CHAMPION: Korte Wins 2016 Goldline Saskatchewan Players Championship

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

SKIP
Bruce
Korte

Third
Kevin
Marsh

Second
Daniel
Marsh

Lead
Matt
Lang

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.65
PA/G:	5.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Bruce Korte (Saskatoon, SK) won 7-1 over Shaun Meachem (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the Goldline Saskatchewan Players Championship, held January 8 - 10, 2016 in Humboldt, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Korte won 5-4 over Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2016 Goldline Saskatchewan Players Championship in Humboldt, Saskatchewan; and won 9-5 over Scott Bitz (Regina, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Goldline Saskatchewan Players Championship in Humboldt, Saskatchewan;

Korte finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Korte lost 7-5 to Ray Sharp (Yorkton, SK), then responded with a 7-4 win over Shane Vollman (Regina, SK). Korte won 7-3 against Dean Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK), then won 5-2 against Darren Camm (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Goldline Saskatchewan Players Championship Championship title, Korte earned 17.877 world rankings points along with the $3,500CDN first prize cheque, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 48th place overall with 102.631 total points. Korte ranks 38th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 79.461 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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