Connor Scutt
{{short description|English darts player (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox darts player
| name = Connor Scutt
| image = Connor Scutt PC.png
| fullname =
| nickname = "The Sniper"
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|4|15|df=y}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mastercaller.com/players/connor-scutt|title=Connor Scutt - Mastercaller}}
| birth_place = Carshalton, England
| death_date =
| death_place =
| hometown = Kenley, England
| since = 2014
| darts = Red Dragon
| laterality = Right-handed
| music = "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns N' Roses
| BDO =
| PDC = 2022–
(Tour Card: 2022–2023, 2025–)
| WDF = 2021, 2024
| currentrank = {{PDC Rankings|Connor Scutt}}
| BDO World = Last 48: 2022
| World Masters = Semi Final: 2024
| PDC World = Last 64: 2024, 2025
| Matchplay =
| Grand Prix =
| Grand Slam = Group Stage: 2024
| Premier League =
| European =
| UK Open = Last 32: 2025
| PC Finals = Quarter Final: 2024
| results = {{aligned table|leftright=y|fullwidth=y|class=nowrap
| British Classic | 2024
| British Pentathlon | 2024
| Denmark Open | 2024
| PDC Challenge Tour | 2024 (x2)
}}
|caption=Scutt at the 2024 Players Championship Finals}}
Connor Scutt (born 15 April 1996) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a current PDC Tour Card holder, having previously held one from 2022 to 2023. He has finished as runner-up in two ranking PDC Players Championship events. He reached his first PDC major quarter-final at the 2024 Players Championship Finals. He won two titles on the 2024 PDC Challenge Tour and topped the Order of Merit ranking, which would have earned him a tour card. Scutt, however, was able to reach the top 64 of the Order of Merit by which he automatically earned his tour card.
Scutt previously competed in World Darts Federation (WDF) events, where he won three titles, and reached the semi finals of the 2024 World Masters.
Career
=2022=
At 2022 Q-School Scutt won a two-year PDC Tour Card by finishing third on the UK Q-School Order of Merit.{{cite web |title=Fallon Sherrock: 'Queen of the Palace' beaten at Q School, ending hopes of PDC Tour Card |url=https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/12516523/fallon-sherrock-queen-of-the-palace-beaten-at-q-school-ending-hopes-of-pdc-tour-card |website=Sky Sports |access-date=7 December 2024 |date=15 January 2022}}
Scutt qualified for the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship, which he was allowed to play after getting special dispensation from the PDC, but he would lose in the first round to Shawn Burt 2–0 in sets.
In the 2022 PDC Players Championship series Scutt reached the semi-finals at Players Championship 3, losing there to Joe Cullen 7–5.{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Dave |date=12 February 2022 |title=Cullen claims second 2022 title with Players Championship 3 win |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2022/02/12/cullen-claims-second-2022-title-players-championship-3-win |access-date= |website= |publisher=PDC |language=en}} At Players Championship 30 Scutt reached the quarter-finals, losing there to Martin Schindler 6–5.{{Cite web |last=Gorton |first=Josh |date=5 November 2022 |title=Wade edges out Beaton to prevail at Players Championship 30 |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2022/11/05/wade-edges-out-beaton-prevail-players-championship-30 |access-date= |website= |publisher=PDC |language=en}}
=2023=
Scutt reached the semi-finals at 2023's Players Championship 13, losing there to Michael Smith 7–3 and the final at Players Championship 27, losing to Radek Szagański 8–5.{{cite web |title=PDC Players Championship 27 • Players Championship 27 Final |url=https://recap.dartconnect.com/matches/6532b7449041163d224bedac |publisher=DartConnect |access-date= 20 October 2023}} As a result Scutt qualified for the 2023 Players Championship Finals, making his debut as the 37th seed, where he lost to the 28th seed, eventual semi-finalist Gabriel Clemens, in the first round.
=2024=
==PDC==
Despite his final at PC27, Scutt lost his Tour card after the 2024 PDC World Championship after he lost 3–0 to Gerwyn Price in the event's second round. Scutt was ranked sixty-ninth on the Order of Merit after the World Championship, therefore outside the top 64 which he needed to be in to keep his card.
Scutt failed to re-gain his tour card at 2024's UK Qualifying School (Q-School), finishing seventeenth on the UK Q-School Order of Merit, outside of the top ten required to win a card.
