easiest ever route to a world or major title..............

[Randall]

Mark Walsh, along with Phil Taylor, was the best floor player from 2008-2010. Not bad for a man who seemed finished from dartitis in late 2006 and early 2007.

remember him beating hankey at the slam.
liked him that day.

[gcjdavid]

Mark Walsh, along with Phil Taylor, was the best floor player from 2008-2010. Not bad for a man who seemed finished from dartitis in late 2006 and early 2007.

How good was he on the floor, actually?

[Randall]

Mark Walsh, along with Phil Taylor, was the best floor player from 2008-2010. Not bad for a man who seemed finished from dartitis in late 2006 and early 2007.

How good was he on the floor, actually?

He won four events in 2009 apparently.

[PT13]

Mark Walsh, along with Phil Taylor, was the best floor player from 2008-2010. Not bad for a man who seemed finished from dartitis in late 2006 and early 2007.

How good was he on the floor, actually?

He won four events in 2009 apparently.

And another 3 events in 2010. Walsh got into the top 10 for a small period, while barely doing anything in TV ranking events at the time. Walsh was the number 2 seed at the 2010 Players Championship Finals, based on the 2009 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit. He also beat Taylor 3 times on the floor in 2009-2010, and 2009 was a year when Taylor won 25 tournaments out of 31.

[Randall]

Looking through for the other thread, fatpot run in 2012 doesn't hold many fears.
Nobody broke 95 against him.

[dartvader]

Looking through for the other thread, fatpot run in 2012 doesn't hold many fears.
Nobody broke 95 against him.

The final that year was almost as bad as Part-Shepherd.

[PT13]

I was so looking forward to the Whitlock vs. Wade final that never was at the 2012 World Championship. Such a frustrating night that semi finals night was, not to mention utterly bizarre with all the draft in the second semi final.

[Randall]

Have no memory of the final that year although I'm sure I watched it.

[limegas]

I was so looking forward to the Whitlock vs. Wade final that never was at the 2012 World Championship. Such a frustrating night that semi finals night was, not to mention utterly bizarre with all the draft in the second semi final.

I enjoyed it as a secret Lewis fan myself

[Rogg]

I was so looking forward to the Whitlock vs. Wade final that never was at the 2012 World Championship. Such a frustrating night that semi finals night was, not to mention utterly bizarre with all the draft in the second semi final.

I enjoyed it as a secret Lewis fan myself

I was barely staying awake as that match drifted past 1am or whatever it was.

Definitely failed to appreciate at the time that it was Wade's single golden chance to bring it home. The misery has solidified only in recent years as Wade has drifted.

[Rogg]

Actually I don't think a pair of PDC Worlds semi-finals have EVER converted into the final I wanted. 0/2 more often than not.

[KingMervtheFirst]

Taylor played exceptional darts to win the 2001 world title, but compare his route to the final to John Part's:

Taylor's - Nigel Justice, Les Fitton, Keith Deller, Dave Askew
Part's - Colin Lloyd, Dennis Smith, Alan Warriner, Rod Harrington

[Randall]

Taylor played exceptional darts to win the 2001 world title, but compare his route to the final to John Part's:

Taylor's - Nigel Justice, Les Fitton, Keith Deller, Dave Askew
Part's - Colin Lloyd, Dennis Smith, Alan Warriner, Rod Harrington

Doubt it would have mattered who he played but that is shit.

[PT13]

Did you see Dave Askew's play at the time? He particularly thrashed Jamie Harvey. Again, using hindsight to think "he didn't amount to much" isn't the same as what it was like at the time. Les Fitton also played excellent against Taylor, winning the first set.

[Randall]

lets be serious, dave askew was never that good.
seen him play plenty/

[M H]

Diamond Dave was still playing when I first got into a pro tour event. Was utter crap but that's not important

[a massive zebra]

lets be serious, dave askew was never that good.
seen him play plenty/

He did make two back to back PDC world championship semi-finals. Not to be sniffed at, although admittedly it was before the PDC had a monopoly on all the best players. The absence of the likes of Barney, Hankey, King, Stompe, Adams, David and Wallace would have made his route to the semi-final significantly easier.

[Randall]

2001 askew beat the following players who averaged

Mick manning 87.9
Alex roy 87.5
Jamie Harvey 80.49
Then he chucked an 88 average against Taylor. Not overly impressed.

[a massive zebra]

Yeah Askew would have had no chance against Barney and probably would have been an underdog against most of the other players I mentioned as well. Would have been very fortunate to make the quarter-finals in a unified field.

[Randall]

He threw a 97 average against Harvey and now fairness to him but fuck all coming back at him.