Jason Hogg (born 28 May 1982 from

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) is a former Scottish professional

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player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.

BDO career

Hogg took part in a few BDO tournaments. His biggest success was reaching the quarter-finals of the Granite City Open in 2011, where he lost to Ian White.

PDC career

Hogg took part in the PDC Qualifying School in 2013. He didn't manage to win a Tour Card but as an associate PDPA member he took part in the UK Open qualifiers.

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defeated him 6–3 in the quarter-finals of the seventh event, but Hogg went a stage further a day later at the final qualifier where he lost 6–3 to Mervyn King in the semi-finals. These results helped him finish 15th on the Order of Merit to enter the

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in the third round, but he suffered a heavy 9–1 loss to

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. Hogg did not take part in any other event during the rest of 2013, but did qualify for the

2014 UK Open The 2014 Coral UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the twelfth year of the tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competed in a single elimination ...

and beat Wayne Jones 5–3 to reach the third round for the second successive year where Robert Thornton eliminated him 9–3. In December he won seven matches at the 2015 World Championship qualifier, concluding with a 5–2 success over Scott MacKenzie in the final. In Hogg's debut at the World Championship he faced

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in the first round, with the match going into a deciding set which Hogg lost by three legs to one. Hogg failed to qualify for the

in February 2015 and did not play again until the 2016 World Championship qualifier. Hogg qualified for the

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as an amateur, but did not turn up for the event.

World Championship results

PDC

* 2015: First round (lost to

2–3)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hogg, Jason 1982 births Living people Scottish darts players Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders Sportspeople from Aberdeen