Korte Runner-Up at 2016 Estevan Curling Classic

Saskatoon , Saskatchewan

SKIP
Bruce
Korte

Third
Kevin
Marsh

Second
Daniel
Marsh

Lead
Matt
Lang

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	9.47
PA/G:	3.16
Hammer Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Defense:	0.06
Force Efficiency:	1.00
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Bruce Korte (Saskatoon , SK) lost 5-4 to Randy Bryden (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the Estevan Curling Classic, held November 25 - 28, 2016 at the Estevan Curling Club in Estevan, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Korte won 6-1 over Kody Hartung (Saskatoon , SK) in the semifinals of the 2016 Estevan Curling Classic in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 6-2 over Drew Heidt (Kerrobert, SK) in the quarterfinals.

Korte finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Korte defeated Jeremy Hrycenko (Arran, SK) 8-2, then won 6-2 against Ryan Deis (Fox Valley, SK) and 6-0 against Jason Ackerman (Regina, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Estevan Curling Classic, Korte take home 20.006 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN prize, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 25th place overall with 195.018 total points. Korte ranks 24th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 98.409 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2016: Randy Bryden
Saskatoon, SK
2015: Josh Heidt
Kerrobert, SK
2014: Steve Laycock
Saskatoon, SK
2013: Rui Liu
Harbin, CHN

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