Darren Penhall | |||
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Personal information | |||
Nickname | "Smooth Operator" | ||
Born | [1] 18 November 1972 St Austell, Cornwall, England | ||
Home town | Coochiemudlo Island, Australia | ||
Darts information | |||
Playing darts since | 2012 | ||
Darts | 23g Red Dragon | ||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||
Walk-on music | "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)" by Luke Bryan | ||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
PDC | 2020–2023 (Tour Card: 2020-2021) | ||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2024 | ||
UK Open | Last 160: 2020 | ||
Other tournament wins | |||
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Darren Penhall (born 18 November 1972) is an English-born Australian retired professional darts player.
Penhall entered Q-School in January 2020 and won his Tour Card on the fourth day by finishing eleventh on the UK Q-School Order of Merit. He will play on the PDC ProTour in 2020 and 2021.
After losing his Tour Card, he returned to Australia, and took part in the DPA Tour from 2023. He won his first Australian title in February 2023. Penhall has dominated the DPA circuit in 2023, reaching 18 finals in 25 events, and winning 13 of those to boast a lead at the top of the DPA Order of Merit, qualifying for 2024 PDC World Darts Championship. [2]
Penhall played Jules van Dongen in the First round, produced a trio of ton-plus checkouts and won 3-1. Despite the win, he has revealed his plans to walk away from the sport after the tournament. In the Second round, he lost 0-3 with Joe Cullen. [3] [4]
Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PDC World Championship | DNQ | 2R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Open | 1R | WD | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | 152 | 155 | 169 | 126 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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2020 | BDC 1R | GDC 1R | EDG DNQ | IDO DNQ | |||||||||
2021 | DNP | ||||||||||||
2022 | IDO DNP | GDC DNP | GDG DNP | ADO DNQ | EDO 2R | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDC DNQ | EDM DNQ | HDT DNP | GDO DNQ | BDO DNP | GDT DNP |
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