Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB) finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stoughton lost
8-6 to
Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB), then responded with a
9-6 win over
Mark Johnson (Edmonton, AB). Stoughton went on to lose
7-5 against
Jim Cotter (Kelowna, BC). Stoughton responded with a
11-3 win over
Norway's Pal Trulsen in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the BDO Classic Canadian Open Championship title, Stoughton earned
0.000 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque. For week of the event schedule, Stoughton did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Stoughton ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
