By Associated Press - Sunday, July 14, 2019

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - A professional dart player from Florida is heading to the world championship in London.

Danny Baggish is fresh off his $10,000 win at the Dafabet North American Championship in Las Vegas over the July 4th weekend. The win qualified the 35-year-old for the William Hill World Championship. The Lakeland Ledger reports the victor of that prestigious tournament also gets a $500,000 winner’s check.

Baggish started playing darts at the age of 13 and was taught by his father.

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The Lakeland resident won his first tournament when he was 15-years-old and has been competing on the road since then.

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Information from: The Ledger (Lakeland, Fla.), http://www.theledger.com

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