Gary Mawson | |||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Nickname | "The Mauler" | ||||||||||||||
Born | May 17, 1963 Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||
Home town | Fort Myers, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||||||||
Playing darts since | 1989 | ||||||||||||||
Darts | 23g Cosmo Darts Gary Mawson "THE MAWLER" Signature Series. Made by COSMO Darts | ||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | "Living in America" by James Brown | ||||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||
PDC | 1995–2001, 2007–2020, 2021 Q School | ||||||||||||||
WDF | 2020– | ||||||||||||||
Current world ranking | 123 (14 November 2023)[1] | ||||||||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 16: 1999 | ||||||||||||||
World Matchplay | Last 16: 1998, 1999 | ||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Quarter-finals: 1998 | ||||||||||||||
UK Open | Runner-up: 2008 | ||||||||||||||
Grand Slam | Last 16: 2007 | ||||||||||||||
Desert Classic | Quarter-finals: 2007 | ||||||||||||||
US Open/WSoD | Last 16: 2008 | ||||||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||
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Gary Mawson (born May 17, 1963) is a Canadian-born American professional darts player. He currently resides in Fort Myers, Florida. Mawson played darts for the US in 2004 and the years immediately following, having previously played darts for Canada up to 2001. Mawson used the nickname The Mauler for his matches.
Mawson's biggest career achievement in darts was in reaching the final of the 2008 UK Open in Bolton, after upsetting the odds and defeating the two-time defending UK Open champion Raymond van Barneveld, 10–8 in the semi-finals. Van Barneveld had never previously lost at the UK Open and had won 16 matches in a row at the event. Mawson lost in the final to James Wade.