and he was beaten 6–1 by Benito van de Pas. Another came at the 17th event, but he was whitewashed 6–0 by Van Gerwen. Webster was already eliminated from the Grand Slam of Darts before his third group game with Phil Taylor after losing his opening two matches, but nevertheless thrashed the 16-time world champion 5–0. Webster stated that the result would give him a confidence boost for the remainder of the year. He was right, because at the Players Championship Finals he saw off Jonny Clayton and Simon Whitlock both 6–3, Alan Norris 10–5 and Christian Kist 10–6 to reach the semi-finals of a PDC major for the first time. Webster stormed in to a 6–0 lead over Van Gerwen, but missed a dart to be 7–2 ahead as Van Gerwen closed to 6–6. Webster did take a one leg lead on two further occasions, but would ultimately be defeated 11–8. Webster survived seven match darts from Stephen Bunting in the first round of the 2017 World Championship to progress with a 3–2 win. Webster had finishes of 157, 147 and 140 during the match. He described his second round 4–0 victory over Simon Whitlock as the moment of his career as Webster averaged 104.64 and closed the match with a 140 finish. He missed two darts to take the opening set in the third round against Van Gerwen and went 3–0 behind. He pulled a set back, but would be ousted 4–1. Webster hit his first career nine-dart finish on 11 February 2017 in the 5th UK Open qualifier during a 6-5 win over Benito van de Pas. In July, he won his first players Championship title, defeating Daryl Gurney 6–1 in the final in Barnsley. In the 2019 World Championship he suffered a surprise defeat and whitewash to Vincent van der Voort losing 3-0 in the Second Round. Webster lost his tour card following the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship but regained it on the second day of the 2022 Q-School Final stage. World Championship results PDC 2006: First round (lost to Erwin Extercatte 2–3) 2007: Quarter-finals (lost to Phil Taylor 1–5) 2013: First round (lost to Mark Walsh 1–3) 2014: First round (lost to James Wade 2–3) 2015: Second round (lost to Dean Winstanley 3–4) 2016: Second round (lost to Michael van Gerwen 0–4) 2017: Third round (lost to Michael van Gerwen 1–4) 2018: Quarter-finals (lost