Willard Bruguier continued his brilliant form from Tuesday’s qualifier to emerge as the 2017 partypoker North American Champion!  The 35-year-old police officer from Wagner, SD, clinched the title from Canada’s Dave Richardson with a superb 12-dart deciding leg (140, 40, 123, 98).   This came after bouncing back from 3-1 and 4-2 down.

Bruguier had previously beaten Ohio’s D.J. Sayre and Canada’s Dawson Murschell, white Richardson had looked clinical on his way to the final with a brace of 6-1 victories over Shawn Brenneman and Chris White.

This also clinches a place for Bruguier – who competed in the 2016 Winmau World Masters – at the 2018 PDC William Hill World Championship over the New Year.

NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

Quarter-Finals
Chris White 6 – 1 Jayson Barlow
Dave Richardson 6 – 1 Shawn Brenneman
Willard Bruguier 6 – 3 D.J. Sayre
Dawson Murschell 6 – 5 David Cameron

Semi-Finals
Dave Richardson 6 – 1 Chris White
Willard Bruguier 6 – 3 Dawson Murschell

Final

Willard Bruguier 6 – 5 Dave Richardson

A more detailed report can be found on the PDC website here.

U.S. DARTS MASTERS

The eight North Americans from today’s event will also be in action tomorrow (Friday) in the U.S. Darts Masters, when they take to the stage alongside some of the sports biggest names.   The playing order for the first round of the two-day event, which starts at 12.00pm local time (3.00pm Eastern) is:

D.J. Sayre vs Daryl Gurney (NI)
Willard Bruguier vs Gerwyn Price (WAL)
Dave Richardson vs Max Hopp (GER)
David Cameron vs Raymond van Barneveld (NL)
Dawson Murschell vs (4) James Wade (ENG)
Shawn Brenneman vs (3) Peter Wright (SCO)
Chris White vs (1) Michael van Gerwen (NL)
Jayson Barlow vs (2) Gary Anderson (SCO)

Quarter-Finals – Saturday, 12.00pm local time (playing order may vary)

White / van Gerwen vs Richardson / Hopp
Murschell / Wade vs Bruguier / Price
Barlow / Anderson vs Cameron / van Barneveld
Brenneman / Wright vs Sayre / Gurney

Semi-Finals and Finals will follow the Quarter-Finals.

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