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Nickname
  
Popeye

World Ch'ship
  
Last 64: 2012

Darts
  
17g Unicorn Phase 5

Name
  
Petri Korte

BDO
  
2002–2011, 2014–

Home town
  
Lahti

PDC
  
2012–2014


Petri Korte Petri Korte Photos Photos 2012 Ladbrokescom World Darts

Born
  
12 December 1966 (age 57) Finland (
1966-12-12
)

Walk-on music
  
Up Around the Bend by Hanoi Rocks

Pdc ladbrokes 2012 petri korte


Petri Korte (born 12 December 1966) is a Finnish darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events. He is known for his highly unorthodox throwing action, where he uses his non throwing hand as a guide by holding it up in front of him whilst throwing.

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Pdc world championship round 1 james wade vs petri korte se


Career

Korte attempted to qualify for the 2010 BDO World Darts Championship but lost in the final round of international qualifiers to Jan Dekker.

He won the Nordic Invitational Singles in 2011. Korte and Sami Sanssi lost in the 2011 BDO British Open Pairs final, 1-3, to Garry Thompson and Scott Waites.

He qualified for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship, where he beat Per Laursen 4–3 (legs) in the preliminary round. He played world number 3, James Wade, in the first round. Korte went 0–2 down before pulling back a set and then had two darts to level the match. He missed and Wade wrapped up the match 3–1.

Korte represented Finland with Marko Kantele in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they were beaten 4–5 by Croatia in the first round. He lost in two quarter-finals on the Scandinavian tour in the rest of 2012 to finish 17th on the SDC Order of Merit.

PDC

  • 2012: First round (lost to James Wade 1–3)
  • References

    Petri Korte Wikipedia