While on tour, McGrath won 10 tournament titles (including 3 majors), was a 6-time runner-up, and finished in the top-5 an additional 22 times.
[1][2] At the 1965 Portland PBA Open, McGrath became the first bowler to win a title in their first tour event.
[2] 1975 was a transition year for McGrath, bowling in his last PBA season and then becoming a long-time writer and columnist for Bowlers Journal magazine.
[8] On the evening of July 30, 2017, Michael John McGrath passed away at his home at age 71, after a battle with cancer.
[9] Mike was honored posthumously into the California USBC Hall of Fame in 2023 by Barry Asher.