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The Irish Sun
13-05-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Ross Smith hits TWO nine-darters and delivers THREE straight whitewashes to win Players Championship 16 darts
ROSS SMITH reeled off the craziest stats in Players Championship history - clinching the PC16 title with TWO nine-darters and three straight whitewash wins. But 3 Ross Smith took 24 legs in a row to clinch Players Championship 16 Credit: Getty 3 Northern Ireland's Brendan Dolan was beaten 8-0 in the final Credit: Getty No player has ever been more dominant in But the 36-year-old claimed: "I don't actually think I played that well!" The Kent star Smith, 36, reached World No. 9 last year and has now won six PDC rankings events. READ MORE DARTS NEWS And although that's a useful pedigree, no-one could have predicted his record-breaking feats on Tuesday. Smith sealed the crown by winning 24 legs in a row. In fact four of his five opponents failed to win a single leg. And only legends Phil Taylor and Michael van Gerwen have ever bagged more than one nine-darter at the same Players Championship event. Smith said: 'I know I can be one of the best in the world. Consistency is a big thing, but I know I can win tournaments on a regular basis." Most read in Sport The 2022 European champion opened with a 6-0 defeat of Dylan Slevin, then dispatched Chris Landman 6-3 in the last 16. 3 Smith now hopes to climb further up the world rankings Credit: Rex BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK Landman briefly fought back to level at 3-3 - but from that moment Smith never lost another leg all day. He next sunk Danny Noppert 6-0 and Luke Woodhouse 7-0 in the semis. Barry Hearn reveals pool is the 'next darts' and predicts sport will be massive in five years And he demolished Brendan Dolan 6-0 in the final - with an average of 104.5. Smith polished off the Northern Irishman with legs of 14, 12, 13, 14, 12 and 14 darts. His joy in Germany means he has jumped up to World No. 14. Smith said: 'I'm so happy with the win. 'I've got the little plaques at home with the scoresheets from my Players Championship wins. They're my little trophies, and they mean a lot to me. 'I'm going to add another one to the wall today, and it's another incentive when I'm at home practising, because I want to win all the time; who doesn't? 'If you've won a major title you can win anything. I honestly believe I'm going to win more, but I need to keep working hard.' Leicester's Mattioli Arena will host the PDC's Players Championships 17 and 18 on June 17-18.
Fox News
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Paige Spiranac reveals which PGA star she used to have a 'crush' on, discusses other celebrity dating rumors
Xander Schauffele apparently had a chance with Paige Spiranac, but he opted to go a different route. The two-time major champion attended San Diego State University, where he met his wife, Maya. Spiranac also attended the university with them. Spiranac is a former pro turned influencer and analyst for the game, and, apparently, she wanted a shot with the reigning PGA and Open champion. "I did go to school at SDSU with Xander Schauffele. And another fun fact is I had a crush on him, and he wanted nothing to do with me," Spiranac said on "The SPINvitational." "He met his wife Maya at SDSU, so it was meant to be. Didn't work out for me in that way." Spiranac was married to athletic trainer Steven Tinoco in 2018, but they were "no longer married" as of 2022. She is one of the top influencers in sports on social media, building a following of more than 4 million on Instagram and another 1.6 million on TikTok. She's had plenty of collaborations due to her massive following, including a recent one with Bryson DeChambeau, which sparked dating rumors. "I've had pro athletes or famous people slide in my DMs. I've never dated anyone famous," she said. "It's funny because I'll see all these headlines. There was one where I shot content with Bryson, and then a headline said I was dating him." Spiranac also said she heard rumors she was dating Tom Brady, "which was so crazy." "It's like any time I shoot content with a male celebrity, that's the headline or all of the comments, which can be really difficult for my job where I work in a male-dominated industry. … It's really frustrating because I've never dated anyone famous ever, not even close," Spiranac, who's discussed other vile rumors about herself, added. Schauffele earned both of his first majors last year, becoming the first player since Brooks Koepka in 2018 to win two majors in the same year. He has finished inside the top eight in each of his last five majors and has finished tied for second in each of the last two Players Championships. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Players Championship: Scottie Scheffler's two victories at Stadium Course by the numbers
Scottie Scheffler has won the last two Players Championships and his statistics from the 2023 and 2024 events show how. Scheffler led the field in the PGA Tour's Strokes Gained tee-to-green index, indicating his proficiency in finding the putting surface with approach shots. But at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, hitting fairways is crucial to finding the greens, because balls that settle into the thick ryegrass rough are difficult to hit with any degree of distance control. Scheffler has had an answer for that, too. He led the field in Strokes Gained Off the Tee last year and was fifth in 2023. Scheffler's scoring average in his two victories is 67.37. All eight rounds were in the 60s. He is 37-under par (20-under in 2024, 17 under in 2023), Scheffler has two eagles, 42 birdies, nine bogeys and 91 pars. One of the eagles was at the par-4 fourth hole in the final round in 2024 and the other at the par-5 second hole in the third round in 2023. He has hit 74.1 percent of his fairways (83 of 112), 75.7 percent of the greens (109 of 144) and averages 28.12 putts per round. When he does miss a green, Scheffler has gotten up-and-down for par 74.2 percent of the time (26 of 35). Scheffler did not bogey a par-5 hole in either tournament and shot a cumulative 21-under at those holes (Nos. 2, 9, 11 and 16). He played the par-3 holes at 5-under and the par-4s 11-under. The only thing close to Kryptonite for Scheffler at the Stadium Course are the par-3 third hole and par-4 fifth hole, where he has made two bogeys at each. Those four bogeys came in last year's tournament. This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Scottie Scheffler's two Players Championship victories by the numbers
