. Tabern played in the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts, where he was involved in the first televised nine-dart shootout after he and Hamilton had finished level on points and leg difference in their group. Tabern lost 265–169 in it, with only one of his 9 darts hitting treble 20, with three others in either five or one

neg: Dodge Dart (PF) available in the U.S. and Canada, for example) in the Fiat 500 Abarth The 1.4T Dart also will have more torque than the Abarth. A 6-speed manual transmission is available with all engine options, a six-speed automatic is optional on the 2.0 L and 2.4 L engines and a six-speed dual-clutch transmission is available on the 1.4 L turbo unit. Marchionne has stated that a 9-speed automatic will not be available until sometime later. All Dart engines are built in Dundee, Michigan. In 2014, the Dart SXT and Limited both got a 2.4L I4 engine with increased horsepower ratings, making

neg: Nine-dart finish that can be scored with any one dart. Thus 180 is the maximum score of a shot, and nine throws are the minimum necessary to win. Although many other combinations are possible, the traditional nine-dart finish requires a score of 60 (treble 20) with each of the first six throws, that is, with the first two shots of three. This leaves 141 to score on the final shot (of three darts), known as the outshot. This outshot is traditionally performed in one of three ways: Another way is to score 167 with each set of three darts, scoring a perfect

neg: Darren Webster the moment of his career as Webster averaged 104.64 and closed the match with a 140 finish. He missed two darts to take the opening set in the third round against Van Gerwen and went 3–0 behind. He pulled a set back, but would be ousted 4–1. Webster hit his first career 9 dart finish on 11 February 2017 in the 5th UK Open qualifier during a 6-5 win over Benito van de Pas. In July, he won his first players Championship title, defeating Daryl Gurney 6–1 in the final in Barnsley. In the 2019 World Championship he suffered a

neg: Vincent van der Voort three successive legs against compatriot Christian Kist in the fourth round of the UK Open to be eliminated 9–8. In June, Van der Voort won the Austrian Darts Open by beating Jamie Caven 6–5. He was 5–2 down in the final, but took two successive legs and then levelled the match by taking out a 136 finish with Caven waiting on 80. In the deciding leg he was first to a finish, and he took out 83 on double 8 with a pressure last dart with Caven waiting on 56. It was Van der Voort's first title in three years.

neg: Paul Lim only 9-dart game to have been achieved in either version of the world championships, until Raymond van Barneveld hit one against Jelle Klaasen in the quarter-final of the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship. To date, it remains the only 9-dart finish ever achieved at the BDO World Darts Championship. Lim represented three countries at darts. Singapore was not affiliated with the sport's governing body, the World Darts Federation (WDF), so Lim played briefly for Papua New Guinea, but settled in California and represented the United States in international competition, before also playing for his native country when they became a

neg: Richie Burnett Burnett missed one dart at double ten to complete a 140 finish for the match and Wales would lose 4–3. Burnett beat Webster 9–2 in the third round of the UK Open, but then lost 9–6 to Steve West in the subsequent round. At the German Darts Championship Burnett came through final leg deciders against James Richardson and Robert Thornton and then averaged almost 102 in beating Steve Brown 6–2. His best run of the year continued with a 6–4 quarter-final success over Jamie Caven before missing one match dart in the semis against Peter Wright to lose 6–5. Burnett

neg: Nine-dart finish tournaments since Phil Taylor's nine-darter at the 2008 UK Open). On 28 December 2009 he repeated the feat at the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship during his second round clash with Brendan Dolan netting him a £25,000 prize. Adrian Lewis achieved a nine-dart finish in the third leg of the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship final against Gary Anderson, winning £10,000. On 23 December 2012 at the 2013 PDC World Darts Championship, Dean Winstanley hit a nine-dart finish in the third leg of the third set in his second round defeat to Vincent van der Voort. Another nine-dart finish at