Mick McGowan
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| Mick McGowan | ||
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| Personal information | ||
| Date of birth | February 1, 1973 | |
| Place of birth | Duleek, Co. Meath, Ireland | |
| Home town | Balbriggan, Dublin, Ireland | |
| Darts information | ||
| Playing darts since | ||
| Darts | 26g Tungsten | |
| Walk-on music | Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash | |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | ||
| PDC | since 2006 | |
| Current World Ranking | 28 | |
| PDC Majors - Best Performances | ||
| World Ch'ship | 2nd Round 2007, 2008 | |
| World Matchplay | 1st Round 2007 | |
| UK Open | 3rd Round 2006 | |
| Desert Classic | 2nd Round 2006 | |
| Other Televised PDC events - Best Performances | ||
| US Open | 5th Round 2007 | |
| Other Tournament Wins | ||
| Tournament | Years | |
| Ireland open classic JR & Vauxhall Motors Classic |
2006 2006 |
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Infobox last updated on: March 15, 2008. |
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Mick McGowan (born February 1, 1973) is an Irish darts player. He is Irelands 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, Co. 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 despite averaging an amazing 101.82. He lost in the same round the next year, this time to Kirk Shepherd, who reached the final.
In the US Open Darts in 2007 he reached the 5th round before being stopped by John Part.
