murschell first appeared in a televised darts tournament in 2017, when he took part in the north american championship, defeating david cameron, before losing to eventual winner, willard bruguier. by qualifying for that tournament, he also qualified for the 2017 us darts masters in las vegas, where he was drawn against james wade in the first round. after surviving six match darts from "the machine", murschell hit double top to win and set up a quarter-final with gerwyn price, which he would go on to lose 8–4.