Haupai Puha (born 12 February 1985) is a New Zealand professional

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player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

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

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and to Rob Cross in

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. 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

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and the

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, and to Gary Anderson in the first round of the

2019 New Zealand Darts Masters The 2019 New Zealand Darts Masters, presented by Burger King & TAB was the inaugural staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation, and was the fifth entry in the 2019 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (ei ...

. Puha has qualified for both the PDC & WDF World Championships in recent years, Losing in his 1st match in both. Puha credits his experience with golf in making the transition to darts.

World Championship results

PDC

* 2021: First round (lost to

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0–3)

WDF

* 2022: First round (lost to

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1–2) * 2023:

References

External links

* 1985 births Living people New Zealand darts players Professional Darts Corporation associate players People from Christchurch PDC World Cup of Darts team New Zealand {{Darts-bio-stub