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Gerwyn Price bullish ahead of PDC Home Tour debut
Gerwyn Price admits it will be the first time he’s not BOOED by fans on his PDC Home Tour debut.
The two-time major winner makes his debut for the live streaming PDC Home Tour tonight on the PDCTV website. But Price, 35, is confident of being a big success because he reckons he would have been the World Champion five times over in his kitchen.
He said: “I’m ready for darts again to be honest. I’ve done all the jobs around the house that needed doing. I’ve even built a fish pond in the garden.”
“So this will be good to play darts competitively again. It’s probably the only time that I’m not going to be booed when I play live in front of fans! Hopefully I don’t even drop a leg.”
“The wife and kids aren’t even allowed in the room and not to use much of the internet. It’s just going to be in my kitchen and the dartboard.”
“It’s going to be tough but as long as the internet coverage is good and good cameras and phones, whichever way they are doing it. It’s good to be doing something competitive. It’s not big prize money, ranked or anything but it’s good fun and good for the fans.”
“It will also be great for me and other professionals to get in some practice against each other. It’s good for the situation we are in and we’ll do the best we can. I used to go live on Instagram to practice against fans and that was good for me.”
“To be doing it against the other professional players it will be tough in my own kitchen, that’s a lot different.”
“Anything is possible, I think it will be hard for everyone. I always play my best stuff in my kitchen when I’m on my own, that’s not playing against another player or live stream.”
“If I could play the World Championship in my kitchen, I think I would have won it five years on the bounce!”
“I’m sure everyone else is great wherever they practice. It’s just hard to get it onto the match board and TV. That’s where the top eight or 16 do it better than others I think.”
The Iceman, who has won the last two Grand Slam titles, has a bigger concern that he will upset his young daughters who aren’t allowed to use their phones when he is playing in the PDC Home Tour.
He added: “It’s just best of nine, 15 or 20 minutes per match. I’m basically only going to be playing an hour.
“I’m going to be unpopular. I spoke to my youngest daughter yesterday and told her she can’t go on YouTube for three hours. She wasn’t happy I can tell you.
“She’ll probably be shouting down the stairs for me to hurry up and win so she can watch her phone again!”
