Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON) won
6-4 over
Kevin Koe (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the World Cup of Curling, held October 22 - 25, 2009 in Mississauga, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Howard won
5-4 over
Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) in the semifinals of the 2009 World Cup of Curling in Mississauga, Ontario; and won
8-5 over
Andy Kapp (Fuessen, GER) in the quarterfinals. of the 2009 World Cup of Curling in Mississauga, Ontario;
Howard finished 6-0 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Howard defeated
Kapp 9-5, then won
9-3 against
Ulrik Schmidt (Copenhagen, DEN) and
8-3 against
David Murdoch (Scotland, UK). Howard won
4-1 against
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL), then won
6-5 against
John Shuster (Duluth, MN, USA) and
8-5 against
Switzerland's Markus Eggler in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the World Cup of Curling Championship title, Howard earned
40.000 world rankings points along with the $24,000CDN first prize cheque. For week of the event schedule, Howard did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Howard ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
