Locke made his World Championship debut in the
1983 BDO World Darts Championship, losing in the first round to
Terry O'Dea. A year later in the
1984 BDO World Darts Championship, he reached the quarter-finals, defeating
Russell Stewart in the first round and then Malcolm Davies in the second round before losing to the eventual champion
Eric Bristow in a 5-0 whitewash. In the
1985 BDO World Darts Championship, he lost in the first round to
Fred McMullan. Locke then reached the final of the 1985 British Open, losing to
John Cosnett. In the
1986 BDO World Darts Championship, Locke succeeded in reaching the quarter-final for the second time by defeating
Canadian Bill Steinke in the first round and then
Singapore player
Paul Lim in the second round before losing again to Bristow in another whitewash with Bristow again going on to win his third successive world championship. Locke made one more appearance in the world championships in 1987, losing in the first round
Bob Anderson. Peter Locke/
Eric Bristow also lost in the 1986 MFI world pairs final. Then went on to become MFI world pairs champions a year later in 1987 [Locke/Bristow] who then beat
John Lowe and
Tony Payne for the 1987 title. Locke also played in the
Winmau World Masters four times, and lost in the first round each time: losing in 1984 to
Steve Brennan, in 1986 to Stewart, in 1991 to Donnie MacLean, and in 1992 to Keith Sullivan. Locke, having lost to
Norman Fletcher in the 2006 Budweiser UK Open. Locke quit the PDC in 2006. ==World Championship results==