{"id":246791,"date":"2026-01-15T22:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T22:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/246791\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T22:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T22:06:08","slug":"golden-bull-incentive-introduced-for-world-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/246791\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Bull incentive introduced for World Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luke Littler and his fellow competitors will have the chance to win $200,000 (\u20ac172,220) if they can hit a nine-dart finish followed by a ‘Golden Bull’ in Riyadh next week.<\/p>\n

The World Series of Darts visits Saudi Arabia for the first time with eight PDC Tour representatives pitted against eight Asian Tour representatives and there is a money-spinning opportunity in the two-day tournament, which begins on Monday.<\/p>\n

If a player hits a nine-darter they will win a $100,000 (\u20ac86,110) prize before getting the unique chance to double it by throwing one \u2018golden\u2019 dart at the bullseye.<\/p>\n

It represents the biggest prize in the history of the sport for a nine-dart finish and Littler in particular will be licking his lips.<\/p>\n

The 18-year-old recently claimed the record \u00a31million prize for winning the World Championship and followed it up a few days later by earning a bumper contract with his darts supplier, worth \u00a320million over 10 years.<\/p>\n

Littler (below) threw nine perfect darts in the World Series event in Bahrain in 2024 and will be fine-tuning his trebles again.<\/p>\n

\"Luke<\/p>\n

Former World Championship semi-finalist Mark Webster said on ITV 4: “If a player hits a nine-darter they will get $100,000. Not bad, is it?<\/p>\n

“Then one single dart at the bullseye, if they can hit that with their next dart, they will receive an extra $100,000.<\/p>\n

“So 10 perfect darts is $200,000. Not bad is it? If they did that in the first leg, it would be job done.”<\/p>\n

Littler will be joined in Riyadh by Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwen, Gian van Veen, Gerwyn Price, Stephen Bunting, Nathan Aspinall and Danny Noppert.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Littler showed who was boss at the Bahrain Masters after easing past veteran Paul Lim in the opening round.<\/p>\n

It was not quite the apprentice beating the master in the Middle East even if Littler got the better of an opponent who is 53 years his senior.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old named Lim, 71, as one of the players he did not want to face at the recent World Championship but made light work of him, cruising to a 6-1 victory.<\/p>\n

That included a 106 average and a trademark ‘Big Fish’ 170 checkout, which set up a quarter-final with Price.<\/p>\n

EMPHATIC FROM LITTLER! \u2622\ufe0f<\/p>\n

Luke Littler kicks off his title bid in sensational style, averaging over 106 to complete a 6-1 victory over darting icon Paul Lim!<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcfa https:\/\/t.co\/XzyoZs6rU3<\/a>#BahrainDarts<\/a> | R1 pic.twitter.com\/CZeS9JByOj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) January 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Littler does not expect to be still at the oche when he is 71.<\/p>\n

He said: “Not a chance! I will say it now.<\/p>\n

“Paul\u2019s doing well. He\u2019s been doing well for many years. He\u2019s just class and I wonder when is he going to retire? But yeah, he still goes very strong in the practice room as well.<\/p>\n

“I think the World Championships would have been a different breed. Obviously he is a fan favorite, but it was the same tonight when he got his first leg and made it 1-1 but I started to kick on and got the win.”<\/p>\n

Littler next plays Price, who beat him in last year\u2019s semi-final. The Welshman avoided a scare against dancing Japanese star Motomu Sakai, winning 6-3.<\/p>\n

Second seed Humphries was in ruthless form against Abdulla Saeed, dispatching him 6-0 while World Championship runner-up Van Veen beat Man Lok Leung 6-2.<\/p>\n

Van Gerwen saw off Alexis Toylo, Aspinall edged past Lourence Ilagan and defending champion Bunting made light work of Ryusei Azemoto.<\/p>\n