Career
He is nicknamed "Crocodile Dundee" after the movie starring his namesake, the Australian actor Paul Hogan. Hogan made his World Championship debut in 1995, reaching the quarter finals. He returned the next year but couldn"t repeat his performance of twelve months earlier, losing in the first round to Matt Clark.
He failed to qualify for 1997 and 98 but did so for the 1999 World Championship, but again lost in the first round to Colin Monk.
lieutenant wouldn"t be until 2004 where Hogan would return to the Lakeside, beating Bob Taylor in the first round but lost in the second round to then-reigning World Champion Raymond van Barneveld. In 2006, he equalled his best performance at the Lakeside with a quarter-final place.
Hogan returned in 2007, but lost in the first round to Shaun Greatbatch. Hogan subsequently failed to qualify for several years afterwards.
Hogan has also reached the last 32 stage of the Winmau World Masters on three occasions, in 1989, 1998, 2003 and 2014.
Hogan also played in the United Kingdom Open in 2003, losing in the second round to Terry Jenkins. 2005 saw Hogan claim his maiden Open Tournament, winning the British Classic, gaining wins over John Walton, Steve Farmer, Mike Veitch, and Jamie Caven before beating Gary Anderson in the final. Hogan was less prolific in the years that followed, but he caused a surprise by coming through the qualifiers for the 2014 BDO International World Darts Championship, his first qualification for the Lakeside tournament in seven years.
Paul Hogan qualified for the 2015 United Kingdom Open for which he had another good run defeating Lee Russell, Derek Bland, Darren Johnson and Benito van de Pas before losing to World Number 1 Michael van Gerwen in a high quality affair 9-4.
Hogan has since competed on the Personal Digital Cellular Challenge Tour Circuit. BDO International
1995: Quarter-Finals (lost to Richie Burnett 2-4)
1996: 1st Round (lost to Matt Clark 2-3)
1999: 1st Round (lost to Colin Monk 2-3)
2004: 2nd Round (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 1-3)
2006: Quarter-Finals (lost to Jelle Klaasen 4-5)
2007: 1st Round (lost to Shaun Greatbatch 1-3)
2014: 1st Round (lost to Scott Mitchell 2-3).