Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) won
5-2 over
Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the BDO Canadian Open, held December 14 - 18, 2011 in Kingston, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, McEwen won
8-2 over
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2011 BDO Canadian Open in Kingston, Ontario; and won
6-5 over
Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau/Levis, QC) in the quarterfinals.
McEwen finished 5-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated
Mark Kean (Toronto, ON) 8-2, then won
6-4 against
Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO) and
6-1 against
John Epping (Toronto, ON). McEwen won
6-4 against
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL), then won
8-3 against
Edin in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the BDO Canadian Open Championship title, McEwen earned
40.000 world rankings points along with the $25,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 1st place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 34 after improving upon their best so far this season. McEwen ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
219.015 points earned so far this season.
