Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) lost
7-4 to
Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Mercure Perth Masters, held January 7 - 10, 2016 in Perth, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Ulsrud won
4-2 over
David Murdoch (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2016 Mercure Perth Masters in Perth, Scotland; and won
8-2 over
Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) in the quarterfinals.
Ulsrud finished 4-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ulsrud defeated
Ian Parker (Sarnia, ON) 9-4, then won
6-2 against
Stuart Taylor (Glasgow, SCO) and
9-7 against
Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI). Ulsrud won
5-1 against
Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, FIN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Mercure Perth Masters, Ulsrud take home
38.011 world rankings points along with the $8,219CDN prize, moving up 2 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 11th place overall with
350.027 total points. Ulsrud ranks 17th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
134.417 points earned so far this season.
