Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) lost
6-2 to
Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) in the Final of the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic, held October 6 - 9, 2017 at the Crestwood Curling Club in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Koe won
3-2 over
Pat Simmons (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2017 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won
5-3 over
John Morris (Vernon, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;
Koe finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe defeated
Adam Norget (Edmonton, AB) 6-5, then went on to lose
8-2 against
Adam Casey (Regina, SK). Koe responded with a
8-5 win over
Jeremy Harty (Calgary, AB). Koe won
4-2 against
Ted Appelman (Edmonton, AB), then won
4-3 against
Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic, Koe take home
45.289 world rankings points along with the $9,000CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 6th place overall with
432.196 total points. Koe ranks 27th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
49.026 points earned so far this season.
