Larry Butler rolled back the years to seal a stunning victory on the third weekend of Championship Darts Corporation action in Indiana.
North America’s top stars locked horns across two days of competition in Brownsburg, and Butler stole the headlines with victory in the third and final event of the weekend.
The 65-year-old defeated American number one Danny Baggish 7-3 in Sunday’s showpiece to clinch a record-breaking ninth CDC title, and his first since 2017.
Butler, the winner of the inaugural World Matchplay in 1994, kicked off his campaign with deciding-leg wins over Michael Nguyen and Jeff Springer, before easing past Jason Brandon in the last eight.
The North American icon whitewashed Canada’s John Norman Jr 7-0 in the semi-finals, before toppling Baggish in convincing style to seal Event Nine glory.
Jacob Taylor kicked off the weekend’s proceedings with Event Seven success on Saturday, dispatching an impressive Alex Spellman to scoop his second CDC title of the campaign.
Taylor defeated former UK Open finalist Gary Mawson, US Darts Masters qualifier Doug Boehm and Baggish en route to the final, before recording a 7-2 win over Spellman, who saw off Butler in the semi-finals.
Spellman maintained his fine form in Event Eight, averaging 101.12 in an epic last eight win over Baggish, but he was denied by an in-form David Cameron, who closed out a 7-3 victory to land his third CDC title of 2022.
The fourth weekend of Championship Darts Corporation action will be held in Hamilton, Ontario next month, with Events 10-12 taking place from September 9-11.
View match stats from Events 7-9 through DartConnect.
2022 CDC Tour
Event Seven
Quarter-Finals
Alex Spellman 6-1 John Norman Jr
Larry Butler 6-3 Kiley Edmunds
Danny Baggish 6-4 Leonard Gates
Jacob Taylor 6-4 Doug Boehm
Semi-Finals
Alex Spellman 7-1 Larry Butler
Jacob Taylor 7-3 Danny Baggish
Final
Jacob Taylor 7-2 Alex Spellman
Event Eight
Quarter-Finals
David Cameron 6-1 Nick Linberg
Gary Mawson 6-3 Jason Brandon
Jeff Springer 6-3 Larry Butler
Alex Spellman 6-5 Danny Baggish
Semi-Finals
David Cameron 7-3 Gary Mawson
Alex Spellman 7-5 Jeff Springer
Final
David Cameron 7-3 Alex Spellman
Event Nine
Quarter-Finals
John Norman Jr 6-5 Ryan Vander Weit
Larry Butler 6-2 Jason Brandon
Danny Baggish 6-1 Nick Linberg
Alex Spellman 6-3 Ross Snook
Semi-Finals
Larry Butler 7-0 John Norman Jr
Danny Baggish 7-6 Alex Spellman
Final
Larry Butler 7-3 Danny Baggish