Kevin Burness

Kevin Burness (born 17 November 1965 from Newtownards) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who competes in the Professional Darts Corporation events.

Kevin Burness
Personal information
NicknameIron Man
Born (1965-11-17) 17 November 1965[1]
Newtownards, Northern Ireland
Home townNewtownards
Darts information
Playing darts since2008
Darts24 Gram Cosmo Signature
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Delilah" by Tom Jones
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2008–2018
PDC2018–
Current world rankingNR (3 January 2021)[2]
BDO majors – best performances
World MastersLast 80: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 64: 2019
UK OpenLast 128: 2019
Other tournament wins
Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay 2018

Career

Burness entered UK Q-School in 2018, winning a two-year Tour Card, by finishing in the top 15 on the Order of Merit, after the four days of Q-School were completed.

Burness won the 2018 Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay to qualify for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, beating Mick McGowan 6–3.[3]

He beat Paul Nicholson 3–0 in the first round of the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship. In the second round against Gary Anderson he was defeated 3–1.

Burness made his PDC European Tour debut in the 2019 Danish Darts Open. He lost 6–1 in the second round against Joe Cullen.

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018
BDO World Championship DNP DNQ DNP DNQ
Winmau World Masters 1R DNP 1R 3R 3R 3R 3R 1R 1R DNP

PDC

Tournament201820192020
PDC World Championship BDO 2R 1R
UK Open DNQ 2R 1R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 98
Performance Table Legend
DNP Did not play at the event DNQ Did not qualify for the event NYF Not yet founded #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF lost in the quarter-finals SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament

References

  1. https://www.mastercaller.com/players/kevin-burness
  2. "PDC Order of Merit". PDC.tv. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. Phillips, Josh. "Burness Lifts Irish Matchplay Title". PDC. Retrieved 6 October 2018.


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