Koe Runner-Up at 2023 Insitu Players Open

SKIP
Kevin
Koe

Third
Tyler
Tardi

Second
Jacques
Gauthier

Lead
Karrick
Martin

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.