Nine-dart Finish - First Televised Nine-darter

First Televised Nine-darter

The first televised nine dart finish was achieved at the World Matchplay championship on October 13, 1984 by John Lowe, who used the second method (with the T17 first, then T18, D18) above as his outshot after scoring two maximum 180s. For this he received a prize of £102,000, and he went on to win the whole event. This nine dart finish was not broadcasted live. The first ever Live broadcasted nine dart finish was performed by Shaun Greatbatch against Steve Coote in the Final of the Dutch Open on February 3, 2002, while Phil Taylor achieved the first live nine-darter broadcasted on British television during the 2002 World Matchplay.