Sam Head (born 14 June 1993) is an English professional
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
British Darts Organisation
The British Darts Organisation (BDO) was a darts organisation founded on 7 January 1973 by Olly Croft. Made up of 66 member counties, it oversaw professional, semi-professional and amateur darts competitions in Britain. The BDO was a founder ...
(BDO) events.
Career
Head in 2012 almost caused a sensation when he reached the last 16 of the
Winmau World Masters
The World Masters is one of the longest-running and most prestigious of the BDO/WDF tournaments, which began in 1974. The tournament is sponsored by darts board manufacturer, Winmau. The World Masters was unusual in darts in that its sets are th ...
his first televised tournament. In the same year he won the
British Teenage Open und started to play quite successfully on the PDC Youth Tour. Due to his consistency he managed to qualify for the
BDO World Championships 2014 but lost first round to
Mike Day from
New Zealand
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. In 2019, he reached the Semi Finals of the Estonian Masters, losing to
John Scott of
England
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.
World Championship results
BDO
* 2014: Preliminary Round (lost to
Mike Day 0–3)
* 2015: Preliminary Round (lost to
Peter Sajwani 0–3)
External links
*http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=14154
1993 births
Living people
English darts players
British Darts Organisation players
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