Danny Baggish

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Danny Baggish
Danny Baggish Darts Actueel 2022.jpg
Baggish in 2022
Personal information
Nickname"The Gambler"
Born (1983-08-19) August 19, 1983 (age 40) [1]
Hagåtña, Guam
Home town Lakeland, Florida, U.S.
Darts information
Playing darts since2003
Darts23g Target Signature
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2011–2019
PDC 2007–2008, 2019–2022
WDF 2020
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters Last 64: 2019
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 32: 2021
UK Open Last 96: 2022
World Series Finals Last 24: 2022
Other tournament wins
ADO Choo Choo Classic 2013
ADO Corsairs Of The Caribbean 2016
ADO Early Bird Tune-Up 2013, 2014
ADO Firecracker Open 2013
ADO Johnathan Souders Florida Open 2018
ADO Savannah Area Charities Open Tourney 2013
ADO Seminole Shoot Out 2012, 2014
CDC Pro Tour Brownsburg 2022
CDC Pro Tour Philadelphia 2019
CDC Pro Tour Waterdown 2022
Cherry Bomb International 2023
North American Championship 2019
Witch City Open 2019
Virginia Beach Classic 2023

Daniel Baggish (born August 19, 1983) is an American professional darts player. He had a PDC tour card from 2021 to 2022, after being the only American player to win one at Q-School in 2021. [2] He is a sponsored by Target Darts, and has been a member of Team Target since 2019. [3]

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Career

He first came to prominence in 2019, when he was one of 8 North American qualifiers who played in the 2019 US Darts Masters, where he lost 6–1 to Daryl Gurney in the first round. He went on to defeat Elliot Milk and Leonard Gates, before beating Jeff Smith in the final of the North American Championship, which meant he qualified for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship. [4]

He then won a CDC Pro Tour event in Philadelphia, defeating Joe Huffman in the final.

Baggish became the first American player to qualify for a PDC European Tour event by qualifying for the 2022 German Darts Grand Prix. [5] At the tournament, he beat Thomas Junghans to become the first American to win a European Tour game. [6]

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament20192020202120222023
World Masters L64 DNP
PDC World Championship DNQ 2R 3R DNQ 2R
World Cup of Darts DNP 1R
UK Open DNP 2R 3R

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References

  1. "Danny Baggish - Mastercaller.com". Mastercaller.
  2. "Danny Baggish". dannybaggish.com. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  3. "Danny Baggish". Target Darts. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  4. "Baggish Bags Dafabet North American Championship Title". PDC.
  5. "ET2, ET3 Tour Card Holder Qualifiers". PDC. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  6. Twitter https://twitter.com/theredbit180/status/1515399615679508487 . Retrieved April 19, 2022.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)