Steve Lennon

Stephen Brendan Lennon (born 25 November 1993) is an Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Steve Lennon
Lennon in 2019
Personal information
Full nameStephen Brendan Lennon
Nickname"The Shamrock"
Born (1993-11-25) 25 November 1993
Carlow, Ireland
Home townCounty Carlow, Ireland
Darts information
Playing darts since2011
Darts23 Gram Bull's Germany Signature
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Whiskey in the Jar" by Thin Lizzy
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2014–2017
PDC2017–
Current world ranking40
BDO majors – best performances
World MastersLast 80: 2016
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 64: 2018, 2019
World MatchplayLast 32: 2018
World Grand PrixLast 32: 2018
Grand SlamLast 16: 2017
Premier LeagueChallenger: 2019
European Ch'shipLast 32: 2018
UK OpenLast 16: 2019
Players Ch'ship FinalsQuarter Final: 2018
Other tournament wins
Ireland Players Championship 2014
PDC Development Tour England 2016
Other achievements
2019 Breaks into the top 32 on the Order of Merit for the first time

Career

Lennon played county darts for Kilkenny and Kildare. Lennon has played professional darts since 2011. He first won a tournament in the Ireland Players Championship, beating Stephen Byrne 6–1 in the Final. In 2016, he made it to the Final of Finnish Masters, beating Dennis Nilsson.[1]

Lennon entered the Professional Darts Corporation's Qualifying School in 2017, and picked up a Tour Card on the third day.[2]

He made his World Championship debut in 2018 but lost 2–3 to Michael Smith in the first round.

Lennon made it to the final of the 2018 Dutch Darts Masters, where he lost out to Michael van Gerwen. He reached the quarter-final of the 2018 Players Championship Finals, again losing to van Gerwen.

Following Gary Anderson's withdrawal from the 2019 Premier League, Lennon was selected as one of nine 'contenders' to replace him. He will play a one-off match against Peter Wright on night three in Dublin.

In June 2019, Lennon alongside William O'Connor made it all the way to the final of the 2019 PDC World Cup of Darts where they eventually lost to Scotland 3-1.[3]

He enjoyed one of his finest days in the PDC on 22 February 2020 when he got to the semi-finals of Players Championship 5, only to lose narrowly to Gerwyn Price. Lennon had three averages of over 100.[4]

World Championship Results

PDC
gollark: Heavserver will grow whilst you are asleep and cannot monitor it, muahahaha.
gollark: Your water pistol is not, however, threatening.
gollark: https://discord.gg/AFvDGYz
gollark: Hold on.
gollark: Muahahaha.

References
  1. dartsdatabase.co.uk Steve Lennon player profile
  2. "2017 PDC Qualifying School Day Three". PDC. Archived from the original on 21 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  3. "Scotland beat Republic of Ireland to win the 2019 World Cup of Darts". Sky Sports. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  4. "PDC Players Championship 05 - Steve Lennon". Dart Connect. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
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