Alan Soutar (born 10 January 1978) is a Scottish professional darts player who competes in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He won a PDC Tour Card in 2021, reached the quarter-finals at the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts and won his maiden PDC title in 2024.[2]

Alan Soutar
Personal information
Nickname"Soots"
Born (1978-01-10) 10 January 1978 (age 46)
Arbroath, Scotland
Home townArbroath, Scotland
Darts information
Playing darts since1995
Darts24 Gram Mission Darts
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Bits and Pieces" by GBX & Sparkos
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2007–2021
PDC2021–
(Tour Card: 2021-)
Current world ranking49 Decrease 7 (17 November 2024)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 32: 2011
World MastersLast 16: 2016, 2017
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 16: 2022, 2023
UK OpenLast 16: 2021
Grand SlamQuarter Final: 2022
PC FinalsLast 64: 2021
Other tournament wins
Bellrock Open 2011
Helvetia Open 2019

Players Championships

Players Championship (HIL) 2024
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing  Scotland
WDF World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2013 St. John's Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2013 St. John's Men's overall
WDF Europe Cup
Silver medal – second place 2016 Egmond aan Zee Men's pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Bucharest Men's pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Egmond aan Zee Men's overall
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Budapest Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Budapest Men's pairs

Personal life

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Away from darts, Soutar is a firefighter in Dundee as well as training guide dogs in his home with partner Amanda. Soutar is a keen supporter of his local football team Arbroath F.C.[3]

Career

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In November 2011 Soutar 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.[4] He qualified for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship through the Hull qualifiers before losing to Craig Caldwell in the preliminary round.[5]

In February 2021, Soutar secured a two-year PDC Tour Card at UK Qualifying School.[6] He 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.

In December 2021, Soutar made his debut at the PDC World Championship, where he defeated Diogo Portela in the first round in the deciding set. In the following two rounds, Soutar knocked out two seeds, Mensur Suljović and José de Sousa, each time in the deciding set having survived match darts from his opponent. Soutar's run to the last 16 was finally ended by Callan Rydz in a 1–4 defeat.[7]

In 2022, Soutar made his debut as a qualifier for the Grand Slam of Darts, where he advanced from his group ahead of reigning World Champion Peter Wright after victories over Fallon Sherrock and Nathan Aspinall. In the round of 16, Soutar defeated ninth-ranked Jonny Clayton to reach the quarter final[8] where he was defeated by eventual runner-up Nathan Aspinall.[9] At the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship, Soutar reached the fourth round again after whitewashing Mal Cuming and Daryl Gurney 3–0 in sets. His run proceeded with a win over Danny Noppert before being defeated by Gabriel Clemens.[10]

In June 2024, Soutar won a first PDC title at PC11 in Hildesheim, defeating Daryl Gurney in the final.[11]

World Championship results

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Performance timeline

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Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship Non-PDC 4R 4R DNQ
UK Open Non-PDC 6R 3R 4R 3R
Grand Slam of Darts Non-PDC DNQ QF DNQ
Players Championship Finals Non-PDC 1R 1R DNQ 1R
BDO Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship DNP DNQ DNP 1R DNQ PR DNQ DNP NH DNP
Winmau World Masters 4R DNP 3R 2R 1R 4R 6R 6R 1R DNP NH DNP NH DNP
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 47 (BDO) 71 (BDO) 137 (BDO) 805 (BDO) 332 (BDO) 127 (BDO) 473 (BDO) 1290 (BDO) 140 (BDO) 221 (BDO) 171 (BDO) 242 (BDO) - 51 32 45

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2021 HDT
2R
GDT
DNQ
2022 IDO
DNQ
GDC
2R
GDG
1R
ADO
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
HDT
DNQ
GDO
2R
BDO
1R
GDT
DNQ
2023 BSD
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
IDO
3R
GDG
1R
ADO
DNQ
DDC
1R
BDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
EDG
1R
EDM
DNQ
GDO
1R
HDT
DNQ
GDC
2R
2024 BDO
DNQ
GDG
1R
IDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
BSD
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
FDT
2R
HDT
1R
SDT
DNQ
CDO
3R

PDC Players Championships

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
2023 BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
WIG
2R
WIG
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
HIL
3R
HIL
2R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
2024 WIG
SF
WIG
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
HIL
2R
HIL
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
HIL
2R
HIL
2R
HIL
W
HIL
3R
MIL
1R
MIL
3R
MIL
4R
MIL
2R
MIL
3R
MIL
1R
MIL
3R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
MIL
4R
MIL
3R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
Performance Table Legend
W Won the tournament F Finalist SF Semifinalist QF Quarterfinalist #R
RR
L#
Lost in # round
Round-robin
Last # stage
DQ Disqualified
DNQ Did not qualify DNP Did not participate WD Withdrew NH Tournament not held NYF Not yet founded

References

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  1. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  2. ^ "PDC Darts: Stephen Bunting hits epic nine-darter as Alan Soutar wins maiden tour title". Sky Sports. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  3. ^ Gorton, Josh (29 December 2021). "World Darts Championship: Firefighter Alan Soutar lighting up Alexandra Palace on debut". Sky Sports. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  4. ^ Arbroath player Alan Soutar seals Scotland's World Cup of Darts team title. The Courier
  5. ^ BDO World Darts Championships 2016: Draw and schedule
  6. ^ Allen, Dave (17 February 2021). "Koltsov & Mitchell enjoy Day Four wins as 2021 Q Schools conclude". PDC. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  7. ^ Elder, Matthew (30 December 2021). "Alan Soutar remains upbeat after fairytale PDC World Championship run ends with defeat to Callan Rydz". The Scotsman.
  8. ^ "Grand Slam of Darts: Michael van Gerwen wins epic battle vs nine-dart Josh Rock as Jonny Clayton is shocked by Alan Soutar". Sky Sports. 18 November 2022.
  9. ^ Gorton, Josh (19 November 2022). "Humphries dumps out Van Gerwen to storm through to Grand Slam Semis". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  10. ^ Wellens, Megan (30 December 2022). "World Darts Championship: Michael Smith shows class to knock out Joe Cullen as Gabriel Clemens makes history with win over Alan Soutar". Sky Sports. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Spirited Soutar wins maiden PDC title in Hildesheim". www.pdc.tv. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
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