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Message: [QUOTE="Hunt for 7, post: 4706116, member: 12414"] If steel tip darts is considered a sport…I beat Eric Bristow at the 2000 Windy City Open, Chicago. He was in the top ten in the world at the time. It was a singles best out of three 301 match. After winning the first game he noticed I was using his signature darts. They were lighter than most players used either 21 or 22 grams. I used the 21 gram version. He won the second game. He missed his double to get in after going first in the third game. I came in with double 16 and two triple 20’s leaving 149. He got in on his second turn. With the same open I had. On my second turn I got it down to 32. He almost takes 149 out with a trip 20, trip 19 and just misses the double 16. By that time a crowd had gathered around our match as word got out that Bristow was getting beat by a nobody. On my third turn I win the game with my second dart by hitting the double 16. Had a top five finish in that event then in doubles my partner and I lost in the finals. It was a good weekend for me financially but a few years later I realized that for one weekend I competed in a sport/craft with the best in the world and held my own. Although I was a fairly good pub player I never played at that level again. [/QUOTE]