Connor Scutt

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Connor Scutt
Connor Scutt PC.png
Scutt at the 2024 Players Championship Finals
Personal information
Full nameConnor Scutt [1]
Nickname"The Sniper"
Born (1996-04-15) 15 April 1996 (age 28) [2]
Carshalton, England
Home town Kenley, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2014
Darts22g Mission
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns N' Roses
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2022–
(Tour Card: 2022–2023, 2025–)
WDF 2021, 2024
Current world ranking 70 Increase2.svg 8 (24 November 2024) [3] (PDC)
8 Increase2.svg 1 (8 December 2024) [4] (WDF)
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 48: 2022
World Masters Semi Final: 2024
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 64: 2024, 2025
UK Open Last 96: 2022, 2023
Grand Slam Group Stage: 2024
PC Finals Quarter Final: 2024
Other tournament wins
British Classic 2024
British Pentathlon 2024
Denmark Open 2024
PDC Challenge Tour 2024 (x2)

Connor Scutt (born 15 April 1996) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a World Masters semi-finalist.

Contents

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. [5]

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. [6] At Players Championship 30 Scutt reached the quarter-finals, losing there to Martin Schindler 6–5. [7]

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. [8] 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 Darts Championship after he lost 3–0 to Gerwyn Price in the event's second round. Scutt was ranked 69th 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 Q-School, finishing 17th on the UK Q-School Order of Merit, outside the top 10 required to win a card.

Scutt competed in the 2024 PDC Challenge Tour series, the secondary tier of the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. He won Challenge Tour 13, whitewashing Dragutin Horvat 5–0 in the final [9] Scutt then won Challenge Tour 17, defeating Tom Sykes 5–3 in the final. [10] Scutt reached another final at Challenge Tour 20, losing to Christian Kist 5–2. [11] He then 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 Tour Card for the 2025 and 2026 seasons and a place at the 2025 PDC World Darts 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 to finish 3rd in his group.

Scutt received call–ups for 2024 PDC Players Championship series 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, [12] and PC16, where he lost to Ricky Evans 6–5 in a deciding leg. [13] Scutt reached the final at PC22, losing to Gary Anderson 8–4. [14] At Players Championship Finals Scutt reached another quarter–final, losing to Stephen Bunting 6–4. [15]

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, [16] [17] [18] who he defeated 6–4. [19] Scutt then defeated Mario Vandenbogaerde 6–3 and Daryl Gurney 10–3 to reach his first PDC Major quarter–final. [20] He then lost to Dirk van Duijvenbode 10–9 in a deciding leg. [21]

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. [22]

At the 2024 WDF World Masters Scutt reached the semi-final, losing there to Kai Gotthardt 6–5 in a deciding leg. [23] [24]

World Championship results

WDF

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament2019202020212022202320242025
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship DNQ 2R
UK Open DNP 3R 3R 1R
Grand Slam of Darts DNQ RR
Players Championship Finals DNQ 1R QF
PDC Non-ranked events
World Youth Championship RR DNP
WDF Major events
WDF World Championship DNPNH 1R PDCDNPPDC
World Masters DNPNHDNPNH SF PDC
Career statistics
Year-end ranking (PDC)-205-10769

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2022 IDO
DNP		 GDC
DNQ		 GDG
DNQ		 ADO
DNQ		 EDO
1R		 CDO
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 DDC
1R		 EDM
DNQ		 HDT
DNQ		 GDO
1R		 BDO
DNQ		 GDT
DNQ
2023 BSD
DNQ		 EDO
DNQ		 IDO
DNQ		 GDG
DNQ		 ADO
DNQ		 DDC
DNQ		 BDO
DNQ		 CDO
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 EDM
1R		 GDO
1R		 HDT
DNQ		 GDC
DNQ

PDC Players Championships

Season123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
2020 [nb 1] BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 WIG
DNP		 WIG
DNP		 WIG
DNP		 WIG
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
2R		 MIL
DNP		 MIL
DNP		 MIL
DNP		 MIL
DNP		 MIL
DNP		 NIE
DNP		 NIE
DNP		 NIE
DNP		 NIE
DNP		 NIE
DNP		 COV
DNP		 COV
DNP		 COV
DNP		 COV
DNP		 COV
DNP
2022 BAR
1R		 BAR
3R		 WIG
SF		 WIG
2R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
1R		 NIE
2R		 NIE
1R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
1R		 NIE
1R		 NIE
2R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
3R		 BAR
QF
2023 BAR
2R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
2R		 HIL
2R		 HIL
1R		 WIG
4R		 WIG
2R		 LEI
1R		 LEI
1R		 HIL
SF		 HIL
1R		 LEI
2R		 LEI
4R		 HIL
4R		 HIL
2R		 BAR
3R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
F		 BAR
2R		 BAR
3R		 BAR
1R
2024 [nb 1] WIG
DNP		 WIG
DNP		 LEI
1R		 LEI
DNP		 HIL
2R		 HIL
QF		 LEI
DNP		 LEI
DNP		 HIL
DNP		 HIL
DNP		 HIL
1R		 HIL
2R		 MIL
2R		 MIL
2R		 MIL
2R		 MIL
QF		 MIL
1R		 MIL
2R		 MIL
2R		 WIG
2R		 WIG
2R		 MIL
F		 MIL
1R		 WIG
2R		 WIG
QF		 WIG
3R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
1R		 LEI
3R		 LEI
1R
  1. 1 2 Not a Tour card holder
Performance Table Legend
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
RR
L#		Lost in # round
Round-robin
Last # stage		DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

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