Kevin Burness

Kevin Burness
Kevin Burness
Personal information
Nickname	Iron Man
Born	17 November 1965[1]; Newtownards, Northern Ireland
Home town	Newtownards; Northern Ireland
Darts information
Playing darts since	2008
Darts	24 Gram Cosmo Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Delilah" by Tom Jones
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2008–2018
PDC	2018–
Current world ranking	83
BDO majors – best performances
World Masters	Last 80: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64: 2019
UK Open	Last 128: 2019
Other tournament wins
Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay	2018

Kevin Burness (born 17 November 1965 from Newtownards) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who competes in the Professional Darts Corporation events.

Career

Burness entered UK Q-School in 2018, winning a two-year Tour Card, by finishing in the top 15 on the Order of Merit, after the four days of Q-School were completed.

Burness won the 2018 Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay to qualify for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, beating Mick McGowan 6–3.[2]

He beat Paul Nicholson 3-0 in the first round of the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship. In the second round against Gary Anderson he was defeated 3-1.

Burness made his PDC European Tour debut in the 2019 Danish Darts Open. He lost 6-1 in the second round against Joe Cullen.

World Championship results

PDC

2019: Second round (lost to Gary Anderson 1–3)
2020: First round (lost to Jelle Klaasen 1–3)

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
BDO World Championship	DNP	DNQ	DNP			DNQ
Winmau World Masters	1R	DNP			1R	3R	3R	3R	3R	1R	1R	DNP

PDC

Tournament	2018	2019	2020
PDC World Championship	BDO	2R	1R
UK Open	DNQ	2R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	98

Performance Table Legend
DNP	Did not play at the event	DNQ	Did not qualify for the event	NYF	Not yet founded	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF	lost in the quarter-finals	SF	lost in the semi-finals	F	lost in the final	W	won the tournament

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References

https://www.mastercaller.com/players/kevin-burness
Phillips, Josh. "Burness Lifts Irish Matchplay Title". PDC. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

External links

Player profile on Kevin Burness from Dartsdatabase

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[1] ttps://www.mastercaller.com/players/kevin-burness

[2] Phillips, Josh. "Burness Lifts Irish Matchplay Title". PDC. Retrieved 6 October 2018.