Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
| Rusty-Jake Rodriguez | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | RJR#3 |
| Born | December 24, 2000[1] Vienna |
| Home town | Vienna |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 2015 |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| PDC | 2017– |
| Current world ranking | 148 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| Hungarian Masters PDC Development Tour WDF Europe Cup Youth Pairs Boys JDC World Championship | 2016 2017 2017 2017 |
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (born 24 December 2000) is a professional Austrian darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. In 2017 he was the inaugural winner of the JDC (Junior Darts Corporation) World Championship.
Career
2017
Rusty entered PDC qualifying school in 2017. His best result was getting to the last 64 on day four. This was not good enough to get a PDC tour card. He won a PDC Development Tour event in Germany in 2017, as well as the WDF Europe Cup Youth Pairs Boys with Thomas Langer in the same year. Rusty and his brothers Rowby-John and Roxy-James qualified for the 2017 Austrian Darts Open.[2] This was Rusty's European tour debut.[3] Rusty lost in the second round, while his brothers lost in the first round. Rusty was the first player to win the JDC World Championship in 2017 after he defeated Owen Roelofs 5–4 in legs.[4] He failed to qualify for the 2018 PDC World Championship after he lost 4–5 to Terry Temple in the first round of the World Championship qualifiers.
2018
Rusty entered European qualifying school in 2018. His best result was getting to the semi final on day three. Only one player per day got an automatic PDC tour card in the European qualifying school. Rusty came 10th in the PDC European qualifying school Order of Merit but only the top six in the PDC European qualifying school Order of Merit got a PDC tour card.
Personal life
His brothers, Rowby-John and Roxy-James are also professional dart players.
References
- ^ https://www.mastercaller.com/players/rusty-jake-rodriguez
- ^ "Rodriguez trio win Austrian places". PDC. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "2017 Austrian Darts Open day one". PDC. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "RUSTY-JAKE RODRIGUEZ DEFEATS OWEN ROELOFS 5-4 TO WIN THE WDS ASSOCIATES JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP". JDC. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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