Ross Montgomery

Ross Montgomery
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Scotland
WDF World Cup
WDF Europe Cup

Ross Montgomery
Ross Montgomery
	Montgomery in 2021
Personal information
Nickname	"The Boss"
Born	16 October 1962 (age 62); Greenhills, East Kilbride, Scotland
Home town	Greenhills, East Kilbride, Scotland
Darts information
Playing darts since	1992
Darts	Ross Montgomery 24gm
Laterality	Right handed
Walk-on music	"Thunderstruck" by AC/DC
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2003–2020
PDC	2022-2024
WDF	2003–2021
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Quarter-final: 2015
World Masters	Semi-final: 2011
World Trophy	Runner-up: 2014
Int. Darts League	Last 32 Group: 2007
Finder Masters	Winner (1): 2010
Dutch Open	Winner (2): 2014, 2020
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open	Last 96: 2022, 2023
Grand Slam	Group Stage: 2017
Other tournament wins
BDO Gold Cup	2011
Belgium Open	2011, 2016
British Classic	2008, 2010
British Open	2017
Czech Open	2019
Dutch Open	2014, 2020
England Open	2008
Granite City Open	2010
Italian Grand Masters	2019
Jersey Classic	2016
Tops of Ghent	2013
Welsh Open	2009, 2011
Winmau Wolverhampton Open	2017
WDF World Cup Team	2013
PDC UK Q-School Final Stage - Event 03	2022
World Seniors Target Open Series	2024 (x3)
Other achievements
	2011 Dundee Open; 2010 Granite City Open; 2013 Scotland National Championships; 2010 WDF World Rankings Europe

Ross Montgomery (born 16 October 1962), nicknamed The Boss, is a former Scottish professional darts player who played in both the World Darts Federation (WDF) and the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Montgomery also played American football in his native Scotland, having spent eleven years with Glasgow Diamonds.^[6] He was forced to retire through injury and took up the game of darts instead.^[6]

Montgomery's only major success to date was winning the Zuiderduin Masters in 2010. He is a former finalist at the BDO World Trophy and WDF World Cup, and quarter-finalist at the BDO World Championship. He has represented and captained Scotland at the WDF World Cup, WDF Europe Cup, and Six Nations Cup.

Darts career

Montgomery plays in the East Kilbride & District Darts League and in the Glasgow Premier League. He is a multiple time Rutherglen / East Kilbride singles champion.^[6]

As of 2014, Montgomery has represented Scotland at four WDF World Cups,^[7] four WDF Europe Cups^[8] and six BDO Six Nations Cups.^[9] He has played in thirty-six matches for Scotland, winning twenty-four of them.^[10]

Montgomery qualified for the 2006 BDO World Championships along with players like Brian Woods and eventual champion Jelle Klaasen of the Netherlands. Montgomery was drawn in the first round with another Dutchman Vincent van der Voort, losing 3–1 in sets.

He followed this, however, by reaching the final of the Scottish Open, beating Gary Robson and Michael van Gerwen before losing in the final to Sweden's Göran Klemme, runner-up in the 2005 World Masters. He played in the 2007 International Darts League, beating PDC player Chris Mason, Belgium's Dirk Hespeels and avenged his Lakeside defeat by van der Voort to win Group 4 with a 100% record. He wasn't able to repeat his performances in the Last 32 Group stage, losing all 3 of his games in Group D to Martin Atkins, Scott Waites and group winner Raymond van Barneveld. Montgomery produced a good run in the Winmau World Masters, reaching the last 16 of the tournament, losing to Atkins.

In 2008, Montgomery won the newly created EDO England Open, which was run by the newly formed English Darts Organisation. He scored wins over Johnny Nijs, Ted Hankey, Gary Robson and Edwin Max before beating another Scotsman Gary Anderson in the final. He then reached the final of the inaugural BDO International Open, an event formerly known as the BDO England Open, losing to Davy Richardson. On 26 July 2008 Montgomery won his second event of the year, winning the British Classic, again beating Anderson in the final. Montgomery regained the British Classic crown in 2010, defeating Stuart Kellett in the final. Montgomery ended 2008 ranked seventh on the year end WDF World rankings.^[11]

These performances helped Montgomery earn automatic qualification for the 2009 BDO World Championships as the number 10 seed. He defeated Welshman Martin Phillips in the first round but lost in round two to eventual champion Ted Hankey. He entered the tournament the following year as the Number 6 seed, but wasted six darts to win his first round match and lost to Garry Thompson.