Scutt competed the secondary tier of the 2024 PDC Pro Tour, the 2024 PDC Challenge Tour (CT), winning two titles and topping the Order of Merit ranking. He won event thirteen, whitewashing Dragutin Horvat 5–0 in the final{{cite web |last=Josh |first=Gorton |date=8 June 2024 |title=Scutt & Hood claim maiden Challenge Tour titles in Leicester |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2024/06/08/scutt-hood-claim-maiden-challenge-tour-titles-leicester |work=Professional Darts Corporation |access-date=8 June 2024}} and event seventeen, beating Tom Sykes 5–3 in the final.{{cite web |last1=Gorton |first1=Josh |date=16 August 2024 |title=Scutt & Merkx seal Winmau Challenge Tour wins in Milton Keynes |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2024/08/16/scutt-merkx-seal-winmau-challenge-tour-wins-milton-keynes |publisher=Professional Darts Corporation |access-date=16 August 2024}} Scutt finished as runner-up at event twenty, being defeated by Christian Kist 5–2 in the final.{{cite web |last1=Gorton |first1=Josh |date=18 August 2024 |title=Clinical Kist sinks Scutt to secure Winmau Challenge Tour 20 title |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2024/08/18/clinical-kist-sinks-scutt-secure-winmau-challenge-tour-20-title |publisher=Professional Darts Corporation |access-date=18 August 2024}} He secured his place as the Challenge Tour Order of Merit winner by reaching the final at Challenge Tour 23, losing to Andreas Harrysson 5–3 but earning a place at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts and guaranteeing himself a place at the 2025 PDC World Championship.
At the Grand Slam Scutt made his debut and was drawn in Group D. He whitewashed number 5 seed Dave Chisnall 5–0 in his opening game but then lost to Ritchie Edhouse 5–2 and was whitewashed by Ross Smith. He was eliminated after finishishing third in his group.
Scutt received call-ups for 2024 PDC Players Championship events filling in as a reserve for an absent tour card holder virtue of his ranking on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit. He reached the quarter-finals at Players Championship 6 (PC6), where he was whitewashed by Daryl Gurney 6–0,{{cite web|last=Wood-Thompson|first=Lewis|url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2024/03/19/chisnall-wins-players-championship-6|title=Chisnall wins Players Championship 6|website=PDC |date=19 March 2024|access-date=19 March 2024}} and PC16, where he lost to Ricky Evans 6–5 in a deciding leg.{{cite web|url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2024/08/01/deadly-de-decker-sweeps-maiden-protour-title-pc16|title=Deadly De Decker sweeps to maiden ProTour title at PC16|last=Allen|first=Dave|website=PDC |date=1 August 2024|access-date=1 August 2024}} Scutt reached the final at PC22, losing to Gary Anderson 8–4.{{cite web |last=Gorton |first=Josh |date=24 September 2024 |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2024/09/24/awesome-anderson-marks-return-action-pc22-victory |title=Awesome Anderson marks return to action with PC22 victory |website=PDC |access-date=24 September 2024}} At PC25 Scutt reached another quarter-final, losing to Stephen Bunting 6–4.{{cite web |date=2 October 2024 |title=Players Championship 25: Chris Dobey takes third title of the year ahead of World Grand Prix |url=https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/13226843/players-championship-25-chris-dobey-takes-third-title-of-the-year-ahead-of-world-grand-prix |publisher=Sky Sports |access-date=3 October 2024}}
As a result of his performances in Players Championship events Scutt qualified for the 2024 Players Championship Finals as 34th seed. This meant that he played 31st seed Martin Lukeman in the first round,{{cite web |last=Gorton |first=Josh |date=21 November 2024 |title=2024 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals preview |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2024/11/21/2024-ladbrokes-players-championship-finals-preview |website=Professional Darts Corporation |access-date=21 November 2024}}{{Cite web |title=Players Championship Order of Merit |url=https://www.dartsrankings.com/pc |access-date=25 July 2024 |website=www.dartsrankings.com}} who he defeated 6–4.{{Cite web |last=Gorton |first=Josh |date=22 November 2024 |title=Players Championship Finals 2024: Littler whitewashes Cross as five world champions crash out|url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2024/11/22/sublime-littler-whitewashes-cross-five-world-champions-crash-out |access-date=22 November 2024 |publisher=Professional Darts Corporation}} Scutt then defeated Mario Vandenbogaerde 6–3 and Daryl Gurney 10–3 to reach his first PDC major quarter-final.{{cite web |last=Gorton |first=Josh |date=23 November 2024 |title=Players Championship Finals 2024: Humphries and Littler remain on collision course in Minehead|url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2024/11/23/humphries-littler-remain-collision-course-minehead |access-date=23 November 2024 |publisher=Professional Darts Corporation}} He then lost to Dirk van Duijvenbode 10–9 in a deciding leg.{{Cite web |title=Results of Players Championship Finals 2024 |url=https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/players-championship-finals/2024 |date=24 November 2024 |website=Mastercaller}}
==WDF==
As he failed to regain his Tour Card status at Q-School, Scutt returned to playing World Darts Federation events.
