Alan Soutar

Alan Soutar (born 10 January 1978) is a professional Scottish darts player from Arbroath who competes in the Professional Darts Corporation. He qualified for the 2011 and 2016 BDO World Darts Championship and won a PDC Tour Card in 2021.

Alan Soutar
Personal information
NicknameSoots
Born (1978-01-10) 10 January 1978
Arbroath, Scotland
Home townArbroath
Darts information
Playing darts since1995
Darts24 Gram Mission Darts
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Disco Inferno" by The Trammps
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2007–2021
PDC2021–
Current world ranking77 2 (28 November 2021)[1]
BDO majors – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 32: 2011
World MastersLast 16: 2016, 2017
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 96: 2022
UK OpenLast 16: 2021
Players Ch'ship FinalsLast 64: 2021
Other tournament wins
Bellrock Open 2011
WDF World Cup Team 2013

Career

BDO

In November 2011 Alan won the Bellrock Open. He qualified for the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship, he played Willy van de Wiel in the First round and lost 3–1 in sets. In 2013 he won the 2013 WDF World Cup as part of Team Scotland.[2] He qualified for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship through the Hull qualifiers before losing to Craig Caldwell in the Preliminary round.[3]

PDC

In February 2021, Soutar secured a two-year PDC Tour Card at UK Qualifying School. Soutar made his televised PDC debut with a first round defeat of Raymond van Barneveld in the 2021 UK Open before falling to Dave Chisnall in the last 16.

World Championship results

BDO

References
  1. "PDC Order of Merit". PDC. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. Arbroath player Alan Soutar seals Scotland's World Cup of Darts team title. The Courier
  3. BDO World Darts Championships 2016: Draw and schedule
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