One championship. That's it.
For a guy who's been throwing tungsten for over a decade, Gerwyn Price sounds almost... disappointed when he talks about his legacy. And honestly? I get it. The man won the biggest prize in darts back in 2021, absolutely demolished Gary Anderson 7-3 at Ally Pally, and then what? Radio silence from the championship stage.
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The Math Doesn't Add Up
Price is 40 now. Most athletes his age are already eyeing the golf course or a commentary booth. But Gezzy? He's planning another decade of punishment. "I'm sticking around for the next 10 years," he told talkSPORT recently, and you could practically hear the determination bleeding through the interview.
The guy turned pro in 2012 after ditching rugby (smart move, considering how his knees would feel today). Seven major PDC titles later, he's still hungry. Still angry, maybe.
When Success Feels Like Failure
Here's what gets me about Price's situation - he reached the Premier League finals at London's O2 this year. That's huge. But then he gets knocked out in the Nordic Darts Masters semis by Rob Cross on Saturday, and suddenly it's like none of the good stuff matters.
"One World Championship, it's not good enough," Price said, and damn if that doesn't sum up the entire problem with elite sports psychology.
The man hasn't made it past the quarter-finals at Ally Pally since his win. Four years of "almosts" and "what-ifs." That's gotta mess with your head.
The Tour is Eating Its Own
But here's where it gets interesting (and slightly depressing). Price knows he can't keep up this pace forever. The PDC tour schedule has become absolutely brutal - Nathan Aspinall called it "absolutely obscene" recently, and he's not wrong.
Price is already planning his strategic retreat: "The Pro Tours and Europeans... I'll stop doing those. But I would never give my Tour Card up."
Smart guy. Keep the prestige events, ditch the grind.
Aspinall summed up the problem perfectly: "For us to take a weekend off, I have to pull out events. So I'm losing ranking money because I just need a few days off." These guys are trapped in their own success.
What Happens Next?
Price calls himself "The Iceman" but there's nothing cold about his ambition. He wants that second world title badly enough to commit another decade of his life to chasing it.
Will he get it? The competition is fiercer than ever, the schedule is insane, and Father Time remains undefeated. But if anyone's stubborn enough to prove the odds wrong, it's probably the guy who walked away from professional rugby to throw darts for a living.
Ten more years. One more championship. Sometimes the simplest math is teh hardest to solve.
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What's the standard height for hanging a dartboard?
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What's the difference between steel tip and soft tip darts?
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Statistics
- The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) World Championship has been held since 1994, with Phil Taylor winning a record 14 titles.
- The distance from the throwing line (oche) to the dartboard is precisely 7 feet 9.25 inches (2.37 meters).
- Statistical analysis reveals that professional players throw darts at an average speed of 40-60 miles per hour.
- Research shows that top professional dart players achieve accuracy rates of over 80% when aiming at treble 20.
- The World Darts Championship prize fund exceeded £2.5 million in 2023, with the champion receiving £500,000.
- The first televised nine-dart finish was thrown by John Lowe in 1984, earning him £102,000.
- The highest possible score with three darts is 180, achieved by hitting three triple 20s.
- The Women's World Darts Championship was established in 2001, with Trina Gulliver winning 10 titles.
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There's no single "correct" way to hold a dart, but there are definitely wrong ways. Most players use 3 fingers (thumb, index, middle) with the dart resting primarily on the middle finger. Some pros use 4 or even 5 fingers, but I'd suggest starting with 3.
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