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Mick McGowan

Mick McGowan
Personal information
Nickname The Magnet
Born (1973-02-01) February 1, 1973 (age 44)
Duleek, County Meath, Ireland
Home town Balbriggan, Dublin
Ireland
Darts information
Playing darts since 1980
Darts 26g Tungsten
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Ready by Kodaline
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2004–
Current world ranking 61
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship Last 32: 2007, 2008
World Matchplay Last 32: 2007
World Grand Prix Last 32: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016
Desert Classic Last 16: 2006
UK Open Last 64: 2006, 2007, 2017
Players Ch'ship Finals Last 32: 2016
Other tournament wins
Ireland Open Autumn Classic 2006
Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay 2015, 2016
Vauxhall Autumn Pro 2006

Mick McGowan (born February 1, 1973 in Duleek, County Meath) is an Irish darts player.

He last played on the PDC pro tour in the Killarney Pro Tour 1 in October 2013 and his last regional match was in the Ireland Players Championship 6 in April 2014. He was once Ireland's top ranked player. Mick picked up the 2006 Ireland Open Classic title with a 7-0 (sets) win over Kevin Painter in the final in Castlebar, County Mayo.

It marked a successful 12 months for Mick, who reached the final of the PDPA Players Championship in Scotland in November 2005 before qualifying for the Las Vegas Desert Classic the following June. He knocked out America's Ray Carver 6-3 in the first round before losing to Wes Newton at the last 16 stage. The Irishman went down 8-7 to Mark Walsh in the third round at the 2006 UK Open Darts finals, but bounced back in Las Vegas to come through the qualifiers.

In the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship he reached the second round before losing to Phil Taylor 4-1 in sets, despite achieving an average of 101.82. He lost in the same round the next year, this time to youngster Kirk Shepherd, who reached the final. In the US Open Darts in 2007 he reached the 5th round before losing to Canadian John Part.

In the 2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic, McGowan made a reasonable impression. He played Terry Jenkins in the first round and lost 6-4 in a tight game. He also qualified for World Grand Prix finishing Ireland's number 1 player in the order of merit. He drew Jenkins yet again and was beaten 2-0 in sets.


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