Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) lost
5-4 to
Brendan Bottcher (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, Koe won
3-2 over
Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2023 Insitu Players Open in Dundas, Ontario, Canada; and won
5-3 over
Kyle Waddell (Hamilton, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Insitu Players Open in Dundas, Ontario, Canada;
Koe finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe defeated
Sam Mooibroek (Whitby, ON) 7-6, then won
9-4 against
Bottcher and
7-6 against
Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Koe won
6-2 against
Daniel Hocevar (Toronto, ON), then won
7-5 against
Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Insitu Players Open, Koe take home
38.500 world rankings points along with the $14,000CDN prize, moving up 2 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 7th place overall with
301.187 total points. Koe ranks 8th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
71.500 points earned so far this season.
