Tyler George (Duluth, MN) won
5-3 over
Northern Ontario's Jeff Currie in the Final of the St. Paul Cash Spiel, held October 13 - 16, 2011 at the St. Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, . To advance to the championship game, George won
6-5 over
Rui Liu (Beijing, CHN) in the semifinals of the 2011 St. Paul Cash Spiel in St. Paul; and won
6-0 over
John Benton (Medford, WI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 St. Paul Cash Spiel in St. Paul;
George finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, George defeated
Dan Ruehl (Plymouth, MN) 9-0, then won
6-4 against
Philip DeVore (Duluth, MN) and
7-3 against
Minnesota's Josh Bahr. George won
7-5 against
Joe Scharf (Thunder Bay, ON), then won
7-1 against
Minnesota's Peter Stolt in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the St. Paul Cash Spiel Championship title, George earned
4.500 world rankings points along with the $4,547CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 32nd place overall with
53.970 total points. George ranks 21st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
22.095 points earned so far this season.
