Ross Montgomery

Ross Montgomery (born 16 October 1962), nicknamed the Boss, is a Scottish former professional darts player who formerly competed in both World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a World Seniors Darts (WSD) Champion, having won the 2025 World Seniors Championship. Montgomery also won the 2025 WSD Champion of Champions.

Montgomery won three British Darts Organisation (BDO) major titles: the 2010 Zuiderduin Masters, and the Dutch Open in both 2014 and 2020. He finished as runner-up at the 2014 BDO World Trophy. He also reached the semi-finals at the 2011 Winmau World Masters. He is a former BDO World Darts Championship quarter-finalist, having reached the last eight at the 2015 edition.

He has represented and captained Scotland at the WDF World Cup, winning the team event in 2013, as well as at the WDF Europe Cup, and Six Nations Cup.

Montgomery plays in the East Kilbride & District Darts League and in the Glasgow Premier League. He is a multiple time Rutherglen / East Kilbride singles champion.^[7]

As of 2014, Montgomery has represented Scotland at four WDF World Cups,^[8] four WDF Europe Cups^[9] and six BDO Six Nations Cups.^[10] He has played in thirty-six matches for Scotland, winning twenty-four of them.^[11]

Montgomery qualified for the 2006 BDO World Championships along with players like Brian Woods and eventual champion Jelle Klaasen of the Netherlands. Montgomery was drawn in the first round with another Dutchman Vincent van der Voort, losing 3–1 in sets.

He followed this, however, by reaching the final of the Scottish Open, beating Gary Robson and Michael van Gerwen before losing in the final to Sweden's Göran Klemme, runner-up in the 2005 World Masters. He played in the 2007 International Darts League, beating PDC player Chris Mason, Belgium's Dirk Hespeels and avenged his Lakeside defeat by van der Voort to win Group 4 with a 100% record. He wasn't able to repeat his performances in the Last 32 Group stage, losing all 3 of his games in Group D to Martin Atkins, Scott Waites and group winner Raymond van Barneveld. Montgomery produced a good run in the Winmau World Masters, reaching the last 16 of the tournament, losing to Atkins.

In 2008, Montgomery won the newly created EDO England Open, which was run by the newly formed English Darts Organisation. He scored wins over Johnny Nijs, Ted Hankey, Gary Robson and Edwin Max before beating another Scotsman Gary Anderson in the final. He then reached the final of the inaugural BDO International Open, an event formerly known as the BDO England Open, losing to Davy Richardson. On 26 July 2008 Montgomery won his second event of the year, winning the British Classic, again beating Anderson in the final. Montgomery regained the British Classic crown in 2010, defeating Stuart Kellett in the final. Montgomery ended 2008 ranked seventh on the year end WDF World rankings.^[12]

These performances helped Montgomery earn automatic qualification for the 2009 BDO World Championships as the number 10 seed. He defeated Welshman Martin Phillips in the first round but lost in round two to eventual champion Ted Hankey. He entered the tournament the following year as the Number 6 seed, but wasted six darts to win his first round match and lost to Garry Thompson.

Montgomery won the 2010 British Classic as well as the 2010 Zuiderduin Masters, his inaugural major title, where he came from 4–0 down in sets to win 5–4 against Robbie Green, also surviving three match darts. Montgomery finished as the year end number one in WDF Working Rankings Europe for 2010.^[13] At the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship, Montgomery was beaten 3–1 in sets by Alan Norris.

Montgomery llegó a las semifinales del Winmau World Masters 2011, donde fue derrotado en la manga decisiva por Dean Winstanley . Tras su victoria en la edición de 2010, Montgomery tuvo otra buena racha, llegando a las semifinales del Zuiderduin Masters en 2011. En el Campeonato Mundial de Dardos BDO 2012 , Montgomery llegó a la segunda ronda por segunda vez gracias a una victoria por 3-1 sobre Fabian Roosenbrand en la primera ronda, pero posteriormente fue derrotado por 4-1 por el eventual subcampeón Tony O'Shea .

Montgomery fue derrotado en la primera ronda del Campeonato Mundial de Dardos BDO 2013 por 3-1 por Paul Jennings , después de haber tenido cuatro dardos para ir ganando 2-1. Montgomery capitaneó a Escocia para obtener la plata detrás de Inglaterra en la competición general por equipos en la Copa Mundial WDF 2013 , mientras que junto a sus compañeros de equipo Gary Stone , Craig Baxter y Alan Soutar, Escocia derrotó a Estados Unidos 9-7 en la final por equipos masculinos. ^{[ 3 ]} Montgomery volvió a llegar a las semifinales del Zuiderduin Masters , donde perdió contra el eventual campeón James Wilson .

A esto le siguió una ajustada victoria por 3-2 en la primera ronda del Campeonato Mundial de 2014 sobre el clasificado Michael Meaney , después de que Meaney fallara siete dardos para tomar una ventaja de 2-0 en el set decisivo. Fue derrotado en la segunda ronda por Martin Adams . Montgomery mostró un buen nivel al levantar el Abierto de los Países Bajos con una victoria sobre Scott Waites y luego llegar a la final del recién reinstaurado Trofeo Mundial BDO , donde fue derrotado por 13-11 por James Wilson .

En el Campeonato Mundial de 2015 , Monty derrotó a Pip Blackwell por 3-1 en la primera ronda, antes de vencer a Scott Waites por 4-0 en la segunda, alcanzando así los cuartos de final en Lakeside por primera vez en su carrera. Posteriormente, fue derrotado por Martin Adams por 5-1 en los cuartos de final.

Tras un año discreto en el circuito, Montgomery logró clasificarse para el Campeonato Mundial de 2016 , pero no fue cabeza de serie por primera vez en 10 años. Perdió en la primera ronda contra Jamie Hughes por 3-0.

While Montgomery played American football for the Glasgow Diamonds he met his wife Dorothy, who was a cheerleader for the team at the time.^[7] He and his wife Dorothy have a son Scott (born 1993) and daughters Alisha (born 1998) and Gemma (born 2000).^[7]

Montgomery is a supporter of football club Rangers F.C..^[7]

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