Stowe Buntz | |||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||
Nickname | "Neon Nightmare" | ||||||||
Born | January 25, 1979 Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S. | ||||||||
Home town | Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S. | ||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||
Playing darts since | 2004 | ||||||||
Darts | 23 gram | ||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||
Walk-on music | " Celebration" by Kool & the Gang | ||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||
Current world ranking | 216 (14 November 2023) [1] (WDF) | ||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2024 | ||||||||
Grand Slam | Quarter Final: 2023 | ||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||
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Stowe Buntz (born January 25, 1979) is an American professional darts player who is active in the Championship Darts Circuit, the North American affiliate of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). [2]
In October 2023, Buntz won the 2023 CDC Continental Cup to secure his place at the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts. [3] [4] This came after placing as the second-ranked American on the 2023 CDC circuit to lock in his debut at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, a rank made possible after becoming the first player in CDC history to win three tour events in the same weekend. [5] In November, Buntz was drawn into Group E with Peter Wright, Dave Chisnall, and Stephen Bunting. [6] His debut match on his first televised major event was against former two-time world champion Peter Wright, where he won 5–1. [7] [8] [9] In his next match, he faced Stephen Bunting, defeating him 5–3, [10] before losing his last match in his group to Dave Chisnall 5–4; [11] however, despite the loss, he still topped first in the group. [12] In the last 16, Buntz defeated the runner-up of Group F, Andrew Gilding, 10–5 before exiting the tournament at the quarterfinals in a rematch against Stephen Bunting, losing 16–8. [13] [14]
Tournament | 2023 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
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PDC Ranked televised events | |||||||||||||||||||||
PDC World Championship | DNQ | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam of Darts | QF | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Year-end ranking ( PDC) |