Montgomery won the 2010 British Classic as well as the 2010 Zuiderduin Masters, his inaugural major title, where he came from 4–0 down in sets to win 5–4 against Robbie Green, also surviving three match darts. Montgomery finished as the year end number one in WDF Working Rankings Europe for 2010.^[12] At the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship, Montgomery was beaten 3–1 in sets by Alan Norris.

Montgomery reached the semi-finals of the 2011 Winmau World Masters where he was beaten in a deciding leg by Dean Winstanley. Following his victory at 2010 edition, Montgomery had another decent run reaching the semi-finals of the Zuiderduin Masters in 2011. At the 2012 BDO World Darts Championship, Montgomery reached the second round for only the second time courtesy of a 3–1 win over Fabian Roosenbrand in the first round, but was subsequently defeated 4–1 by eventual runner-up Tony O'Shea.

Montgomery was defeated in the first round of the 2013 BDO World Darts Championship 3–1 by Paul Jennings, having had four darts to lead 2–1. Montgomery captained Scotland to silver behind England in the overall team competition at the 2013 WDF World Cup, while alongside team-mates Gary Stone, Craig Baxter and Alan Soutar, Scotland defeated America 9–7 in the men's team final.^[2] Montgomery again reached the semi-finals of the Zuiderduin Masters, losing to eventual champion James Wilson.

He followed this with a narrow 3–2 first round win at the 2014 World Championship over qualifier Michael Meaney, after Meaney missed seven darts to take a 2–0 lead in the deciding set. He was beaten in the second round by Martin Adams. Montgomery showed good form to lift the Dutch Open with victory over Scott Waites and then reach the final of the newly reinstated BDO World Trophy, where he was defeated 13–11 by James Wilson.

At the 2015 World Championship, Monty defeated Pip Blackwell 3–1 in the first round, before dispatching Scott Waites 4–0 in the second to reach the quarter-finals at Lakeside for the first time in his career. He was then beaten 5–1 in the quarter-finals by Martin Adams.

After a quiet year on the circuit, Montgomery still managed to qualify for the 2016 World Championship but was unseeded for the first time in 10 years, He lost in the first round to Jamie Hughes 3–0.

PDC

He announced on the 6th January his intention to participate in the 2022 PDC Q School for the first time ever. And on the third day of competition he out right won a tour card and will now play for first time ever on the PDC circuit in 2022 and 2023.

Personal life

While Montgomery played American football for the Glasgow Diamonds he met his wife Dorothy, who was a cheerleader for the team at the time.^[6] He and his wife Dorothy have a son Scott (born 1993) and daughters Alisha (born 1998) and Gemma (born 2000).^{[citation needed]}

Montgomery is a supporter of football club Glasgow Rangers.^[6]

World Championship results

BDO

2006: First round (lost to Vincent van der Voort 1–3)
2009: Second round (lost to Ted Hankey 1–4)
2010: First round (lost to Garry Thompson 2–3)
2011: First round (lost to Alan Norris 1–3)
2012: Second round (lost to Tony O'Shea 1–4)
2013: First round (lost to Paul Jennings 1–3)
2014: Second round (lost to Martin Adams 1–4)
2015: Quarter-finals (lost to Martin Adams 1–5)
2016: First round (lost to Jamie Hughes 0–3)
2017: First round (lost to Richard Veenstra 1–3)
2018: First round (lost to Scott Waites 1–3)
2019: First round (lost to Scott Baker 0–3)
2020: Preliminary round (lost to Thibault Tricole 2–3)

