Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) lost
3-1 to
Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON) in the Final of the Canadian Open of Curling, held December 12 - 16, 2012 in Kelowna, British Columbia. To advance to the championship game, Jacobs won
8-5 over
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2012 Canadian Open of Curling in Kelowna, British Columbia; and won
6-5 over
Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2012 Canadian Open of Curling in Kelowna, British Columbia;
Jacobs finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jacobs lost
6-2 to
Howard, then responded with a
6-5 win over
Rob Rumfeldt (Guelph, ON). Jacobs won
5-3 against
Jeff Stoughton (winnipeg, MB), then won
7-5 against
Jean-Michel Menard (Quebec, QC) and
8-5 against
William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Canadian Open of Curling, Jacobs take home
27.000 world rankings points along with the $15,000CDN prize, remaining in 8th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
224.394 total points. Jacobs ranks 5th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
127.815 points earned so far this season.
