Luke Littler will SKIP Players Championship and now faces battle to maintain incredible record

LUKE LITTLER will skip this week’s Players Championship rounds despite wanting to keep up his remarkable winning record.

The teen sensation is not competing in the latest ProTour events in Milton Keynes after returning from the World Series Down Under.

Luke Littler has confirmed he will not appear at the Players ChampionshipAlamy

Littler, 17, now has a big task to keep up his amazing run of winning a title every month of 2024.

On this week’s ProTour, he laughed: “You know I’m skipping them.”

Prior to the New Zealand Masters at the weekend, when he went out in the semis to eventual winner Luke Humphries, he admitted he knew about his title record.

He said: “I’d love to win over here and get another title. Tick one off for August if not there’s plenty of chances.

“I saw that stat going into the ProTour last month and I checked it was the last day so win this one and then I can go home.

“I did win it and I am aware that I’ve picked up a title every month.

“I’d like to pick up another major this year, no matter what it is.”

Littler finished his debut season in the World Series as the top ranked player.

He will go into the finals in Amsterdam next month as the No1 seed.

Littler, 17, lost to Gerwyn Price in the final of the Aussie Masters and then to Luke Humphries in the semis in New Zealand on Saturday.

But over the series, he has reached four finals in total, winning in Bahrain and Poland and also went all the way in Den Bosch.

In seven World Series tournaments, Littler managed to total a whopping 50 points for the World Series Order of Merit. 

Inside Littler's massive rise

LUKE LITTLER has taken the darts world by storm since exploding onto the scene at the PDC World Championship.

The Nuke reached the final on his Ally Pally debut at just 16 years of age – smashing records along the way.

He has since joined Jude Bellingham on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list.

And the teenage titan even had to snub an invite from the WWE.

The Sun exclusively revealed that Littler is plotting to create a fitness empire.

He is also cashing in away from the Oche thanks to an Instagram side hustle.

And he’s even the face of a brand new cereal.

The wonderkid has now cemented his place among the tungsten elite by winning the Premier League Darts final – and the £275k top prize.

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