BOLTON darts ace Joe Murnan had the biggest win of his career on Sunday when he took his first PDC ranking title.
The victory in the Players Championship in Crawley – which included many of the world's best players including Phil Taylor – earned the local man the £10,000 first prize.
He beat number seven seed Vincent van der Voort, youngsters Adam Hunt, Dimitri Van den Bergh and Josh Payne on his way to the quarter-finals where he knocked out Premier League star Stephen Bunting.
A 6-3 win against Daryl Gurney put him in the final where he beat another Premier League ace, Dave Chisnall 6-4.
The victory marked a turnaround in fortunes for the Bolton ace who lost his PDC Tour Card at the end of 2014.
He bounced back from that setback with a good performance in the German Darts Championship in February and rises from his pre-weekend 73rd world ranking into the top 64 as well as climbing up the Pro Tour Order of Merit into the provisional qualifying places for the World Matchplay this summer.
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