Royden Lam (Chinese:林鼎智; born 8 September 1975) is a
darts
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player from
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
.
Career
Royden Lam is best known as a soft tip darts player but also plays steel tip darts. In 2009 he won the Hong Kong Open by beating Liu Cheng from China in the final. In 2010, he lost in the final of the Japan Open to Kyle Anderson and in the quarter-finals of the Asia Pacific Cup to
Morihiro Hashimoto
(10 February 1977 – 13 March 2017) was a Japanese darts player, nicknamed The Ogre.
Career
Hashimoto first appeared in the PDC circuit competing in the 2009 Las Vegas Desert Classic qualifiers, as well as a Players Championship. He attempt ...
. In 2011, he almost managed to qualify for the PDC World Championship, but was defeated by Scott MacKenzie 4–3 in the final of the Chinese qualifier.
In 2013, Lam registered for PDC Qualifying School and earned a Tour Card on the final day. However, he only played in three events during the year which included a 5–3 first round loss against Wayne Jones in the
UK Open
The Cazoo UK Open is a ranking major darts tournament held annually at the Butlins Minehead Resort by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) in England. Often referred to as the "FA Cup of darts", the UK Open replicates the abolition of seedin ...
.
Lam qualified for the 2014 World Championship by whitewashing Deng Yin 5–0 in the final of the Chinese qualifier. He beat world number 65
Gino Vos
Gino Vos (born 6 July 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player.
Career
Vos first came to prominence as an 18-year-old in the 2008 Czech Open, getting to the final before losing to Dave Prins 6–4. His next major success came in the 2009 Wo ...
4–1 in the preliminary round, before losing by three sets to one against
Wes Newton
Wesley Newton (born 27 August 1977) is an English professional darts player.
Darts career
Newton's first PDC major was the 2003 UK Open where he lost 8–6 to Mark Thomson in the last 32. He was beaten in the semi-finals of the Eastbourne Op ...
in the first round. Lam made his debut in the
World Cup of Darts
The PDC World Cup of Darts is a team darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation, and was one of the three new tournaments introduced into the PDC calendar in 2010. It is broadcast live by Sky Sports.Scott MacKenzie. They defeated Norway 5–2 in the first round to face Australia in the second round. Lam lost his singles match against
Simon Whitlock
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, before MacKenzie saw off Paul Nicholson to mean a doubles match was required to settle the tie, which Hong Kong were whitewashed in 4–0.
In the 2015 World Cup, Lam and MacKenzie caused a couple of shocks. First they defeated Wales' Mark Webster and
Jamie Lewis
Jamie Lewis (born 8 November 1991) is a Welsh professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. His biggest achievement to date was reaching the semi-finals of the 2018 ...
5–3. Lam then beat Ireland's William O'Connor 4–1, but MacKenzie lost 4–3 to
Connie Finnan
Connie Finnan (born 20 May 1962) is a former Irish professional darts player.
Career
BDO
In September 2009, Finnan qualified for the televised stages of the World Masters. He defeated Darryl Fitton 3–1 in the last 16 before losing 3–0 to ...
meaning a doubles match was needed to settle the tie which Hong Kong won 4–3 to reach the quarter-finals. However, the Scottish number two seeds of Gary Anderson and Peter Wright proved a step too far as they won both their singles matches 4–2 to eliminate Hong Kong.
In the 2016 World Cup, the Hong Kong pair lost to Ireland 5–4 in the first round. Lam won the Malaysian Open by beating Mark Jumin in the final and the same opponent defeated him in the semi-finals of the South Asian Qualifier for the 2017 World Championship. Lam claimed a two-year PDC Tour Card for 2017 and 2018 when he beat
José de Sousa
José Augusto Oliveira de Sousa (born 12 February 1974) is a Portuguese professional darts player. He is based in Tarragona and represented Spain at the 2011 WDF World Cup, but played for the Portuguese team afterwards at the PDC. He won his ...
5–2 in the last round on the second day of Q School and said he would continue to play a mix of events in Asia and Britain. Lam and new teammate Kai Fan Leung were eliminated in the first round of the 2017 World Cup 5–3 by Russia.
World Championship results
PDC
* 2014: First round (lost to
Wes Newton
Wesley Newton (born 27 August 1977) is an English professional darts player.
Darts career
Newton's first PDC major was the 2003 UK Open where he lost 8–6 to Mark Thomson in the last 32. He was beaten in the semi-finals of the Eastbourne Op ...
1–3)
* 2019: First round (lost to
Danny Noppert
Danny Noppert (born 31 December 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a former BDO World Darts Championship finalist, as well as being a Finder Darts Masters champion in 2017, b ...
0–3)
* 2022: First round (lost to
Keane Barry
Keane Neill Barry (born 25 June 2002) is an Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and Youth Development Tour events. The highlight of his career was beating Conor Allen in a narrow 2-0 victory in a j ...