"Take a bit of inspiration from what I did, prove them wrong" - Luke Humphries shares advice for those disappointed by 2025 Premier League Darts snub
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Luke Humphries made an excellent start to the new season with a final victory at the 2025 PDC Winmau World Masters last week. 'Cool Hand Luke' defeated Jonny Clayton 6-5 in the final. Tonight the world number one starts the Premier League Darts campaign and he's understandably full of confidence. In the quarter-finals in Belfast, Humphries will take on Nathan Aspinall.
"Last weekend gave me a big confidence boost, and it was great to get another major title in the bag," reflects Humphries, happy with his level and his form heading into this new Premier League Darts campaign. "Darts is in the best place it's ever been, so it's a privilege to be at the forefront of the sport as the world number one, and hopefully it continues to flourish. You always have a target on your back as world number one or World Champion, but you've just got to own it and perform as well you can."
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Humphries has won basically everything there is to offer over the last couple of years. So far though, the Premier League Darts has proven illusive, despite reaching the final of the 2024 edition. "The Premier League is always a title you want to win because it's so prestigious and so tough to win," he says. "And it would mean a lot to get my hands on that trophy this year."
This year, there has been a big deal made of the selection for the tournament with notable names such as Mike de Decker and Dave Chisnall voicing their discontent. Humphries himself was a controversial omission a few years back, but has since used that disappointment to go from strength to strength. "The PDC have got a good way of maybe allowing people a bit more extra time because you win a major, maybe you think 'right, this is my time now, I'm ready for the Premier League' and maybe you're not. Maybe I wasn't ready that year they expelled me for it, or didn't put me in it," he explains. "They [the PDC] made the right decision because if they could've put me in that year, I might've had a really bad year and then never gone on to achieve the things I did."
"Everything happens for a reason. I think there's a few players who are disappointed they didn't get in, but maybe take a bit of inspiration from what I did, prove them wrong," he added. "If you win a major and then go and do it again, then you're ready because you're doing consistently. Sometimes when you win one major, it's not enough to get yourself in this cauldron, which is quite tough. But there's a few players that, if they have a good season, they'll have a great chance of being in it next year."
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- actually, since you're asking... yes. yes i do.colt06-03-2025