Haupai Puha

Haupai Puha (born 12 February 1985 in Gisborne) is a New Zealand professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.

Haupai Puha
Personal information
NicknameHopes
Born (1985-02-12) 12 February 1985[1]
Gisborne, New Zealand
Home townWellington
New Zealand
Darts information
Playing darts since2017
Darts26g Bottelsen
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Hey Baby" by DJ Otzi
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2017–
Other tournament wins
Alan King Memorial 2018
DPA Australian Pro Tour New South Wales 2019 (x2)

Darts career

Puha qualified for 2 2018 World Series of Darts events in Australia and New Zealand as the number 2 ranked player in the DPNZ rankings. He would lose in the first round of both events to Kyle Anderson in Auckland and to Rob Cross in Melbourne. He made his first PDC major appearance at the 2019 World Cup of Darts in Hamburg together with Cody Harris. They beat Lithuania and South Africa to reach the quarter-finals, eventually losing to Japan.

Puha also qualified for all three World Series events in Australia and New Zealand in 2019. He lost to Raymond van Barneveld in the first round of both the 2019 Brisbane Darts Masters and the 2019 Melbourne Darts Masters, and to Gary Anderson in the first round of the 2019 New Zealand Darts Masters.

Puha credits his experience with golf in making the transition to darts.[2]

gollark: It's against the EULA at least, but I think there's doubt about whether those are enforceable.
gollark: I don't know if this would cause that, but... don't do silly things to energy-dense stuff like batteries?
gollark: Like I said, lithium ion batteries can explode.
gollark: Lithium-ion batteries can explode, which would be bad.
gollark: Please don't talk in all caps, and that's almost certainly an awful idea.

References
  1. "Haupai Puha". Mastercaller.com. 12 February 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  2. https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2018/08/darts-fearless-haupai-puha-ready-to-face-world-s-best-at-auckland-masters.html


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