| Personal information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | "Smooth Operator" | ||||
| Born | 18 November 1972 St Austell, Cornwall, England | ||||
| Home town | Coochiemudlo Island, Australia | ||||
| Sport | |||||
| Sport | Darts | ||||
| Playing since | 2012 | ||||
| Darts | 22g | ||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||
| Walk-on music | "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)" by Luke Bryan | ||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||
| PDC | 2020–present (Tour Card: 2020-2021) | ||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||
| World Championship | Last 64: 2024 | ||||
| UK Open | Last 160: 2020 | ||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||
| Years | |||||
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Darren Penhall (born 18 November 1972) is an English-born Australian darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Penhall entered Q-School in January 2020 and won his Tour Card on the fourth day by finishing eleventh on the UK Q-School Order of Merit. He will play on the PDC ProTour in 2020 and 2021.
After losing his Tour Card, he returned to Australia, and took part in the DPA Tour from 2023. He won his first Australian title in February 2023. Penhall has dominated the DPA circuit in 2023, reaching 18 finals in 25 events, and winning 13 of those to boast a lead at the top of the DPA Order of Merit, qualifying for 2024 PDC World Darts Championship.
Penhall played Jules van Dongen in the first round and won 3–1. Despite the win, he revealed his plans to walk away from the sport after the tournament. In the second round, he lost 0–3 to Joe Cullen.
He came out of retirement in 2025 and returned to competitive darts on the DPA Pro Tour, winning a title in event five.
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | DNQ | 2R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | 1R | WD | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 152 | 155 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tournament | 2020 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Belgian Championship | 1R | NH |
| German Championship | 1R | DNP |
| European Open | NH | 2R |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
NIE DNP |
COV 1R |
COV 1R |
COV 1R |
COV 1R |
COV 1R | |||||||||||
| 2022 | Did not participate | BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
Did not participate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||