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 (16 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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Instructions · What links here · Owen Bates (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 15 days ago by DarthBob (talk: D · +) · Last edited 0 seconds ago

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]

^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 16 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.

[PDC_Rankings-1] "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 16 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.

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