Craig Brown (Madison, WI) finished 3-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Brown defeated Kimberly Wapola (St. Paul, MN) 9-1, then won 7-4 against Ryan Lemke (Medford, WI) and 8-2 against Juraj Gallo (Martin, SVK). Brown went on to lose 8-7 against Mike Fraboni (Madison, WI). Brown lost 7-6 to Minnesota's Mike Farbelow. Brown lost 5-4 to Minnesota's Todd Birr in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 17 of the event schedule, Brown did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 60th place on the World Ranking Standings with 28.194 total points. Brown ranks 57th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 13.600 points earned so far this season.