Career finals

BDO major finals (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
BDO World Trophy (0–1)
Zuiderduin Masters (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score^{[N 1]}
Winner	1.	2010	Zuiderduin Masters	Robbie Green	5–4 (s)
Runner-up	2.	2014	BDO World Trophy	James Wilson	11–13 (l)

^ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

WDF major finals (1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score^{[N 1]}
Runner-up	1.	2015	WDF World Cup	Jim Williams	4–7 (l)

^ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
PDC Ranked televised events
UK Open	BDO																		WDF	3R	3R
Grand Slam of Darts	Not Held				DNQ										RR	DNQ
BDO Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship	DNQ			1R	DNQ		2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	QF	1R	1R	1R	1R	PR	NH	PDC
BDO World Trophy	Not Held											F	1R	1R	QF	SF	1R	NH
World Masters	2R	3R	1R	DNP	6R	QF	6R	6R	SF	6R	6R	5R	5R	2R	6R	5R	DNP	NH		PDC
Finder Darts Masters	DNP			NH	DNP	RR	QF	W	SF	SF	SF	RR	RR	RR	RR	RR	NH
International Darts League	DNP				RR	Not Held
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	139	102

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2022	IDO DNP	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	CDO DNP	EDG DNP	DDC DNQ	EDM 1R	HDT DNQ	GDO DNQ	BDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2023	BSD DNQ	EDO DNQ	IDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	DDC DNQ	BDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG 3R	EDM DNQ	GDO DNQ	HDT DNQ	GDC DNQ

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR L#	Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held	#R RR L#	Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage	NYF	Not yet founded

References

^ "Dart Profis - Ross Montgomery - "The Boss"". Dartn.de (in German).
^ ^a ^b ^c "Ross 'The Turnip' Montgomery is on top of the World". Daily Record. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "SDA Archives 2015". SDA. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b "WDF Europe Cup 2008". WDF. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
^ "WDF Europe Cup 2014 Men's Pairs" (PDF). WDF. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Ross Montgomery's About Me Ross 'The Turnip' Montgomery. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
^ Past Scotland WDF World Cup Teams SDA. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
^ Past Scotland WDF Europe Cup Teams SDA. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
^ Past Scotland BDO Six Nations Cup Teams SDA. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
^ Scottish International Appearances SDA. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
^ WDF World Ranking Systems Rolls of Honour 1984–2008 WDF. 12 January 2014.
^ WDF World Ranking Systems Rolls of Honour 2009–2013 WDF. Retrieved 12 January 2014.

External links

Ross Montgomery's profile and stats on Darts Database

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[1] "Dart Profis - Ross Montgomery - "The Boss"". Dartn.de (in German).

[Top_of_World-2] "Ross 'The Turnip' Montgomery is on top of the World". Daily Record. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2013.

[Archives_2015-3] "SDA Archives 2015". SDA. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

[Europe_Cup_2008-4] "WDF Europe Cup 2008". WDF. Retrieved 3 June 2016.

[5] "WDF Europe Cup 2014 Men's Pairs" (PDF). WDF. Retrieved 3 June 2016.

[aboutme-6] Ross Montgomery's About Me Ross 'The Turnip' Montgomery. Retrieved 11 November 2014.

[7] Past Scotland WDF World Cup Teams SDA. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

[8] Past Scotland WDF Europe Cup Teams SDA. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

[9] Past Scotland BDO Six Nations Cup Teams SDA. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

[10] Scottish International Appearances SDA. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

[11] WDF World Ranking Systems Rolls of Honour 1984–2008 WDF. 12 January 2014.

[WDFRofH-12] WDF World Ranking Systems Rolls of Honour 2009–2013 WDF. Retrieved 12 January 2014.

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Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Scotland
WDF World Cup
	2013 St John's	Men's Fours^[2]
	2013 St John's	Men's Team^[2]
	2015 Kemer	Men's Singles^[3]
	2015 Kemer	Men's Doubles^[3]
	2015 Kemer	Men's Team^[3]
WDF Europe Cup
	2008 Copenhagen	Men's team^[4]
	2008 Copenhagen	Men's team^[4]
	2014 Bucharest	Men's Pairs^[5]
	2018 Budapest	Men's team