Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (born 24 December 2000) is a professional
Austria
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darts
Darts or dart-throwing is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small sharp-pointed missiles known as darts at a round target known as a dartboard.
Points can be scored by hitting specific marked areas of the bo ...
player who plays in
Professional Darts Corporation events. In 2017, he was the inaugural winner of the JDC (Junior Darts Corporation) World Championship.
Career
Rodriguez entered PDC qualifying school in 2017. His best result was getting to the last 64 on day four. This was not good enough to get a PDC tour card. He won a PDC Development Tour event in
Germany
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in 2017, as well as the WDF Europe Cup Youth Pairs Boys with
Thomas Langer in the same year. Rusty and his brothers Rowby-John and Roxy-James qualified for the
2017 Austrian Darts Open. This was Rusty's European tour debut. Rusty lost in the second round, while his brothers lost in the first round. Rusty was the first player to win the JDC World Championship in 2017 after he defeated Owen Roelofs 5–4 in legs.
He failed to qualify for the 2018 PDC World Championship after he lost 4–5 to
Terry Temple in the first round of the World Championship qualifiers.
Rodriguez entered European qualifying school in 2018. His best result was getting to the semi-final on day three. Only one player per day got an automatic PDC tour card in the European qualifying school. Rusty came 10th in the PDC European qualifying school Order of Merit but only the top six in the PDC European qualifying school Order of Merit got a PDC tour card.
World Championship results
PDC
* 2022: Second round (lost to
Chris Dobey
Chris Dobey (born 31 May 1990) is an English professional darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
His first major TV appearance came in the 2015 UK Open where he lost 5–1 in the first round to N ...
2–3) (sets)
Personal life
His brothers,
Rowby-John and
Roxy-James, are also dart players.
Performance timeline
PDC European Tour
References
External links
Profile and stats on Darts Database
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2000 births
Living people
Austrian darts players
Game players from Vienna
Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders