High Pegs

Two milestones that a darter will hope to reach in their darting career are a 180 and a high peg. But what exactly is a high peg?

A high peg usually means pegging out from a score of greater than 100. It is possible to do this with only 2 darts but normally a high peg will consist of 2 scoring darts and then pegging out with the third dart. While first shot pegs are fairly common, to peg out first shot with the third dart may only happen a couple of times in a darting evening. But a high peg requires even more! At least one of the scoring darts needs to be a high triple, so 2 of the 3 darts need to be perfect darts. For example, Bobby completed a 114 peg last Wednesday: triple 18, 20 and double 20 to finish.

Pegging out from scores greater than 120 is even rarer than a 180 and can be called ‘a really high peg’. It requires 3 perfect darts. Say a triple and 2 doubles or more typically 2 triples and a double. While you could argue this is easier than a 180 (as the double is bigger target than the triple) it is less common as there is there is normally only one opportunity for a really high peg per game. Also, changing targets is harder than 3 darts at the same target. I’ve only ever seen it done on 2 or 3 occasions.

Any peg greater than 160 can be considered ‘a really, really high peg’  as we now enter the undarted realm. I’ve never seen it done (except on telly) as it requires 2 big triples followed by the very difficult centre bull finish. A 170 peg is, of course, the ultimate peg though maybe once or twice a night someone steps up to the ocky with a score of 170 and dares to dream. If I ever see it done, I promise to buy that darter a beer and one for me too.