Jake Higgs (Harrison, ON) qualified for the 2009 Challenge Casino Lac Leamy playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match
8-5 against
Martin Ferland (Quebec, PQ). of the 2009 Challenge Casino Lac Leamy in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada;
Higgs finished 3-2 in the 28-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Higgs lost
5-1 to
Cory Heggestad (Barrie, ON), droppimg another game,
6-5 to
Tim Phillips (Sudbury, ON) where Higgs responded with a
6-4 win over
Russ Howard (Moncton, NB). Higgs won
6-3 against
Quebec's Michel Briand, then won
7-0 against
Gary Rowe (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
Higgs earned
9.570 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Challenge Casino Lac Leamy. For week of the event schedule, Higgs did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Higgs ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
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