Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) won
6-2 over
Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) 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, Liu won
7-6 over
Adam Casey (Regina, SK) in the semifinals of the 2017 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won
5-4 over
Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;
Liu finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu defeated
Jason Ackerman (Regina, SK) 5-4, then won
8-7 against
John Morris (Vernon, BC) and
5-0 against
Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic Championship title, Liu earned
57.641 world rankings points along with the $12,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 9 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 16th place overall with
247.755 total points. Liu ranks 6th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
115.222 points earned so far this season.
