Monk came to prominence with a group of young darts players at the 2010
UK Open which included
Joe Cullen,
William O'Connor and Reece Robinson. He defeated Nick Fullwell in the second round, whilst being cheered on by his father. In the third round, however he was defeated by the in-form
Denis Ovens, who went on to reach the semi-final. Monk also competed on the
PDC Pro Tour and won the New Kids on the Oche event –
Nuts TV's last televised darts tournament – in 2008. On 3 January 2011, he won the final of the
PDC Under-21 World Championship against
Michael van Gerwen, played before the final of the
2011 PDC World Darts Championship. As a result of reaching the final, he qualified for the
2011 Grand Slam of Darts.
2012 season Monk qualified for his first
PDC World Championship in
2012 by beating Joe Cullen in the PDPA Qualifier. He was perhaps unlucky with the draw for the first round as he played the winner of the previous weeks
Players Championship Finals,
Kevin Painter, and was beaten 3–1. In April, he earned a place in the
Austrian Darts Open in
Vienna by defeating Paul Barham and Daniel Day in the UK qualifier. He played
Raymond van Barneveld in the first round and lost 6–4. At the
UK Open Monk enjoyed a 9–8 victory over Painter, before losing to
Paul Nicholson 9–3 in the last 32. He also qualified for the third
European Darts Open with wins over Jack Hill and
Chris Mason, but lost to
Steve Brown 6–2 in the first round in
Düsseldorf. In October, Monk reached the semi-finals of a PDC event for the first time at the 13th
Players Championship of the year. He defeated the likes of
Dennis Priestley,
Roland Scholten and
Mark Webster, all of whom have won major titles in the past, before losing 6–1 to
Michael van Gerwen. Monk then saw off
John Part,
Vincent van der Voort and
Andy Hamilton, to make the quarter finals of the firth European Tour Event of the year, the
Dutch Darts Masters. Monk faced
Paul Nicholson and lost 6–1 with an average of just 69.39. Monk qualified for the
2012 Grand Slam of Darts by finishing top of the PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Order of Merit. He won two of his three group games to finish second in the table and qualify for the last 16 of a major tournament for the first time. He played
Dean Winstanley and was beaten 10–5.
2013 season Monk reached his second
World Championship by finishing 35th on the 2012 ProTour Order of Merit, claiming the fifth of sixteen spots that were awarded to non-qualified players. He lost 3–0 to
Peter Wright in the first round. Monk was ranked world number 45 after the event. At the
UK Masters he defeated
Ian White and
Mark Walsh both 6–4, before missing one match dart in the third round against
Robert Thornton to lose 6–5. He was beaten 6–4 by
Ricky Evans in the semi-finals of the Under-21 World Championship, and lost 5–2 to Gaz Cousins in the second round of the
UK Open. In total he reached the last 16 stage four times during the year but could not advance beyond this stage.
2014 season Monk was beaten 3–0 by
Justin Pipe in the first round of the
2014 World Championship as he lost each set by three legs to one with an average of just 78.64. He lost 5–4 to Karl Merchant in the second round of the
UK Open. Monk had a disappointing year as he couldn't get beyond the last 32 of any event. The only European Tour event he could qualify for was the
Austrian Darts Open and he was beaten 6–1 by
Stephen Bunting in the first round.
2015 season Monk received a ban from the DRA for reckless throwing of darts and did not play in an event until September 2015 and only won two matches in the nine tournaments he entered. He dropped to 145 in the world at the end of the year and could not win his place back on tour via Q School.
2016 season Monk qualified for the
2016 UK Open and defeated Stewart Rattray 6−3 and
Robert Thornton 6−4, before losing 9−5 to
Phil Taylor in round three. He was knocked out in the semi-finals of the 13th
Challenge Tour event by Michael Barnard, but went one better later in the day at the 14th event by reaching the final where he lost 5−1 to
Richie Burnett. ==World Championship results==