Sam Head

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Sam Head
Personal information
Born (1993-06-14) 14 June 1993 (age 31)
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Home townPortsmouth, Hampshire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Darts23 Gram
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Witch Doctor" by Cartoons
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2012–2018, 2019–
PDC 2018
Current world ranking (BDO) 265
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 40: 2014, 2015
World Masters Last 16: 2012
Other tournament wins
British Teenage Open 2012

Sam Head (born 14 June 1993) is an English professional darts player who plays in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events.

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Career

Head in 2012 almost caused a sensation when he reached the last 16 of the Winmau World Masters his first televised tournament. In the same year he won the British Teenage Open und started to play quite successfully on the PDC Youth Tour. Due to his consistency he managed to qualify for the BDO World Championships 2014 but lost first round to Mike Day from New Zealand. In 2019, he reached the Semi Finals of the Estonian Masters, losing to John Scott of England.

World Championship results

BDO


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