Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) lost
6-1 to
Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Players' Championship, held April 9 - 14, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Koe won
9-8 over
Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2019 Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario; and won
7-3 over
Glenn Howard (Penetanguishe, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario;
Koe finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe lost
6-5 to
Howard, then responded with a
7-6 win over
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Koe won
6-2 against
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE), then won
7-3 against
Ross Paterson (Glasgow, SCO). Koe went on to lose
5-4 against
Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Players' Championship, Koe take home
62.599 world rankings points along with the $24,000CDN prize, remaining in 1st place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 27.701 after improving upon their best so far this season. Koe ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
490.554 points earned so far this season.
