Ken MacNeil | |
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Personal information | |
Nickname | Silver Dart |
Born |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
December 16, 1975
Home town |
Nova Scotia Canada |
Organisation (see split in darts) | |
BDO | 2005–2009 |
PDC | 2009– |
Current world ranking | 115 |
BDO majors - best performances | |
World Masters | Last 128: 2006 |
PDC premier events - best performances | |
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2010 |
UK Open | Last 64: 2013 |
Other tournament wins | |
Tournament | Years |
Klondike Open | 2015 |
Ken MacNeil (born December 16, 1975) is a Canadian darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.
MacNeil qualified for the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship by finishing fourth in the North American Order of Merit. In the preliminary round, he defeated Guyana's Norman Madhoo 4–2. In the first round, he lost 3–2 to Alan Tabern.
He represented Canada with John Part in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they reached the second round by defeating Hungary 5–3. MacNeil then beat 15-time World Champion Phil Taylor in his singles match, but they would eventually succumb 3–2 to the English duo of Taylor and Adrian Lewis, having lost a sudden death leg. In June MacNeil lost in the final of the Canadian Open to Terry Hayhurst.
MacNeil entered Q School in an attempt to win a PDC Tour Card to play the full circuit in 2013 and 2014 and succeeded on the first day, defeating David Copley 6–2 in his final match. He dedicated his success to his late father who had died a month earlier. MacNeil did not play in his third World Cup of Darts as Jeff Smith had overtaken him in the Order of Merit as Canada's second highest player behind John Part. In May, he matched his best ever result in a PDC event by reaching the last 16 of the fourth Players Championship courtesy of wins over Wayne Jones, Nick Fullwell and Paul Nicholson, before losing 6–4 to Jamie Caven. MacNeil lost 9–8 to Ronnie Baxter in the third round of the UK Open. He did not play in a PDC event throughout the rest 2013 and the whole of 2014.