Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) won
5-3 over
Jan Hess (Zug, SUI) in the Final of the Dumfries Challenger Series, held December 14 - 17, 2017 at the Idylwylde Golf and Country Club in Sudbury, Canada.
Mouat finished 3-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Mouat lost
5-1 to
Stuart Marshall (Arbroath, SCO), then responded with a
7-1 win over
Nicholas Shaw (Barcelona, ESP). Mouat won
9-3 against
Hamish Gallacher (Dumfries, SCO). Mouat went on to lose
8-6 against
Mikkel Krause (Taarnby, DEN). Mouat responded with a
9-3 win over
Christian Bangerter (Bern, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Dumfries Challenger Series Championship title, Mouat earned
15.737 world rankings points along with the $6,904CDN first prize cheque, moving up 3 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 16th place overall with
326.526 total points. Mouat ranks 9th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
217.948 points earned so far this season.
