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 | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Nickname | Hopes | ||||
Born | [1] Gisborne, New Zealand | 12 February 1985||||
Home town | Wellington | ||||
Darts information | |||||
Playing darts since | 2017 | ||||
Darts | 26g Bottelsen | ||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||
Walk-on music | "How Bizarre" by OMC | ||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||
PDC | 2017– | ||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||
World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2021 | ||||
Other tournament wins | |||||
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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
- 2021: First round (lost to Mickey Mansell 0–3)
References
- "Haupai Puha". Mastercaller.com. 12 February 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2018/08/darts-fearless-haupai-puha-ready-to-face-world-s-best-at-auckland-masters.html