| Beau Anderson | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | The Boomerang | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1982-12-25)25 December 1982 (age 42) Perth, Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Maddington, Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 1991 | |||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 21 Gram Tigers | |||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "New Sensation" byINXS | |||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (seesplit in darts) | ||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2006–2013 | |||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2013–2017 | |||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 32:2014 | |||||||||||||||||
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Beau Anderson (born 25 December 1982) is an Australian former professionaldarts player who played within theProfessional Darts Corporation (PDC) from 2013 to 2017.
Beau's brother was the lateKyle Anderson who was also a Darts player.
Beau and Kyle had a close relationship and regularly cheered each other on in tournaments from the crowd. Beau was present for what was arguably the pinnacle of his brother's career when he hit a9 Darter in aWorld Championship match against Ian White in December 2013 atAlexandra Palace.
In 2010, Anderson beat Bill Stanley 6–4 to win the Pacific Masters.[1]
In 2013, he won the qualifier for theSydney Darts Masters, a tournament which saw the top eight on thePDC Order of Merit compete against the best players from Australasia.[2] He faced world number sixAndy Hamilton in the first round and lost 4–6.[3] Anderson saw off Tic Bridge 6–4 to claim the 2013 Oceanic Masters which earned him a place in the opening round of the2014 PDC World Championship, where he beat former world number oneColin Lloyd 3–2 in the first round after winning the deciding set 6–5 in a sudden-death leg.[4][5] However, he could only win two legs in the second round againstRobert Thornton in a 0–4 defeat.[6] In the defence of his Oceanic Masters title he was beaten 5–6 byRob Szabo in the quarter-finals.[7]
Anderson won the second Dosh Balcatta AGP of 2015 by beatingShane Tichowitsch 6–2 in the final.[8] He only played in the Pacific Masters in 2016, where he lost in the first round.[9]
