Wayne Mardle

Wayne Mardle, born on 10 May 1973 in Tottenham, North London, is a former English professional darts player known as Hawaii 501 because of the Hawaiian shirts he began wearing in 1998 for a bet. He competed in both the British Darts Organisation and the Professional Darts Corporation, finished as runner-up in three PDC major tournaments, losing to Phil Taylor in the final each time, and was a five times world championship semi-finalist, four times in the PDC and once in the BDO. His crowd-pleasing manner on stage, including dancing to the interval music, made him one of the most popular players on the circuit, and he now works as a darts pundit and commentator.