Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB) won
5-4 over
Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Insitu Players Open, held October 12 - 15, 2023 at the Dundas Granite Curling Club in Dundas, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Bottcher won
7-2 over
John Epping (Toronto, ON) in the semifinals of the 2023 Insitu Players Open in Dundas, Ontario, Canada; and won
5-2 over
Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Insitu Players Open in Dundas, Ontario, Canada;
Bottcher finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated
Daniel Hocevar (Toronto, ON) 5-3, then went on to lose
9-4 against
Koe. Bottcher responded with a
5-0 win over
Sam Mooibroek (Whitby, ON). Bottcher won
6-3 against
Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN), then won
4-3 against
Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Insitu Players Open Championship title, Bottcher earned
52.500 world rankings points along with the $20,000CDN first prize cheque. Bottcher move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 50.812 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 1st overall with
402.750 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Bottcher ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
131.250 points earned so far this season.
