Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) won
6-4 over
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1, held November 5 - 10, 2019 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. To advance to the championship game, Jacobs won
7-3 over
Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia; and won
7-5 over
Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene , ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia;
Jacobs finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jacobs lost
9-4 to
Bottcher, then responded with a
6-3 win over
Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB). Jacobs won
6-3 against
Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI), then won
7-2 against
Matt Dunstone (Regina , SK) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1 Championship title, Jacobs earned
81.085 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 2nd place overall with
495.895 total points. Jacobs ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
239.612 points earned so far this season.
