Footage of ex-snooker world champion Murphy ‘hitting nine-darter’ goes viral but Luke Humphries has brilliant response
Share:
SNOOKER champion Shaun Murphy attempted to prove he can hit a nine-darter - but the likes of Luke Humphries were not so convinced. The 2005 snooker world champion once claimed not only has he hit a nine-darter - the perfect score in darts - but also a golf hole in one.
![[Luke Humphries was not buying it]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NINTCHDBPICT000960495839.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
And bookmakers Paddy Power looked to make light of his claim by sharing a video of Murphy in fact hitting a nine-dart. But Humphries was not to be fooled by the infamous pranksters at Paddy Power. He responded to the video: "And I'll make 147 next week.".
PDC darts referee Kirk Bevins added: "You could have at least waited for April 1st!". Murphy did compete in a Paddy Power challenge with snooker legend Mark Williams. But he failed to live up to his own words in a woeful attempt to hit the nine-darter - at one point not even making it on to the board.
![[Snooker legend Shaun Murphy]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/shaun-murphy-england-plays-shot-952690865_4aefca.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Although Murphy did make a 147 with less than 15 minutes remaining - completing the challenge he was set. It was in an interview with The Telegraph in April 2024 when Murphy made his infamous nine-dart claim. READ MORE on all the fall-out from Luke Littler's incredible world title win...
CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS. He said: “I’m not a good darts player by any stretch but there was a period in my life around 2009 and 2010 when I was spending far too much time in the pub and not enough playing snooker. “It would be practice, drop the cue off, and three, four, five nights a week in the pub. I got to a decent level. I would throw one or two 180s a night.
