Connor Scutt (born 15 April 1996) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a World Masters semi-finalist.
| Connor Scutt | |||||||||
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 Scutt at the 2024 Players Championship Finals | |||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Full name | Connor Scutt[1] | ||||||||
| Nickname | "The Sniper" | ||||||||
| Born | 15 April 1996[2] Carshalton, England | ||||||||
| Home town | Kenley, England | ||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2014 | ||||||||
| Darts | 22g Mission | ||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns N' Roses | ||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||
| PDC | 2022– (Tour Card: 2022–2023, 2025–) | ||||||||
| WDF | 2021, 2024 | ||||||||
| Current world ranking | 70  8 (24 November 2024)[3] (PDC)8 1 (8 December 2024)[4] (WDF) | ||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 48: 2022 | ||||||||
| World Masters | Semi Final: 2024 | ||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2024, 2025 | ||||||||
| UK Open | Last 96: 2022, 2023 | ||||||||
| Grand Slam | Group Stage: 2024 | ||||||||
| PC Finals | Quarter Final: 2024 | ||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||
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Career
edit2022
editAt 2022 Q-School Scutt won a two-year PDC Tour Card by finishing third on the UK Q-School Order of Merit.[5]
Scutt qualified for the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship, which he was allowed to play after getting special dispensation from the PDC, but he would lose in the first round to Shawn Burt 2–0 in sets.
In the 2022 PDC Players Championship series Scutt reached the semi–finals at Players Championship 3, losing there to Joe Cullen 7–5.[6] At Players Championship 30 Scutt reached the quarter-finals, losing there to Martin Schindler 6–5.[7]
2023
editScutt reached the semi–finals at 2023's Players Championship 13, losing there to Michael Smith 7–3 and the final at Players Championship 27, losing to Radek Szagański 8–5.[8] As a result Scutt qualified for the 2023 Players Championship Finals, making his debut as the 37th seed, where he lost to the 28th seed, eventual–semi finalist Gabriel Clemens, in the first round.
2024
editPDC
editDespite his final at PC27, Scutt lost his Tour card after the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship after he lost 3–0 to Gerwyn Price in the event's second round. Scutt was ranked 69th on the Order of Merit after the World Championship, therefore outside the top 64 which he needed to be in to keep his card.
Scutt failed to re-gain his tour card at 2024's Q-School, finishing 17th on the UK Q-School Order of Merit, outside the top 10 required to win a card.
Scutt competed in the 2024 PDC Challenge Tour series, the secondary tier of the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. He won Challenge Tour 13, whitewashing Dragutin Horvat 5–0 in the final[9] Scutt then won Challenge Tour 17, defeating Tom Sykes 5–3 in the final.[10] Scutt reached another final at Challenge Tour 20, losing to Christian Kist 5–2.[11] He then secured his place as the Challenge Tour Order of Merit winner by reaching the final at Challenge Tour 23, losing to Andreas Harrysson 5–3 but earning a place at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts and guaranteeing himself a Tour Card for the 2025 and 2026 seasons and a place at the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship. At the Grand Slam Scutt made his debut and was drawn in Group D. He whitewashed number 5 seed Dave Chisnall 5–0 in his opening game but then lost to Ritchie Edhouse 5–2 and was whitewashed by Ross Smith to finish 3rd in his group.
Scutt received call–ups for 2024 PDC Players Championship series events filling in as a reserve for an absent tour card holder virtue of his ranking on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit. He reached the quarter-finals at Players Championship 6 (PC6), where he was whitewashed by Daryl Gurney 6–0,[12] and PC16, where he lost to Ricky Evans 6–5 in a deciding leg.[13] Scutt reached the final at PC22, losing to Gary Anderson 8–4.[14] At Players Championship Finals Scutt reached another quarter–final, losing to Stephen Bunting 6–4.[15]
As a result of his performances in Players Championship events Scutt qualified for the 2024 Players Championship Finals as 34th seed. This meant that he played 31st seed Martin Lukeman in the first round,[16][17][18] who he defeated 6–4.[19] Scutt then defeated Mario Vandenbogaerde 6–3 and Daryl Gurney 10–3 to reach his first PDC Major quarter–final.[20] He then lost to Dirk van Duijvenbode 10–9 in a deciding leg.[21]
WDF
editAs he failed to re–gain his Tour Card status at Q-School, Scutt returned to playing World Darts Federation events.
