| Mick McGowan | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | The Magnet |
| Born | February 1, 1973 Duleek, County Meath, Ireland |
| Home town | Balbriggan, Dublin Ireland |
| Darts information | |
| Darts | 26g Tungsten |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | One Way or Another by Blondie |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| PDC | 2004 - present |
| Current world ranking | 83 |
| PDC premier events - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | 2nd Round 2007, 2008 |
| World Matchplay | 1st Round 2007 |
| World Grand Prix | 1st Round 2008, 2010 |
| Ch'ship League | Initial groups, 8th, 2008 |
| Desert Classic | 2nd Round 2006 |
| UK Open | 3rd Round 2006 |
| US Open/WSoD | 5th Round 2007 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| Ireland Open Classic JR & Vauxhall Motors Classic |
2006 2006 |
Mick McGowan (born February 1, 1973 in Duleek, County Meath) is an Irish darts player. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation events, where he is 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 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.
In the 2008 Las Vegas Desert Classic, Mick qualified with a magnificent display of darts, he played Terry Jenkins in the first round and went down 6-4 in a tight game. He has 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.
McGowan began sliding down the world rankings in 2009 after a run of bad form led by illness where he was diagnosed with hemochromatosis, where he had too much iron in his blood, 2500 ferritins which was way over the average of 50 ferritins. He had to go to hospital every week from January to have a pint of blood taken out to thin the iron which affected his practise due to chronic fatigue. McGowan was given the all-clear on the eve of the 2009 World Grand Prix.[1]
In 2010 Mick was defeated by the struggling Wanyne Mardle in the UK Open by 6 legs to 3.