Alan Soutar has won the 11th Players Championship of the year. 'Soots' defeated Daryl Gurney 8-7 in the final.
For Soutar, it is only the first ranking title of his PDC career. "To win a ProTour in this room against 127 other players that I respect so much, it’s unbelievable," Soutar said.
"This is possibly the best thing I’ve done in darts, apart from winning the World Cup with Scotland in the WDF system."
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Tour Card
Soutar captured his PDC Tour Card in 2021 and immediately performed exceptionally well. Last year, however, he had a down period, even missing out on participation in the Darts World Championship "Last year was a disaster for me and I’ve been in danger of losing my Tour Card, so to produce the darts I have all day, I’m absolutely delighted."
"I don’t think some people understand how hard it is [in the PDC]. I can play darts; I’ve played darts for 30 years, but this is tough.," continued the 46-year-old Scot. "I had a good couple of seasons in my first two years on tour. Last year was terrible, but this year has just got a whole load better!"
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