Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) lost
6-2 to
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Mercure Perth Masters, held January 5 - 8, 2012 in Perth, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Ulsrud won
9-1 over
Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2012 Mercure Perth Masters in Perth, Scotland; and won
5-3 over
Scotland's Graham Shaw in the quarterfinals. of the 2012 Mercure Perth Masters in Perth, Scotland;
Ulsrud finished 5-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ulsrud defeated
Scotland's Craig Reid 7-2, then won
4-2 against
Scotland's Ewan MacDonald. Ulsrud went on to lose
8-6 against
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). Ulsrud responded with a
8-4 win over
Logan Gray (Stirling, SCO). Ulsrud won
5-1 against
Scotland's Kyle Smith, then won
6-5 against
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Mercure Perth Masters, Ulsrud take home
17.100 world rankings points along with the $5,839CDN prize, remaining in 7th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
202.512 total points. Ulsrud ranks 10th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
82.182 points earned so far this season.
