Peter Wright to kick off darts’ Home Tour on Friday… but may NOT paint his iconic mohawk

WORLD CHAMPION Peter Wright will headline the opening night of live lockdown darts – but jokes he might not get his Mohawk painted.

Snakebite will be involved in the first of 32 consecutive nights of the inaugural PDC Home Tour, which was revealed by SunSport on Wednesday.

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The 50-year-old Scot – who beat Michael van Gerwen in the PDC world final on New Year’s Day – will hook up a camera to his dartboard in his living-room in Suffolk.

And he has yet to confirm if he will get fully dressed up and have his hair styled for the big night of this lockdown tournament during the COVID-19 crisis.

Wright said: “We are stepping into the unknown. It’s definitely going to be very different that’s for sure.

“Perhaps the biggest question is whether I’ll get my hair done for ‘At Home’ darts. People will have to watch to find out!

“It’s really good that we get to do something competitive during this crisis. I’ve been practising with Dimitri van den Bergh, but this should be even more interesting.

“I don’t think anyone really knows how it’s going to go. But we’ll do our best to put on a show and make it interesting.

“Of course I want to win it. No player enters into any competition anywhere without wanting to win it.

“It would be nice to win a unique tournament.

“Let’s hope we don’t have to have another lockdown ever again, so this event would be a one-off.

“I could be the only ever world champion and lockdown ‘At Home’ world champion in the same year!”

In the opening match tomorrow evening, the world No.2 will face Yorkshireman Peter Jacques, a two-time Challenge Tour event winner.

Next up will be Welshman Jamie Lewis, who reached the 2018 World Championship semi-finals, and then it’s emerging Dutchman Niels Zonneveld.

The event starts at 7.30pm and broadcast live on the PDCTV website with the 32 round-robin winners will progress to the second stage.

Lisa Ashton, the first woman to earn a PDC Tour Card, will be involved in night four on Monday evening.

It is not known if world No.1 Michael van Gerwen will take part over the next 32 days following his previous reluctance to embrace the internet format.

He was quoted in Holland, saying “with a newborn baby, a child of two-and-a-half years and three dogs it will not work” and he prefers to train with pal Vincent van der Voort.

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Paul Nicholson, a former top-10 player, thinks the home internet concept could become a future fixture for those on the Tour and cut out unnecessary travel during the week.

Darts is probably the only sport that can be played to a competitive level without players being in the same room.

PDC chairman Barry Hearn has warned the production values might not be up to the same standard expected for the big events.

But Nicholson, a regular contributor on talkSPORT, reckons fans and bookmakers will love the experience.

The Asset, 40, said: “This is magnificent news.

"It’s another way for all your PDC Tour Card holders to play competitively and have a real goal to win something new until lockdown is over.

“I think there is a chance that something like this could become a permanent thing for the future – and fill the midweek void that weekend events leave.

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“I’ve played in The Modus Icons of Darts online league for the past week and it really works.

“Bookies love it, fans love it and promoters Modus have done an amazing job to show that this is possible.

“Now the PDC can run their event knowing that it is viable.”