Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) won
4-2 over
Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Boost National, held December 6 - 11, 2016 in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Jacobs won
5-3 over
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the semifinals of the 2016 Boost National in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario; and won
6-5 over
John Morris (Vernon, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Boost National in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario;
Jacobs finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jacobs defeated
Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) 7-2, then won
6-3 against
Tanner Horgan (Sudbury, NONT). Jacobs went on to lose
7-5 against
Gushue. Jacobs lost
5-4 to
Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Boost National Championship title, Jacobs earned
81.456 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 6th place overall with
664.129 total points. Jacobs ranks 5th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
319.000 points earned so far this season.
