Alan Soutar
Alan Soutar (born 10 January 1978) is a Scottish professional darts player from Arbroath who competes in the Professional Darts Corporation. He qualified for the 2011 and 2016 BDO World Darts Championship and won a PDC Tour Card in 2021.
| Alan Soutar | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Nickname | Soots | ||
| Born | 10 January 1978 Arbroath, Scotland | ||
| Home town | Arbroath | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Playing darts since | 1995 | ||
| Darts | 24 Gram Mission Darts | ||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||
| Walk-on music | "Disco Inferno" by The Trammps | ||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
| BDO | 2007–2021 | ||
| PDC | 2021– | ||
| Current world ranking | 50  (1 May 2022)[1] | ||
| BDO majors – best performances | |||
| World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2011 | ||
| World Masters | Last 16: 2016, 2017 | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2022 | ||
| UK Open | Last 16: 2021 | ||
| Players Ch'ship Finals | Last 64: 2021 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men's Darts | ||
Representing  Scotland | ||
| WDF World Cup | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 2013 St. John's | Men's team |
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 2013 St. John's | Men's overall |
| WDF Europe Cup | ||
| 2016 Egmond aan Zee | Men's pairs |
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 2014 Bucharest | Men's pairs |
| 2016 Egmond aan Zee | Men's overall |
| 2018 Budapest | Men's singles |
Personal life
Away from darts, Soutar is a firefighter in Dundee as well as training guide dogs in his home with partner Amanda.[2]
Career
BDO
In November 2011 Alan won the Bellrock Open. He qualified for the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship, he played Willy van de Wiel in the First round and lost 3–1 in sets. In 2013 he won the 2013 WDF World Cup as part of Team Scotland.[3] He qualified for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship through the Hull qualifiers before losing to Craig Caldwell in the Preliminary round.[4]
PDC
In February 2021, Soutar secured a two-year PDC Tour Card at UK Qualifying School. Soutar made his televised PDC debut with a first round defeat of Raymond van Barneveld in the 2021 UK Open before falling to Dave Chisnall in the last 16.
World Championship results
BDO
- 2011: First round (lost to Willy van de Wiel 1–3)
- 2016: Preliminary round (lost to Craig Caldwell 1–3)
PDC
- 2022: Fourth round (lost to Callan Rydz 1–4)
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |||||||||||||||
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| PDC World Championship | Non-PDC | 4R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Non-PDC | 6R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | Non-PDC | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO World Championship | DNP | DNQ | DNP | 1R | DNQ | PR | DNQ | DNP | NH | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Winmau World Masters | 4R | DNP | 3R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 6R | 6R | 1R | DNP | NH | |||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 47 (BDO) | 71 (BDO) | 137 (BDO) | 805 (BDO) | 332 (BDO) | 127 (BDO) | 473 (BDO) | 1290 (BDO) | 140 (BDO) | 221 (BDO) | 171 (BDO) | 242 (BDO) | - | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
References
- "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- "World Darts Championship: Firefighter Alan Soutar lighting up Alexandra Palace on debut". Sky Sports. 29 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- Arbroath player Alan Soutar seals Scotland's World Cup of Darts team title. The Courier
- BDO World Darts Championships 2016: Draw and schedule
External links
Alan Soutar player profile at Darts Orakel
Alan Soutar on Twitter
Alan Soutar on Instagram
Alan Soutar on Darts Database