In 1985, Bowditch finished runner-up to Jahangir Khan in the then richest tournament on the professional tour, the Drakkar North American Squash Open, taking home US$8,300. The same year, he lost by one point in the fifth set to Ned Edwards in the final of the Boston Open. Before the year was out, he was runner-up to England No. 1 Phil Kenyon in the inaugural Hong Kong Open.
