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 PDC 1996: Last 24 Group: (beat Gary Mawson 3–0 & lost to Peter Evison 2–3) 1997: Last 24 Group: (beat Cliff Lazarenko 3–1 & lost to Peter Evison 1–3) 1998: Last 24 Group: (beat Eric Bristow 3–0 & lost to Dennis Priestley 0–3) 1999: Last 32: (lost to Graeme Stoddart 1–3) 2000: Last 16: (lost to Peter Evison 1–3) 2001: Last 32: (lost to Alex Roy 2–3)
Performance timeline PDC Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 PDC World ChampionshipDNPDNPL24L24L24L32L16L32 World MatchplayL32L32L32L32L32L16L32DNP
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