Luke Woodhouse

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Luke Woodhouse
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Woodhouse at the 2025 World Championship
Personal information
Nickname"Woody" [1] [2]
Born (1988-10-13) 13 October 1988 (age 36) [2]
Bewdley, Worcestershire, England [1]
Darts information
Playing darts since2008
Darts22g Harrows Signature [1] [2]
Laterality Right-handed [2]
Walk-on music"C'est la Vie" by Stereophonics [1] [2]
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2011–
(Tour Card: 2018–)
Current world ranking ( PDC ) 31 Steady2.svg (31 August 2025) [3]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship Last 16: 2025
World Matchplay Last 32: 2024, 2025
World Grand Prix Last 16: 2023
UK Open Last 16: 2024
Grand Slam Group Stage: 2022
European Championship Semi-final: 2024
PC Finals Quarter-final: 2023
World Series Finals Last 32: 2025
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour 2013

Luke Woodhouse (born 13 October 1988), nicknamed "Woody", is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. A PDC Tour Card holder since 2018, Woodhouse reached his first major quarter-final at the 2023 Players Championship Finals. He reached his first major semi-final at the 2024 European Championship. He has finished as the runner-up at one PDC ranking event, 2023 Players Championship 14.

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He won an event on the PDC’s secondary tour, the PDC Challenge Tour, in 2013.

Career

In 2013, his first year with the PDC, Luke Woodhouse won PDC Challenge Tour 14. [4] He qualified for the 2015 UK Open, his first appearance at a PDC major event.

He made his debut on the European Tour in May 2017. In 2018, he was able to earn a tour card at Q-School and several times reached the Pro Tour last 16. He reached the last 32 at the 2019 UK Open. On the 2019 PDC Pro Tour, he reached the quarter-finals at Players Championship 18. This helped him qualify the 2019 Players Championship Finals, where he beat defending champion Daryl Gurney 6–5 in the first round, but then lost to Gabriel Clemens.

Woodhouse qualified for the 2020 PDC World Championship via the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit. After a 3–0 win against Paul Lim, he defeated 4th seed Michael Smith 3–1. He then lost to Dimitri Van den Bergh 4–2. At the 2020 Players Championship Finals he reached the last 16. At the 2021 PDC Players Championship series he hit a Nine-dart finish against Danny Noppert at Players Championship 4.

In 2023, Woodhouse recorded his most successful year to date at the PDC. He made his first PDC European Tour quarter-final at the 2023 Hungarian Darts Trophy, beating former world champions Rob Cross and Peter Wright before being whitewashed by Luke Humphries 6–0. This run took him into the Pro Tour Order of Merit qualifying spots for the 2023 World Grand Prix. [5] He made his World Grand Prix debut and was able to defeat Dave Chisnall, who had been considered one of the favourites for the title. However, Woodhouse was whitewashed 3-0 by eventual champion Luke Humphries in the second round. At the 2023 Players Championship Finals he reached his first major quarter-final. These include wins over Simon Whitlock, Rob Cross and Chisnall again, before he lost to Gabriel Clemens. He hit another nine-darter at Players Championship 24 against Richie Burnett.

In 2024, Woodhouse qualified for the World Matchplay for the first time. However, Woodhouse lost 10–8 to Nathan Aspinall in the first round. [6] At the 2024 European Championship, Woodhouse reached a first major televised semi-final, losing to eventual winner Ritchie Edhouse 11–5. [7]

At the 2025 European Darts Grand Prix, Woodhouse reached his first semi-final on the European Tour with wins over Johan Engström, Chris Dobey, Ross Smith and Michael Smith. However, he lost 7–3 to Andrew Gilding.

