Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON) won
5-3 over
Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Cactus Pheasant Classic, held October 29 - November 1, 2009 in Brooks, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Howard won
7-4 over
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2009 Cactus Pheasant Classic in Brooks, Alberta; and won
5-3 over
Ted Appelman (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals.
Howard finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Howard defeated
Scott Egger (Brooks, AB) 7-3, then won
4-1 against
Pat Simmons (Davidson, SK) and
8-6 against
Jason Gunnlaugson (Beausejour, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Cactus Pheasant Classic Championship title, Howard earned
35.000 world rankings points along with the $22,000CDN 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.