Scutt won the 2024 British Classic, defeating Josh Clough 5–2 in the final.[22]
At the 2024 WDF World Masters Scutt reached the semi-final, losing there to Kai Gotthardt 6–5 in a deciding leg.[23][24]
World Championship results
editWDF
edit- 2022: First round (lost to Shawn Burt 0–2)
PDC
edit- 2024: Second round (lost to Gerwyn Price 0–3)
- 2025: Second round (lost to Damon Heta 1–3)
Performance timeline
edit| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||
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| PDC Ranked televised events | |||||||||
| PDC World Championship | DNQ | 2R | 2R | ||||||
| UK Open | DNP | 3R | 3R | 1R | |||||
| Grand Slam of Darts | DNQ | RR | |||||||
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 1R | QF | ||||||
| PDC Non-ranked events | |||||||||
| World Youth Championship | RR | DNP | |||||||
| WDF Major events | |||||||||
| WDF World Championship | DNP | NH | 1R | PDC | DNP | PDC | |||
| World Masters | DNP | NH | DNP | NH | SF | PDC | |||
| Career statistics | |||||||||
| Year-end ranking (PDC) | - | 205 | - | 107 | 69 | ||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | IDO DNP |
GDC DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDO 1R |
CDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
DDC 1R |
EDM DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
GDO 1R |
BDO DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
BDO DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
EDM 1R |
GDO 1R |
HDT DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
PDC Players Championships
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020[nb 1] | BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR 2R |
MIL DNP |
MIL DNP |
MIL DNP |
MIL DNP |
MIL DNP |
NIE DNP |
NIE DNP |
NIE DNP |
NIE DNP |
NIE DNP |
COV DNP |
COV DNP |
COV DNP |
COV DNP |
COV DNP | |||||||
| 2022 | BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
WIG SF |
WIG 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
NIE 2R |
NIE 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR DNP |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR QF |
| 2023 | BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
WIG 4R |
WIG 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL SF |
HIL 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 4R |
HIL 4R |
HIL 2R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR F |
BAR 2R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
| 2024[nb 1] | WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
LEI 1R |
LEI DNP |
HIL 2R |
HIL QF |
LEI DNP |
LEI DNP |
HIL DNP |
HIL DNP |
HIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
MIL QF |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 2R |
MIL F |
MIL 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG QF |
WIG 3R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 1R |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR L# |
Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
References
edit- ^ "Connor Scutt - "Sniper"".
- ^ "Connor Scutt - Mastercaller".
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Fallon Sherrock: 'Queen of the Palace' beaten at Q School, ending hopes of PDC Tour Card". Sky Sports. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ^ Allen, Dave (12 February 2022). "Cullen claims second 2022 title with Players Championship 3 win". PDC.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (5 November 2022). "Wade edges out Beaton to prevail at Players Championship 30". PDC.
- ^ "PDC Players Championship 27 • Players Championship 27 Final". DartConnect. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ Josh, Gorton (8 June 2024). "Scutt & Hood claim maiden Challenge Tour titles in Leicester". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (16 August 2024). "Scutt & Merkx seal Winmau Challenge Tour wins in Milton Keynes". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (18 August 2024). "Clinical Kist sinks Scutt to secure Winmau Challenge Tour 20 title". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ Wood-Thompson, Lewis (19 March 2024). "Chisnall wins Players Championship 6". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ Allen, Dave (1 August 2024). "Deadly De Decker sweeps to maiden ProTour title at PC16". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (24 September 2024). "Awesome Anderson marks return to action with PC22 victory". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Players Championship 25: Chris Dobey takes third title of the year ahead of World Grand Prix". Sky Sports. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ "Players Championship Finals 2024 - Mastercaller". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (21 November 2024). "2024 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals preview". PDC.tv. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ "Players Championship Order of Merit". www.dartsrankings.com. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (22 November 2024). "Players Championship Finals 2024: Littler whitewashes Cross as five world champions crash out". PDC. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (23 November 2024). "Players Championship Finals 2024: Humphries and Littler remain on collision course in Minehead". PDC. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ "Results of Players Championship Finals 2024 - Mastercaller". mastercaller.com. 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Results of British Classic 2024". World Darts Federation.
- ^ Wood, Kieran (10 October 2024). "Wesley Plaisier and Connor Scutt reach semifinals at WDF World Masters in Budapest". Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Results of World Masters Men 2024". dartswdf.com. 10 October 2024.
External links
edit- Player profile for Connor Scutt from Dartsdatabase