Daryl Gurney | |||||||||||||
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![]() Gurney in 2019 | |||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
Nickname | "Superchin" | ||||||||||||
Born | 22 March 1986 Derry, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||
Home town | Derry, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||||||
Playing darts since | 1996 | ||||||||||||
Darts | 23g Winmau | ||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||
Walk-on music | "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond | ||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||
BDO | 2004–2013 | ||||||||||||
PDC | 2013– (Tour Card: 2013–) | ||||||||||||
Current world ranking | (PDC) 25 ![]() | ||||||||||||
WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2009, 2010 | ||||||||||||
World Masters | Last 24: 2009 | ||||||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Quarter Final: 2017, 2021 | ||||||||||||
World Matchplay | Semi Final: 2017, 2019 | ||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Winner (1): 2017 | ||||||||||||
UK Open | Semi Final: 2017, 2020 | ||||||||||||
Grand Slam | Quarter Final: 2017 | ||||||||||||
European Ch'ship | Semi Final: 2017, 2019 | ||||||||||||
Premier League | Semi Final: 2019 | ||||||||||||
PC Finals | Winner (1): 2018 | ||||||||||||
Masters | Quarter Final: 2024 | ||||||||||||
Champions League | Group Stage: 2018, 2019 | ||||||||||||
World Series Finals | Semi Final: 2017 | ||||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||
European Tour Events
Players Championships
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Other achievements | |||||||||||||
2016 Breaks into the top 32 on the PDC Order of Merit for the first time
2017 claims his first major televised title after winning the World Grand Prix 2017 Breaks into the top four on the PDC Order of Merit for the first time |
Daryl Gurney (born 22 March 1986)[2] is a Northern Irish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twenty-five, having reached a peak of world number three in 2019. Nicknamed "Superchin", he has won 5 ranking PDC titles, including the World Grand Prix in 2017 and the Players Championship Finals in 2018. He is also a two-time PDC World Championship quarter-finalist and a two-time semi-finalist at each of the premier events World Matchplay, UK Open and European Championship.