Owen Bates
| Owen Bates | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Born | 12 December 2002 | ||||
| Home town | Exeter, Devon, England | ||||
| Darts information | |||||
| Darts | 24g Unicorn | ||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||
| Walk-on music | "Cocoon" by Catfish and the Bottlemen (Radio Edit) | ||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||
| PDC | 2021–present (Tour Card: 2024–present) | ||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 103 2 (8 March 2026) | ||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||
| World Championship | Last 96: 2024 | ||||
| UK Open | Last 128: 2024, 2025 | ||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||
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Owen Bates (born 12 December 2002) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a current PDC Tour Card holder, having gained a Tour Card through his placement on the 2023 PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit ranking. He won two PDC Development Tour titles during the 2025 season and a PDC Challenge Tour title in 2023. Ahead of his PDC World Championship debut at the 2024 event, he garnered mainstream media attention for his former nickname, "the Master", which he was barred from using.