World No.14 Wade enters the UK Open at Butlin’s Minehead Resort with a bye into the fourth round on Friday, as he aims to impress and contend for his fourth career title at the event.
However, Wade is absent from the Premier League line-up for a third straight season and has endured three successive second-round exits at the PDC World Darts Championship.
The 10-times major winner has enjoyed a good start to the season on the ProTour, reaching the last-16 of the Players Championship 3 before making the quarter-finals in Players Championship 4.
‘The Machine’ admits he would be disappointed to finish his career without any further success in the PDC majors.
“It’s not something I’m relishing, not something I’m going to enjoy, but I need to get back up there for my own sanity, I think, because I believe I should be there.
