Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) won
6-5 over
Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the U.S. Open of Curling, held January 2 - 4, 2015 in Blaine, Minnesota. To advance to the championship game, Laycock won
6-5 over
Mick Lizmore (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2015 U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota; and won
6-3 over
Craig Brown (Blaine, USA) in the quarterfinals.
Laycock finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Laycock defeated
Doug Brewer (Cornwall, ON) 11-2, then won
4-3 against
Minnesota's Mike Farbelow. Laycock went on to lose
5-2 against
Jeff Currie (Thunder Bay, ON). Laycock responded with a
6-3 win over
Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA). Laycock won
8-3 against
Minnesota's John Shuster in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the U.S. Open of Curling Championship title, Laycock earned
21.240 world rankings points along with the $8,266CDN first prize cheque. Laycock move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 18.328 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 8th overall with
226.710 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Laycock ranks 5th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
127.560 points earned so far this season.
