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Phil Taylor has announced the World Senior Darts Tour in 2024 will be his final year on the circuit.<\/p>\n
The 16-time world champion initially walked away from the sport in 2018 after making the final of the PDC World Darts Championship, but returned to competitive darts last year.<\/p>\n
Taylor, known as \u2018The Power\u2019, has now confirmed his glittering trophy-laden career on the oche is about to enter its final 12 months, but he will continue to be a World Senior Darts Tour global ambassador after his retirement.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cI\u2019ll always love performing to the best of my ability, but time waits for no man and I know now is the right time to step away from the Tour.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been an unbelievable journey over the past 35 years and I\u2019ve loved every minute of it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d like to thank Target and the World Seniors Darts Tour for their support in recent years and I\u2019m looking forward to playing in front of darts fans across the country next year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to be working just as hard as I always have to make sure I give the fans what they want and go out on top.\u201d<\/p>\n
The World Senior Darts Tour consists of 11 events, including the World Senior Darts Championship at the Circus Tavern in February.<\/p>\n
Taylor has made the quarter-finals during the last two years, but will aim to go out on a high in 2024.<\/p>\n
Billy Lovell of World Senior Darts Tour added: \u201cPhil is one of the greatest sports people the UK has ever produced and we would like to place on record how grateful we are that he decided to come out of retirement at the beginning of our project.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have absolutely loved having him around and we\u2019re sure his final year on tour with us will be great fun.\u201d<\/p>\n