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament20152019202020212022202320242025
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ 3R 1R 2R 2R 1R 4R
World Masters Did not qualify Prel.
UK Open 1R 5R 3R 5R 4R 5R 6R 4R
World Matchplay Did not qualify 1R 1R
World Grand Prix Did not qualify 2R 1R
European Championship Did not qualify SF
Grand Slam Did not qualify RR DNQ
Players Championship Finals DNQ 2R 3R 1R DNQ QF 1R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking202694847493835

PDC European Tour

Season1234567891011121314
2017 DNQ EDG
1R
Did not qualify IDO
1R
EDT
DNQ
2018 EDO
2R
GDG
DNQ
GDO
1R
Did not qualify EDT
1R
2019 Did not qualify DDM
1R
DDO
1R
DNQ IDO
2R
GDT
DNQ
2020 BDC
1R
GDC
DNQ
EDG
1R
IDO
DNQ
2022 IDO
2R
GDC
DNQ
GDG
1R
ADO
DNQ
EDO
2R
CDO
DNQ
EDG
1R
DDC
DNQ
EDM
3R
HDT
DNQ
GDO
3R
DNQ
2023 BSD
DNQ
EDO
1R
DNQ ADO
2R
Did not qualify EDM
1R
GDO
2R
HDT
QF
GDC
DNQ
2024 BDO
2R
GDG
2R
IDO
1R
EDG
2R
ADO
DNQ
BSD
2R
DDC
QF
EDO
2R
GDC
1R
FDT
QF
HDT
1R
SDT
1R
CDO
2R
2025 BDO
3R
EDT
2R
IDO
2R
GDG
1R
ADO
2R
EDG
SF
DDC
1R
EDO
2R
BSD
2R
FDT
QF
CDO
HDT
SDT
GDC

PDC Players Championships

Season12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
2015
[nb 1]
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
COV
2R
COV
2R
COV
1R
CRA
1R
CRA
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
DUB
1R
DUB
1R
COV
1R
COV
1R
2017
[nb 1]
Did not participate MIL
1R
DNP BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
DUB
1R
DUB
2R
DNP
2018 BAR
2R
BAR
4R
BAR
2R
BAR
4R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
3R
MIL
1R
MIL
4R
WIG
1R
WIG
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
DUB
1R
DUB
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
2019 WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
3R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
4R
BAR
1R
BAR
4R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
DNP
BAR
3R
WIG
2R
WIG
QF
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
DUB
3R
DUB
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
2020 BAR
2R
BAR
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
2R
WIG
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
QF
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
NIE
3R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
COV
2R
COV
3R
COV
1R
COV
1R
COV
3R
2021 BOL
1R
BOL
2R
BOL
2R
BOL
1R
MIL
3R
MIL
1R
MIL
4R
MIL
4R
NIE
2R
NIE
2R
NIE
1R
NIE
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
4R
MIL
1R
MIL
3R
COV
1R
COV
2R
COV
2R
COV
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
QF
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
QF
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
2022 BAR
2R
BAR
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
NIE
2R
NIE
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
NIE
2R
NIE
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
2023 BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
HIL
2R
HIL
QF
WIG
2R
WIG
4R
LEI
3R
LEI
1R
HIL
3R
HIL
F
LEI
3R
LEI
2R
HIL
2R
HIL
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
4R
BAR
4R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
QF
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
2024 WIG
2R
WIG
1R
LEI
2R
LEI
3R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
LEI
SF
LEI
2R
HIL
QF
HIL
1R
HIL
3R
HIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
3R
MIL
2R
MIL
3R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
SF
WIG
4R
WIG
1R
LEI
3R
LEI
3R
2025 WIG
QF
WIG
3R
ROS
2R
ROS
3R
LEI
1R
LEI
3R
HIL
3R
HIL
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
4R
LEI
QF
ROS
2R
ROS
3R
HIL
2R
HIL
SF
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
4R
LEI
1R
HIL
3R
HIL
2R
MIL
3R
MIL
1R
HIL
HIL
LEI
LEI
LEI
WIG
WIG
WIG
WIG
Performance Table Legend
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
RR
Prel.
Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round
DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded
  1. 1 2 Not a Tour card holder

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Luke Woodhouse player profile". Professional Darts Players Association .
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Luke Woodhouse player profile". Mastercaller.
  3. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 31 August 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  4. "Ward & Woodhouse Share Reading Wins". PDC.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 7 September 2013. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  5. Shaw, Jamie (25 September 2023). "Dave Chisnall denies nine-dart Luke Humphries to claim Hungarian Darts Trophy title". Live Darts. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  6. Chiu, Nigel (14 July 2024). "World Matchplay Darts: Nathan Aspinall survives scare as Luke Humphries, Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton win". Sky Sports . Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  7. "Exceptional Edhouse wins Machineseeker European Championship". www.pdc.tv. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.