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Dave Ladley (born 29 September 1975) is an English darts player that competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. ==Career== Ladley joined the PDC in 2002, and qualified for the 2004 UK Open, where he lost to Barrie Bates in the second round. Ladley qualified for the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet. He defeated Lionel Sams 3-1 in the first round, before losing 3-4 to James Wade in the second round. Ladley had two darts to win at one point, before Wade came back and won in a sudden death leg.〔(Day Seven Reports )〕 After the tournament, Ladley earned a sponsorship deal with a local entrepreneur and decided to join the PDC Pro Tour. Although Ladley has been a regular on the Pro Tour since 2007, he has not qualified for the televised stages of a major tournament (excluding the UK Open) since. As of 2010, Ladley lives in Scunthorpe. He plays and supports the local darts scene, by running the annual Scunthorpe Open competition. He has been part sponsored by national newspaper The Daily Sport and is on the books of Dave Holland Management. In May 2012, he earned a place in the German Darts Championship by defeating Andy Relf and Steve Hine in the UK qualifier.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2012 PDC European Tour Berlin UK Qualifier Results )〕 Ladley beat Denis Ovens in the first round of the event in Berlin 6–3,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=German Darts Champs Day One )〕 and then lost to Kevin Painter 6–4 in round two.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=German Darts Champs Day Two )〕 He also qualified for the Dutch Darts Masters, where he was beaten 6–2 by Wayne Jones in the first round.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Dutch Darts Masters Day One )〕 Ladley finished 2012 ranked world number 114, well outside of the top 64 who retained their places on the PDC tour.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pdc.tv/pdc-order-of-merit )〕 He entered Q School in an attempt to win back his place but could not advance past the last 256 on any of the four days and did not have automatic entry into any PDC event in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=1390 )〕 Ladley failed to qualify for the 2013 UK Open as he finished 115th on the Order of Merit, outside of the top 96 who claimed their places.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Van Gerwen's Five Alive With Whitewash! )〕 In October, he qualified for the Dutch Darts Masters, but lost 6–1 to Ronnie Baxter in the opening round.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2013 PDC Dutch Darts Masters Results )〕 In January 2014, Ladley lost in the final round of the third day of Q School to Tony Newell but the result helped him finish inside the top 24 on the Order of Merit to earn a PDC tour card for 2014 and 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2014 PDC Tour Card Qualifying School Results )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2014 PDC Qualifying School Day Four )〕 At the first UK Open Qualifier of the year he hit a nine-dart finish in the second round against Nick Fullwell but went on to lose 6–3.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Long Wait For Hamilton Ends )〕 He didn't win enough matches to qualify for the main event and in the rest of the season his best finishes were two last 32 defeats in Players Championships. At the 2015 European Darts Grand Prix, Ladley edged past Magnus Caris 6–5 and then lost 6–4 to Kim Huybrechts in the second round.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2015 PDC European Darts Grand Prix Results )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dave Ladley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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