CHAMPION: Murdoch Wins 2016 German Masters

SKIP
David
Murdoch

Third
Greg
Drummond

Second
Scott
Andrews

Lead
Michael
Goodfellow

David Murdoch (Stirling, SCO) won 5-4 over Soo-Hyuk Kim (Gangwon, KOR) in the Final of the German Masters, held January 21 - 24, 2016 in Hamburg, Germany.

Murdoch finished 2-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Murdoch defeated Eirik Mjoen (Oslo, NOR) 6-1, then won 6-4 against Gustav Eskilsson (Skellefteï¿½, SWE). Murdoch went on to lose 6-3 against Kim in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the German Masters Championship title, Murdoch earned 36.586 world rankings points along with the $9,184CDN first prize cheque. Murdoch move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 32.816 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 13th overall with 335.747 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Murdoch ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 204.649 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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