Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) won
8-4 over
Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Point Optical Curling Classic, held September 25 - 28, 2015 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Canada. To advance to the championship game, McEwen won
6-5 over
Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) in the semifinals of the 2015 Point Optical Curling Classic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won
5-2 over
John Shuster (Duluth, USA) in the quarterfinals. of the 2015 Point Optical Curling Classic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;
McEwen finished 4-1 in the 26-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated
Jeff Hartung (Langenburg, SK) 7-5, then won
6-2 against
Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI). McEwen went on to lose
3-2 against
Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). McEwen responded with a
5-3 win over
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). McEwen won
8-2 against
Bruce Korte (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Point Optical Curling Classic Championship title, McEwen earned
62.580 world rankings points along with the $11,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 1st place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
682.363 total points. McEwen ranks 4th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
108.363 points earned so far this season.
