Petri Korte
| Petri Korte | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | Popeye |
| Born | Finland |
| Home town | Lahti, |
| Darts information | |
| Darts | 26g Unicorn Phase 5 |
| Walk-on music | Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 2002 - 2011 |
| PDC | 2010 - present |
| Current world ranking | 94 |
| PDC premier events – best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | First round - 2012 |
Petri Korte is a Finnish darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events. He is known for his highly unorthodox throwing action, where he uses his non throwing hand as a guide by holding it up in front of him whilst throwing.
Korte attempted to qualify for the 2010 BDO World Darts Championship but lost in the final round of international qualifiers to Jan Dekker.
He won the Nordic Invitational Singles in 2011.[1] Korte and Sami Sanssi lost in the 2011 BDO British Open Pairs final, 1-3, to Garry Thompson and Scott Waites.[2]
He successfully qualified for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship, where he beat Per Laursen 4-3 (legs) in the preliminary round.[3] He played world number 3, James Wade, in the first round. Korte went 0-2 down before pulling back a set and then had two darts to level the match. He missed and Wade wrapped up the match 3-1.[4]
References
- ^ "WINMAU WORLD MASTERS 2011: QUALIFIERS". Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- ^ "BDO British Open Pairs Report". BDO. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- ^ "World Championship - Night Five". PDC. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- ^ "Picture perfect: Painter through to second round after seeing off Monk". Daily Mail. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
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External Links
- Player profile for Petri Korte from Dartsdatabase
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