Harith Lim
Harith Lim (born 11 April 1970) is a Singaporean professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation events.
| Harith Lim | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Harith Lim |
| Nickname | Goldfinger |
| Born | April 11, 1970[1] Singapore |
| Home town | Singapore |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 1984 |
| Darts | 18g Cosmo Darts Goldfinger |
| Laterality | Left-handed |
| Walk-on music | "Hall of Fame" by The Script Ft. Will.i.am |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 1987–1992 |
| PDC | 2012– |
| WDF major events – best performances | |
| World Masters | Last 128: 1989 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| BDO World Youth Masters Malaysian Open | 1986 1992 |
Career
He first came into prominence in 1986, when he won the BDO World Youth Masters, defeating Rowan Barry of Australia in the final. He is mainly seen on the soft tip circuit, but has appeared in some steel tip action. He Runner-Up the number 4 seed of 1987 BDO World Youth Championship defeating champion 1986 Mark Day and losing to Rowan Barry of Australia.
He has represented Singapore along with Paul Lim (no relation) in eight PDC World Cup of Darts tournaments, with their biggest success being in the 2017 tournament when they defeated the top seeds Scotland (consisting of Gary Anderson and Peter Wright), then knocked out the Spanish pairing of Cristo Reyes and Antonio Alcinas, before losing the quarter-final to Belgium, although Harith defeated Ronny Huybrechts in his singles match, before he and Paul lost to Kim and Ronny in the doubles.
He now played in every dartslive soft tip events every year (The World, Dartslive Open, Taiwan Pro). The biggest achievement was in 2017 The World Stage 1 USA, where he got 2nd place against Alex Reyes of USA. He has a lot of sponsors for 2019 that includes Cosmo Darts, Fit Flight, Fit Point Plus, Dartslive, Zansinryu, Restar, Doron, Jiyu, Forest Darts, The Stage, & Craft Darts Bistro. He will play along with his friend (Paul Lim) in the upcoming PDC World Cup of Darts representing Singapore. His personal darts (Goldfinger 1 & 2) are sold globally including soft tip dan steel tip, he has his own personalised darts flight which are sold globally too.
He held many coaching clinic locally in Singapore mainly at his sponsored darts place, his aim is to improve darts in Singapore and promote dartslive globally as Dartslive Official Player.
Harith's 2019 The World Schedule as follows:
1. Stage 1 Malaysia - April 28 2. Stage 2 France - June 16 3. Stage 3 Japan - August 24 4. Stage 4 Taichung - September 15 5. Stage 5 Hongkong - December 7
Harith's 2019 SEA Tour Schedule as follows:
1. Stage 1 Kuala Lumpur - April 26 2. Stage 2 Johor Bahru - July 27 3. Stage 3 Sabah - TBC 4. Stage 4 Penang - TBC 5. Stage 5 Singapore - TBC
Performance timeline
PDC
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||||||||||
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| Non-major televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC World Cup of Darts | 2R | 1R | 2R | QF | 2R | 2R | WD | 2R | 1R | RR | ||||||||||
BDO
| Tournament | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winmau World Masters | L128 | DNP | ||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DNP | Did not play at the event | DNQ | Did not qualify for the event | NYF | Not yet founded | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) |
| QF | lost in the quarter-finals | SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
References
- "Harith Lim - Mastercaller.com". www.mastercaller.com.