 His 2007 UK Open campaign began in the third round but was beaten 11–1 by van Barneveld.MaGowan's 2008 UK Open campaign was supposed to start in the second round, but his opponent Jimmy Mann couldn't play and he received a bye into the third round where he lost to fellow countryman Brendan Dolan.In 2008 MaGowan wrote darts history by throwing a 9-dart finish at the PDC Players Championship in Eindhoven in the Netherlands.