Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) won
6-1 over
Kyle Smith (Perth, SCO) in the Final of the Mercure Perth Masters, held January 8 - 11, 2015 in Perth, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Gushue won
6-2 over
Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2015 Mercure Perth Masters in Perth, Scotland; and won
7-1 over
Greg Balsdon (Hamilton, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2015 Mercure Perth Masters in Perth, Scotland;
Gushue finished 4-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated
Scotland's Graham Shaw 7-2, then won
8-5 against
Pete Fenson (Perth, SCO) and
7-2 against
Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA). Gushue won
6-5 against
De Cruz in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Mercure Perth Masters Championship title, Gushue earned
20.950 world rankings points along with the $10,898CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 3rd place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 14.95 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gushue ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
174.950 points earned so far this season.
