Lethal Luke Woodhouse admits he’s curbed head-loss after losing control at Damon Heta’s nine-dart magic.
The Englishman celebrated wildly after the Aussie hit a perfect leg to land a third share of the £180,000 for himself, a fan and charity. However, Woodhouse recomposed and surged back with his own sensational nine legs in a row to seal a fightback 4-3 win at the World Darts Championships.
He said: “Me and Damo are friends, so we played golf together, we practise together a little bit. When he hit it, I couldn’t control myself. I was as excited as he was for him to hit it. The thing is, as soon as the crowd go up, you can just feel it going through your body, it’s unbelievable. I was so chuffed he hit it. £60,000 to Damo £60,000 to charity and I’m not sure who win it in the crowd, but it makes their Christmas a little bit better.
“I’ve said for years if I can get my composure and my head right on stage, then I’ll always stick in games. I can really push players and it’s only the last sort of 18 months that I’ve managed to curb that sort of head loss and stuff.
“At the moment I’m feeling really good. Damo even said to me [after nine-darter] on stage, I’ve got to stop my heart racing. I think the longer the game goes on, players settle back down anyway if they’ve hit a nine dart.
“First two sets, I just could not settle at all. It was like I was trying to put them in the treble. I had no rhythm, I had no sort of fluidity to my game at all. I’ve taught myself not to really pay attention too much to other players and what they’re doing.”