Draft:Owen Bates

Owen Bates
Owen Bates
Personal information
Full name	Owen Bates
Nickname	The Master
Born	12 December 2002 (age 21)
Home town	Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
Darts information
Darts	25g Loxley
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	Can't Stop by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2021– ; (Tour Card: 2024–)
Current world ranking	117 (3 October 2024)
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 96: 2024
UK Open	Last 128: 2024
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour	2023

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Owen Bates (born 12 December 2002) is an English darts player. He is a current PDC Tour card holder, having received a Tour card for finishing second on the PDC Challenge Tour Order of merit.^[2] This also granted Bates qualification for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, in which the PDC banned Bates from using his nickname "The Master",^[3] garnering significant mainstream media attention.^[4]^[5]

Career

Bates began playing on the PDC Development Tour in 2021, but had little success in his first year, not getting further than the Last 64 in any tournament. His results improved in the 2022 season as he reached the quarter finals three times, his best result coming when losing the final of event 15 to Keane Barry. In April 2022 he signed a sponsorship deal with manufacturer Loxley Darts^[6]. He entered PDC qualifying school in 2023 but failed to win a tour card, this enabled him to play on the PDC challenge tour for the 2023 season. In February 2023 Bates won Series 3, Week 2 of the MODUS Super Series,^[7] earning him £5,000 and qualification to Champions week, beating Leonard Gates 4-3 in the week final while averaging 100.47.^[8] Bates finished the season second on the 2023 Challenge Tour Order of merit after reaching five event finals in total and winning one of them against Wesley Plaisier for his maiden PDC title at Challenge Tour 19 in Milton Keynes on 13th August 2023.^[9] This earned him qualification to the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship and a Tour card for two years to compete on the PDC Pro Tour.

In the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship Bates lost 3-2 in sets to Steve Lennon in the First round. In his first season as a Tour card holder Bates was eligible to enter in the first round of the 2024 UK Open. He won his first round match against Andy Boulton 6-5 before losing by the same scoreline to Graham Usher in the Second round.^[10].

World Championship results

PDC

2024: First round (lost to Steve Lennon 2–3)

Performance timeline

PDC

Tournament	2022	2023
PDC World Championship	DNQ	1R
UK Open	DNQ	2R
Non-major televised events
PDC World Youth Championship	RR	QF
Career statistics
PDC Year-end ranking	-	109

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2024	BDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO 1R	EDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	BSD DNQ	DDC 1R	EDO 3R	GDC DNQ	FDT DNQ	HDT DNQ	SDT DNQ	CDO DNQ

PDC Players Championships

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
2023 ^{[nb 1]}	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	LEI 4R	LEI 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 3R	BAR 4R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R
2024	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG	WIG	LEI	LEI

^ Not a Tour card holder

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	NYF	Not yet founded

References

^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
^ https://www.darts1.de/ranglisten/Challenge-Tour-Order-of-Merit-2023.php Challenge Tour Order of Merit 2023
^ "Owen Bates must say goodbye to sexually charged nickname after qualifying for World Darts Championship". 20 December 2023.
^ "PDC bans Owen Bates from using rude nickname at World Championship". 7 November 2023.
^ "'I'm a World Darts Championship star and had nickname banned for being too rude'". 31 December 2023.
^ "Owen Bates - Loxley Darts". 20 June 2022.
^ "Owen 'The Master' Bates agrees new long-term deal with Loxley Darts after recent MODUS Super Series and Challenge Tour success". 21 February 2023.
^ "MODUS Super Series".
^ "PDC Challenge Tour 2023 CT 19 Milton Keynes - Mastercaller".
^ "Darts results: Dimitri van den Bergh survives last-leg decider to beat Luke Humphries in the UK Open final".

External links

Owen Bates player profile at Darts Orakel

[NTC-11] Not a Tour card holder

[PDC_Rankings-1] "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.

[2] ttps://www.darts1.de/ranglisten/Challenge-Tour-Order-of-Merit-2023.php Challenge Tour Order of Merit 2023

[3] "Owen Bates must say goodbye to sexually charged nickname after qualifying for World Darts Championship". 20 December 2023.

[4] "PDC bans Owen Bates from using rude nickname at World Championship". 7 November 2023.

[5] "'I'm a World Darts Championship star and had nickname banned for being too rude'". 31 December 2023.

[6] "Owen Bates - Loxley Darts". 20 June 2022.

[7] "Owen 'The Master' Bates agrees new long-term deal with Loxley Darts after recent MODUS Super Series and Challenge Tour success". 21 February 2023.

[8] "MODUS Super Series".

[9] "PDC Challenge Tour 2023 CT 19 Milton Keynes - Mastercaller".

[10] "Darts results: Dimitri van den Bergh survives last-leg decider to beat Luke Humphries in the UK Open final".

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