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Haupai Puha

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Haupai Puha
Personal information
Nickname"Hopes"
Born (1985-02-12) 12 February 1985 (age 39)[1]
Gisborne, New Zealand
Home townWellington, New Zealand
Darts information
Playing darts since2017
Darts26g Shot Darts
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"35" by Ka Hao ft. Rob Ruha
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2017–
WDF2021–2023
Current world ranking122 Steady (27 October 2024)[2]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 48: 2022
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 96: 2021, 2024
UK OpenLast 128: 2024
World Series FinalsLast 16: 2023
Other tournament wins
Alan King Memorial 2018
Canterbury Classic 2023
Oceanic Masters 2023
Canterbury Open 2022, 2023
New Zealand Masters 2022
New Zealand Open 2021, 2023

DPA Pro Tour

DPA Pro Tour (Barooga) 2019
DPA Pro Tour (Dubbo) 2019 (x2)

DPNZ Pro Tour

DPNZ Pro Tour (Auckland) 2023
DPNZ Pro Tour (Christchurch) 2023
DPNZ Pro Tour (Dunedin) 2022
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing  New Zealand
WDF World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2023 Esbjerg Men's pairs

Haupai Puha (born 12 February 1985) is a New Zealand professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won a PDC tour card on 14 January 2024, making him the first ever New Zealand player to gain a card.[3] He is also a professional golfer.

Darts career

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Puha qualified for two 2018 World Series of Darts events in Australia and New Zealand as the number two ranked player in the DPNZ rankings. He would lose in the first round of both events to Kyle Anderson in Auckland and to Rob Cross in Melbourne. He made his first PDC major appearance at the 2019 World Cup of Darts in Hamburg together with Cody Harris. They beat Lithuania and South Africa to reach the quarter-finals, eventually losing to Japan.

Puha also qualified for all three World Series events in Australia and New Zealand in 2019. He lost to Raymond van Barneveld in the first round of both the 2019 Brisbane Darts Masters and the 2019 Melbourne Darts Masters, and to Gary Anderson in the first round of the 2019 New Zealand Darts Masters.

Puha has played once in the WDF World Championship and twice in the PDC World Championship, losing in the first round on all three occasions.

Having won his PDC tour card in January 2024 Puha competed at the 2024 UK Open, beating Jelle Klaasen in the first round before losing to Wesley Plaisier in the second round.[4] On the 8th May 2024 Puha qualified for a European Tour event for the first time, [5] going on to lose to Niels Zonneveld in the opening round of the 2024 Dutch Darts Championship.[6]

Puha credits his experience with golf in making the transition to darts.[7]

World Championship results

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PDC

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WDF

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Performance timeline

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Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ 1R DNQ 1R
UK Open DNQ 2R
WDF Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ 1R DNQ
Australian Open DNQ RU QF DNQ
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Series of Darts Finals DNQ 1R 2R 1R
World Cup of Darts 1R 1R DNQ RR

References

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  1. ^ "Haupai Puha". Mastercaller.com. 12 February 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  2. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Haupai Puha becomes first ever New Zealander to win PDC Tour Card at Q-School". 14 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Darts results: Dimitri van den Bergh survives last-leg decider to beat Luke Humphries in the UK Open final".
  5. ^ "De Graaf, Taylor & Bates complete ET7-8 qualification double". 8 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Magnificent Menzies breezes past Barney in Rosmalen". 24 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Darts: Fearless Haupai Puha ready to face world's best at Auckland Masters". Newshub.
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