Darren Penhall (born 18 November 1972) is an English-born Australian retired professional darts player.

Darren Penhall
Personal information
Nickname"Smooth Operator"
Born (1972-11-18) 18 November 1972 (age 51)[1]
St Austell, Cornwall, England
Home townCoochiemudlo Island, Australia
Darts information
Playing darts since2012
Darts23g Red Dragon
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Country Girl (Shake It for Me)" by Luke Bryan
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2020–2023
(Tour Card: 2020-2021)
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 64: 2024
UK OpenLast 160: 2020
Other tournament wins
DPA Pro Tour2023 (x13)

Career

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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]

World Championship results

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Performance timeline

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Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC Ranked televised events
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
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

References

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  1. ^ "Darren Penhall". Mastercaller.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Penhall dominates DPA circuit to seal Ally Pally debut". PDC TV. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Penhall reveals retirement plans ahead of Cullen clash". PDC TV. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  4. ^ Gill, Samuel (17 December 2023). ""As it stands, this is it": one and done for Darren Penhall with retirement imminent after Ally Pally debut". Darts News. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
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