John Gardner (St. Paul, MS) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Gardner finished 1-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gardner defeated Sapa Carlson (Chaska, MN) 9-4, then went on to lose 7-4 against David Temple (St. Paul, MN). Gardner lost 9-2 to Mark Faltesek (St. Paul, MN). Gardner lost 11-2 to Tim Risdal (Chaska, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Gardner did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Gardner ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.