Simon Whitlock quarter-finals. He then beat Brian Woods to reach the final, where he lost to the number one seed Mark Webster 7–5. He was the first Australian to reach the final since Tony David won the tournament in 2002. Whitlock entered the 2009 BDO World Darts Championship as the number 12 seed and reached the second round by beating Mark Barilli, but lost to Darryl Fitton. After many weeks of speculation, Whitlock returned to the PDC on 19 March 2009. He began playing in the AGP circuit where he won eight tournaments. He qualified for the Las Vegas Desert Classic but
Mark Robinson (darts player) Nottinghamshire Open by beating Neil Birkin in the final. Robinson quit the PDC in 2015. Mark Robinson (darts player) Mark W. Robinson (born 7 November 1963 in Derby) is a former English professional darts player who played in the Professional Darts Corporation events. Robinson played in his first professional tournament in BDO 1997 which was the News of the World Championship & PDC World Pairs, he was beat in his first match by Colin Fowler 2-1 and his Team England Dean Allsop. The next time he played in a professional tournament was 2002 when he played in the World Grand