Leon de Geus

Leon de Geus (born 24 June 1971) is a former Dutch darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.

Leon de Geus
Personal information
NicknameThe Lion
Born (1971-06-24) 24 June 1971
Tilburg, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since1996
Darts23 g Budweiser
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on musicWelcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2007–2010
PDC2012–2015
BDO majors – best performances
World MastersLast 72: 2010
PDC premier events – best performances
UK OpenLast 128: 2013
Other tournament wins
Latvia Open 2009

PDC career

In January 2013, he took part in the PDC Qualifying School but failed to win a place, coming closest on the third day when he reached the last 16.[1][2] De Geus qualified for the 2013 UK Open, but was beaten 5–3 by Scott Robertson in the first round.[3] The best result of his career to date was winning through to the last 16 of the Gibraltar Darts Trophy, where he lost 6–1 to Phil Taylor.[4][5] The only event De Geus could qualify for in 2014 was the German Darts Championship where he came back from 5–3 down against Steve Maish to win 6–5, before losing 6–2 against world number one Michael van Gerwen in the second round.[6] He did not play in a PDC from April until the end of the year.[7]

De Geus returned at Q School in January 2015 and, after failing to advance beyond the last 256 in the first three days, reached the last 16 on day four where he was beaten by Magnus Caris. Though he did not earn a PDC tour card he will still have entry into European Tour and UK Open Qualifiers in the year ahead.[8]

References
  1. "2013 PDC Tour Card Qualifying School Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  2. "PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  3. "2013 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  4. "2013 PDC Gibraltar Darts Trophy Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  5. "Leon de Geus 2004–2013". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  6. "German Darts Championship Round One". PDC. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  7. "Leon de Geus 2014". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 25 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  8. "PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
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