LUKE HUMPHRIES bizarrely stooped to sip water from his glass during his match against Connor Scutt.
The former world champion, 30, was in action at the European Darts Grand Prix in Sindelfingen, Germany.
Luke Humphries was interviewed after his win
Humphries, 30, stooped to sip from his glass of water
Cool Hand Luke comfortably dispatched of Scutt 6-1 on Saturday.
In addition to his good play, Humphries‘ strange drinking technique caught fans’ eyes.
During the contest, the Berkshire ace seemed determined not to use his hands while sipping his water, bending down to take a drink.
Quizzed about the incident after his win, Humphries said: “Did that get shown on camera? It was… my hands were so sweaty, and I didn’t want to touch the glass because it was so, like…”
The world No1 added: “There was so much moisture that I was like, if I pick it up with my hands, it might make…
“Look, it’s very hot out here. It’s really, really tough. It’s like being abroad when you’re on holiday.
“But you have to make the best of a bad situation, and I thought if I don’t touch the glass, I won’t add that moisture to my hands, and it worked!
“I didn’t know you were going to catch it on camera. I was hoping I did it discreetly, but yeah, I was just trying to help myself a bit.”
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Responding to Humphries’ gesture, one fan wrote on X: “Could just use his left hand to pick op the glass.”
While a second joked: “Gonna have to change his nickname to “Wet hand” Luke now.”
Humphries was back in action on Sunday.
Cool Hand Luke was edged 6-5 by Michael Smith.
List of all-time Darts World Champions
BELOW is a list of darts world champions by year.
The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions.
That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once – Barney also won four BDO titles – and none of Eric Bristow’s five BDO titles are included.
1994 – Dennis Priestley
1995 – Phil Taylor
1996 – Phil Taylor (2)
1997 – Phil Taylor (3)
1998 – Phil Taylor (4)
1999 – Phil Taylor (5)
2000 – Phil Taylor (6)
2001 – Phil Taylor (7)
2002 – Phil Taylor (8)
2003 – John Part
2004 – Phil Taylor (9)
2005 – Phil Taylor (10)
2006 – Phil Taylor (11)
2007 – Raymond van Barneveld
2008 – John Part (2)
2009 – Phil Taylor (12)
2010 – Phil Taylor (13)
2011 – Adrian Lewis
2012 – Adrian Lewis (2)
2013 – Phil Taylor (14)
2014 – Michael van Gerwen
2015 – Gary Anderson
2016 – Gary Anderson (2)
2017 – Michael van Gerwen (2)
2018 – Rob Cross
2019 – Michael van Gerwen (3)
2020 – Peter Wright
2021 – Gerwyn Price
2022 – Peter Wright (2)
2023 – Michael Smith
2024 – Luke Humphries
2025 – Luke Littler
Most World Titles
14 – Phil Taylor
3 – Michael van Gerwen
2 – John Part, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright
1 – Dennis Priestley, Raymond van Barneveld, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries, Luke Littler
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