Justin Thurlow (St. Paul, MN) needed tiebreakers to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Thurlow finished 1-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thurlow lost 8-6 to Darrick Kizlyk (Denver, CO), then responded with a 4-3 win over Brian Betlock (Chaska, MN). Thurlow went on to lose 6-4 against Mary Deuhs (St. Paul, MN). Thurlow lost 9-6 to Grant Sormunen (Blaine, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Thurlow did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Thurlow ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.