Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) won
5-4 over
William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Performance Spider Midweek Special, held September 2 - 5, 2016 in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Gunnlaugson won
4-1 over
Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) in the semifinals of the 2016 Performance Spider Midweek Special in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario; and won
4-3 over
Chris Gardner (Ottawa, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Performance Spider Midweek Special in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario;
Gunnlaugson finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gunnlaugson defeated
Cory Christensen (Blaine, USA) 6-3, then went on to lose
7-4 against
van Dorp. Gunnlaugson responded with a
4-1 win over
Michael Brunner (Gstaad, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Performance Spider Midweek Special Championship title, Gunnlaugson earned
20.830 world rankings points along with the $1,200CDN first prize cheque. Gunnlaugson move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 44.592 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 19th overall with
171.215 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Gunnlaugson ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
44.591 points earned so far this season.
