Haupai Puha

Haupai Puha (born 12 February 1985 in Gisborne) is a New Zealand professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.

Haupai Puha
Personal information
NicknameHopes
Born (1985-02-12) 12 February 1985[1]
Gisborne, New Zealand
Home townWellington
Darts information
Playing darts since2017
Darts26g Bottelsen
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"How Bizarre" by OMC
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2017–
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 96: 2021
Other tournament wins
Alan King Memorial 2018
DPA Australian Pro Tour New South Wales 2019 (x2)

Darts career

Puha qualified for 2 2018 World Series of Darts events in Australia and New Zealand as the number 2 ranked player in the DPNZ rankings. He would lose in the first round of both events to Kyle Anderson in Auckland and to Rob Cross in Melbourne. He made his first PDC major appearance at the 2019 World Cup of Darts in Hamburg together with Cody Harris. They beat Lithuania and South Africa to reach the quarter-finals, eventually losing to Japan.

Puha also qualified for all three World Series events in Australia and New Zealand in 2019. He lost to Raymond van Barneveld in the first round of both the 2019 Brisbane Darts Masters and the 2019 Melbourne Darts Masters, and to Gary Anderson in the first round of the 2019 New Zealand Darts Masters.

Puha credits his experience with golf in making the transition to darts.[2]

World Championship results

PDC

References


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