Bobby McGrath is an American professional

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player from

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, nicknamed "the Kid" for being one of the youngest professional pool players. He won

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50,000 in the 2007

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, not only beating the UK's Dave Pearson (a long-time top ranking speed pool pro and holder of several world records), in the final, but also knocking out defending 2006 champion

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, in the semi-finals. In 2008, McGrath met Pearson again at the finals of the International Speed Pool Challenge in Las Vegas, where he won it for the second time in a row. He competed in 2007 in the amateur VNEA Speed Pool Championship, which he won.

Wins

* 2007 -

* 2008 -

* 2016 - Quad City One Pocket Classic, 1st place

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McGrath, Bobby American pool players Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) People from Washington, Illinois