Luke Woodhouse


Luke Samuel Woodhouse, nicknamed "Woody", is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events, where he is ranked world number twenty-one. A professional since 2018, Woodhouse reached his first major quarter-final at the 2023 [Players Championship Finals]. He reached his first major semi-final at the 2024 [European Championship (darts)|2024 European Championship]. He is a three-time PDC Pro Tour finalist. Woodhouse has reached the semi-finals in four other events on the PDC Pro Tour.
In his first year in the PDC, Woodhouse won event 14 on the 2013 Challenge Tour.

Career

In 2013, his first year in the PDC, Luke Woodhouse won PDC Challenge Tour 14. He qualified for the 2015 UK Open, his first appearance at a PDC major event.
He made his debut on the European Tour in May 2017. In 2018, he was able to earn a tour card at Q-School and several times reached the Pro Tour last 16. He reached the last 32 at the 2019 UK Open. On the 2019 PDC Pro Tour, he reached the quarter-finals at Players Championship 18. This helped him qualify the 2019 Players Championship Finals, where he beat defending champion Daryl Gurney 6–5 in the first round, but then lost to Gabriel Clemens.
Woodhouse qualified for the 2020 PDC World Championship via the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit. After a 3–0 win against Paul Lim, he defeated 4th seed Michael Smith 3–1. He then lost to Dimitri Van den Bergh 4–2. At the 2020 Players Championship Finals he reached the last 16. He hit a nine-dart finish against Danny Noppert at Players Championship 4.
In 2023, Woodhouse recorded his most successful year to date at the PDC. He made his first PDC European Tour quarter-final at the 2023 Hungarian Darts Trophy, beating former world champions Rob Cross and Peter Wright before being whitewashed by Luke Humphries 6–0. This run took him into the Pro Tour Order of Merit qualifying spots for the World Grand Prix (darts)|2023 World Grand Prix]. He made his World [Grand Prix (darts)|World Grand Prix] debut and was able to defeat Dave Chisnall, who had been considered one of the favourites for the title. However, Woodhouse was whitewashed 3-0 by eventual champion Luke Humphries in the second round. At the 2023 Players Championship Finals he reached his first major quarter-final. These include wins over Simon Whitlock, Rob Cross and Chisnall again, before he lost to Gabriel Clemens. He hit another nine-darter at Players Championship 24 against Richie Burnett.
In 2024, Woodhouse qualified for the World Matchplay for the first time. However, Woodhouse lost 10–8 to Nathan Aspinall in the first round. At the 2024 European Championship, Woodhouse reached a first major televised semi-final, losing to eventual winner Ritchie Edhouse 11–5.
Woodhouse qualified for the 2025 PDC World Championship via the Pro Tour Order of Merit. He reached the last 16 with wins against Lourence Ilagan, Mike De Decker and Damon Heta.
At the 2025 European Darts Grand Prix, Woodhouse reached his first semi-final on the European Tour with wins over Johan Engström, Chris Dobey, Ross Smith and Michael Smith. However, he lost 7–3 to Andrew Gilding. Later in the year, at the 2025 Swiss Darts Trophy, he reached a first European Tour final, losing 8–3 to Stephen Bunting. In October 2025, he reached the final of Players Championship 34, where he was defeated 8–5 by Wessel Nijman.

World Championship results

PDC

  • 2020: Third round
  • 2021: First round
  • 2022: Second round
  • 2023: Second round
  • 2024: First round
  • 2025: Fourth round
  • 2026: Fourth round

Performance timeline

Sources:
PDC European Tour
'''PDC Players Championships'''