Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) won
5-4 over
Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) in the Final of the Mercure Perth Masters, held January 4 - 7, 2023 in Perth, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Mouat won
8-2 over
Glen Muirhead (Perth, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2023 Mercure Perth Masters in Perth, Scotland; and won
6-2 over
Kyle Waddell (Glasgow, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Mercure Perth Masters in Perth, Scotland;
Mouat finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Mouat defeated
Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) 7-3, then won
8-3 against
Cameron Bryce (Stirling, SCO) and
8-6 against
Andreas Harstad (Oppdal, NOR). Mouat won
7-5 against
Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED), then won
8-5 against
Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Mercure Perth Masters Championship title, Mouat earned
45.000 world rankings points along with the $11,400CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 3rd place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -16.88 after improving upon their best so far this season. Mouat ranks 5th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
216.250 points earned so far this season.
