Gilding's Goldfinger nickname not immediately related to James Bond: "I bought a set of Phil Taylor darts and they were gold"

As the song goes Goldfinger, he's the man, the man with the Midas touch and he certainly had that at the UK Open as Andrew Gilding scooped the £110,000 top prize and a maiden major title.

Gilding's Goldfinger moniker is of course related to James Bond but wasn't the first immediate thought of the 52-year-old when he started playing.

"Nearly 20 years ago now, I bought a set of Phil Taylor Phase Five darts and they were gold so I thought my name should be Goldfinger. My last name is Gilding as well which has got gold connotations, that seemed to fit perfectly," he said at the World Darts Championship.

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As well as wanting to potentially change his walk-on song to Goldfinger despite liking Gold by Spandau Ballet.

"I'd quite like to have Shirley Bassey Goldfinger but I think there's some problems with the rights to that but Gold is fine."