Royden Lam
| Royden Lam | |||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||
| Full name | Lam Ting Chi Royden | ||||||||
| Nickname | The Wolf | ||||||||
| Born |
8 September 1975 Hong Kong | ||||||||
| Home town |
Hong Kong Hong Kong | ||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2003 | ||||||||
| Darts | 21 g Cosmo Darts | ||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||
| Walk-on music | Gangnam Style by PSY | ||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||
| BDO | 2007–2013 | ||||||||
| PDC | 2013– | ||||||||
| PDC premier events - best performances | |||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2014 | ||||||||
| UK Open | Last 128: 2013 | ||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||
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Royden Lam (Chinese:林鼎智; born 8 September 1975) is a darts player from Hong Kong.
Career
Royden Lam is best known as a soft tip darts player but also plays steel tip darts. In 2009 he won the Hong Kong Open by beating Liu Cheng from China in the final.[1] In 2010, he lost in the final of the Japan Open to Kyle Anderson and in the quarter-finals of the Asia Pacific Cup to Morihiro Hashimoto.[2] In 2011, he almost managed to qualify for the PDC World Championship, but was defeated by Scott MacKenzie 4–3 in the final of the Chinese qualifier.[3]
In 2013, Lam registered for PDC Qualifying School and earned a Tour Card on the final day.[4] However, he only played in three events during the year which included a 5–3 first round loss against Wayne Jones in the UK Open.[5] Lam qualified for the 2014 World Championship by whitewashing Deng Yin 5–0 in the final of the Chinese qualifier.[6] He beat world number 65 Gino Vos 4–1 in the preliminary round, before losing by three sets to one against Wes Newton in the first round.[7] Lam made his debut in the World Cup of Darts in June as he represented Hong Kong with Scott MacKenzie. They defeated Norway 5–2 in the first round to face Australia in the second round.[8] Lam lost his singles match against Simon Whitlock, before MacKenzie saw off Paul Nicholson to mean a doubles match was required to settle the tie, which Hong Kong were whitewashed in 4–0.[9]
In the 2015 World Cup, Lam and MacKenzie caused a couple of shocks. First they defeated Wales' Mark Webster and Jamie Lewis 5–3. Lam then beat Ireland's William O'Connor 4–1, but MacKenzie lost 4–3 to Connie Finnan meaning a doubles match was needed to settle the tie which Hong Kong won 4–3 to reach the quarter-finals.[10] However, the Scottish number two seeds of Gary Anderson and Peter Wright proved a step too far as they won both their singles matches 4–2 to eliminate Hong Kong.[11]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2014: First round (lost to Wes Newton 1–3)
References
- ↑ "2009 Hong Kong Open Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ↑ "2010 WDF Asia-Pacific Cup Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ↑ "2011 PDC World China Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ↑ "PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ↑ "Royden Lam 2013". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 28 November 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ↑ "Lam Wins World Championship Spot". PDC. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ↑ "Ladbrokes World Championship Day Seven". PDC. 20 December 2013.
- ↑ "bwin World Cup of Darts First Round". PDC. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ↑ "bwin World Cup of Darts Second Round". PDC. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ↑ "bwin World Cup of Darts Second Round". PDC. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ↑ "bwin World Cup of Darts Quarter-Finals". PDC. Retrieved 18 June 2015.