Jeff Smith lifted the William Hill NADC with a thrilling 6-4 win against fellow Canadian John Norman Jr.  The 2017 WDF World Cup Singles Champ had earlier edged out Ross Snook in the quarter-final, and then Danny Lauby a round later.  Norman meanwhile, never faced an American all day, and ended the hopes of David Cameron and Dawson Murschell.

Quarter-Finals
John Norman Jr  6 – 0  David Cameron
Dawson Murschell  6 – 3  D.J. Sayre
Danny Lauby  6 – 4  Joe Huffman
Jeff Smith  6 – 5  Ross Snook
Semi-Finals
John Norman Jr  6 – 5  Dawson Murschell
Jeff Smith  6 – 3  Danny Lauby
Final
Jeff Smith  6 – 4 – John Norman Jr

All eight NADC qualifiers now compete in the William Hill US Darts Masters tomorrow (Friday).  Each North American will face a PDC seeded player, with Smith having the unenviable task of taking on World #1 Michael Van Gerwen.   Ross Snook is up against World Champion Rob Cross.  Play starts at 12pm local time (3pm Eastern), and the full draw is as follows:

(1) Peter Wright vs Joe Huffman
Daryl Gurney vs John Norman Jr
(4) Rob Cross vs Ross Snook
Michael Smith vs David Cameron
(2) Gary Anderson vs D.J. Sayre
Gerwyn Price vs Dawson Murschell
(3) Michael Van Gerwen vs Jeff Smith
James Wade vs Danny Lauby

The order of play is:

Smith vs Cameron
Wade vs Lauby
Cross vs Snook
Price vs Murschell
Anderson vs Sayre
Van Gerwen vs Smith
Wright vs Huffman
Gurney vs Norman Jr

All first round games are Best-of-11, with later rounds being Best-of 15.

Updates will be posted on the PDC website, and live scoring is available via DartConnect

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