Steve Raw

Steve Raw is an English former professional darts player who competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Career

Originally a county player in the North East, Raw became one of the earliest members of the newly-formed Professional Darts Corporation (then WDC) in 1994, playing in the inaugural World Matchplay and losing in the first round to eventual champion Larry Butler. Raw would become a mainstay of early PDC events thereafter. attracting attention in his first World Championship appearance due to being a replacement for former world champion Jocky Wilson.

Despite a relatively pedestrian televised event record (not passing the last sixteen in either the World Matchplay or World Championship), he did achieve one notable result in a major event, reaching the 1996 PDC World Pairs final in conjunction with Chris Mason. They lost 18-15 to Phil Taylor and Bob Anderson. He would also be contemporaneously noted for a strange throwing action by fellow dart player Paul Nicholson.

Raw left the professional dart scene in 2001 after deciding not to return from a trip he had taken to the United States with fellow dart player Shayne Burgess. He still resides in America to this day.

World Championship performances

Performance timeline

PDC

References