Scutt won the 2024 British Classic, defeating Josh Clough 5–2 in the final.{{cite web |title=Results of British Classic 2024 |url=https://dartswdf.com/competitions/british-classic-men/2024/results |website=World Darts Federation}}
At the 2024 WDF World Masters Scutt reached the semi-final, losing there to Kai Gotthardt 6–5 in a deciding leg.{{cite web |last=Wood |first=Kieran |date=10 October 2024 |title=Wesley Plaisier and Connor Scutt reach semifinals at WDF World Masters in Budapest |url=https://dartsnews.com/wdf/wesley-plaisier-and-connor-scutt-reach-semifinals-at-wdf-world-masters-in-budapest |access-date=16 October 2024}}{{cite web |date=10 October 2024 |title=Results of World Masters Men 2024 |url=https://dartswdf.com/competitions/world-masters-men/2024/results |website=dartswdf.com}}
=2025=
In February 2025, Scutt signed for Red Dragon Darts.
World Championship results
=WDF=
- 2022: First round (lost to Shawn Burt 0–2)
=PDC=
- 2024: Second round (lost to Gerwyn Price 0–3)
- 2025: Second round (lost to Damon Heta 1–3)
Performance timeline
WDF
| class="wikitable" style="width:20%; margin:0" | ||
| Tournament | 2022 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left" |WDF Major events | ||
| style="background:#efefef;" | {{nowrap|World Championship}}
| {{TournLR|2022 WDF World Darts Championship|1R}} | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|PDC | ||
| style="background:#efefef;" | World Masters
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"| SF |
PDC
| class="wikitable" style="width:20%; margin:0" | |||||
| Tournament | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="9" style="text-align:left" |PDC Ranked televised events | |||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| World Championship
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | |||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| World Masters
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| Prel. | |||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| UK Open
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 3R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 3R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 5R | |||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| {{Nowrap|Grand Slam}}
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| RR | | |||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| {{Nowrap|Players Championship Finals}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| QF | | |||||
| colspan="9" style="text-align:left" |PDC Non-ranked events | |||||
| style="background:#efefef;" | {{nowrap|World Youth Championship}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| RR | colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | |||||
| colspan="9" style="text-align:left" |Career statistics | |||||
| style="background:#efefef"
| style="text-align:left" |Season-end ranking (PDC) | style="text-align:center|NR | style="text-align:center;|107 | style="text-align:center;|69 | style="text-align:center;|62 | |
PDC European Tour
| class="wikitable" style="width:50%; margin:0" | ||||||||||||||
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2022
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|EDO | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|DDC | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|GDO | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | ||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2023
| colspan="9" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|EDM | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|GDO | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | ||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2025
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|BDO | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|EDT | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|IDO | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|GDG | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|ADO | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|EDG | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DDC | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|EDO | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|BSD | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|FDT | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|CDO | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|HDT | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|SDT | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|GDC |
PDC Players Championships
| class="wikitable" style="width:28%; margin:0; font-size:84%"
! Season !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11 !! 12 !! 13 !! 14 !! 15 !! 16 !! 17 !! 18 !! 19 !! 20 !! 21 !! 22 !! 23 !! 24 !! 25 !! 26 !! 27 !! 28 !! 29 !! 30 !! 31 !! 32 !! 33 !! 34 |
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;"| 2020Not a Tour card holder
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not participate | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | colspan="15" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not participate |
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2022
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|NIE | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|NIE | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|NIE | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|NIE | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|BAR |
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2023
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR |
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;"| 2024
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|HIL | colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI |
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;"| 2025
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|ROS | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|ROS | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|ROS | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|ROS | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|WIG |
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References
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External links
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