Bob Taylor (darts player)

Bob Taylor (born 15 January 1960) is a Scottish former professional darts player who played in the British Darts Organisation (BDO).

Bob Taylor
Personal information
Nickname	"The Bear"
Born	(1960-01-15) 15 January 1960 (age 65) Aberdeen, Scotland
Home town	Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Darts information
Darts	22 Gram Datadart
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Back in Black" by AC/DC
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1988–2007, 2013–2014
WDF major events – best performances
World Championship	Quarter Final: 2002, 2003
World Masters	Quarter Final: 2001
World Trophy	Quarter Final: 2002
Int. Darts League	Last 32 Group: 2003, 2004
Finder Masters	Quarter Final: 2002
Other tournament wins
Tournament	Years
Norway Open Finnish Open Scottish Masters	1993 2001 1994, 2000

Career

Taylor made eleven appearances in the BDO World Darts Championship, losing in the first round in seven of his first eight showings with his one win coming in 1994 against American Tony Payne before losing in the second round to Martin Adams. His bad luck changed in 2002 where he beat John Ferrell and Co Stompé to reach the Quarter Finals for the first time,^[1] losing to eventual winner Tony David. In 2003, Taylor again reached the Quarter Finals at the Lakeside, with wins over Peter Hunt and Martin Adams before losing to Gary Anderson. His final Lakeside appearance came in 2004, losing in the first round to Paul Hogan.

Taylor was also a quarter finalist at the 2001 Winmau World Masters, beating Liam Miley and Ernest Brown before losing to eventual finalist Jarkko Komula of Finland. He won the 1993 Norway Open and the 2001 Finnish Open.

World Championship results

BDO

• 1991: 1st Round (lost to Mike Gregory 2–3)
• 1994: 2nd Round (lost to Martin Adams 1–3)
• 1995: 1st Round (lost to Paul Williams 0–3)
• 1996: 1st Round (lost to Ian Brand 0–3)
• 1997: 1st Round (lost to Les Wallace 1–3)
• 1998: 1st Round (lost to Roger Carter 1–3)
• 2000: 1st Round (lost to Ted Hankey 0–3)
• 2001: 1st Round (lost to Wayne Jones 0–3)
• 2002: Quarter Finals (lost to Tony David 4–5)
• 2003: Quarter Finals (lost to Gary Anderson 0–5)
• 2004: 1st Round (lost to Paul Hogan 0–3)