Brown reflects after Q-School success: "With over 500 people there, I didn't thin I had much of a chance to be honest"

Steve Brown will return to the PDC circuit after winning his Tour Card at 2020 PDC Q-School despite only playing three out of the four days.

Brown faced a nervous wait on the final day of action in Wigan; with 'The Bomber' across the world in China during the final day.

Q-School was an event that he only entered last minute; he revealed in an interview with LiveDarts this past week.

“I didn’t expect to go to Q School, the deadline was two o’clock and I registered at one, so that was a last-minute decision."

“My son was struggling for transport to get up to Q School, he’d just signed a new sponsorship deal with Bristol & Bath Scaffolding so I took him down to meet the guy and he said “why aren’t you doing Q School?” and I said “I can’t be bothered”.”

“He said “If I pay your entry would you do it?” and I said “yeah go on then” so I signed up for it at the last-minute and went up there with John [son] and my friend Phil.

“The first day I walked in, it was just the sheer amount of people there. Had someone not paid for me to go, I think I would have got on my toes and turned round and gone home.

“With over 500 people there, I didn’t think I had much of a chance to be honest.”

"It was a bit of a dilemma"

Claiming a Tour Card means that Brown will be even more busier than usual with the Junior Darts Corporation, his current day job developing even more; as a result, he didn't expect to claim a Tour Card especially with him missing the final day.

“The JDC is my priority, I only went to Q School because I thought if I play two days, I can play on the Challenge Tour for a bit of fun.

“I didn’t expect to be in the top ten, let alone the top three, so it was a bit of a dilemma.

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