How come on a dartboard it goes 20,1,18..etc.. and not 1,2,3?

Question

How come on a dartboard it goes 20,1,18..etc.. and not 1,2,3?

Answer 1

Just to save me writing it out again, and to be the first to answer, Oops! second, but Harry's got the right idea:

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind...

Answer 2

so if your going for a 19 and you miss then you don't get a 20. cos then there would be a patch of high numbers and a patch of low numbers, and everyone would just aim for the high section.