Matt Padgett
Matthew "Matt" Padgett (born 27 March 1982 in Ilkeston) is an English professional darts player who competes for the Professional Darts Corporation tournaments.
| Matt Padgett | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 27 March 1982 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England | ||
| Home town | Ilkeston, Derbyshire England | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Playing darts since | 2006 | ||
| Darts | John Lowe Hero 26g Unicorn | ||
| Laterality | Left-handed | ||
| Walk-on music | "Bleed It Out" by Linkin Park | ||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
| PDC | 2010– | ||
| Current world ranking | (BDO) 46, PDC 140 | ||
| BDO majors – best performances | |||
| World Masters | Last 64: 2017 | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| World Ch'ship | Last 72: 2011 | ||
| UK Open | Last 32: 2013 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
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Career
A bowling alley technician by trade, Padgett joined the PDC in 2010. In June 2010, he qualified for the UK Open. Entering at the Last 128 stage, he defeated John Quantock and Jason Clark before losing to Wayne Jones in the last 64.
In November 2010, Padgett came through a field of over 80 players to earn one of two qualifying spots in the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship.[1] He was, however, defeated by Morihiro Hashimoto by 4 legs to 2 in the Preliminary Round.
Padgett has earned a full PDC Pro Tour card for the 2011 season.
World Championship results
PDC
- 2011: Last 72 (lost to Morihiro Hashimoto 2-4) (legs)
gollark: This is how you get SCPs.
gollark: Hello timewarped lemmmies.
gollark: The channel topic goes to "server down" quite often.
gollark: WHUAOHFIOUBAEWGHOUBFDWQEHIOUBFHRINOUTEQWi?
gollark: You can't neural interface TNT but you can neural interface creepers, shut off their AI, and have them fly then blow up.
References
- World Championship PDPA Qualifier Archived 3 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine PDC.tv
External links
- Player profile on Matt Padgett from Dartsdatabase
- Interview with Matt Padgett on the Darts, Beers and Cheers! website
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