Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) lost
6-5 to
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the Canadian Open, held December 9 - 14, 2014 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Laycock won
6-5 over
Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2014 Canadian Open in Yorkton, Saskatchewan; and won
6-5 over
Jim Cotter (Kelowna/Vernon, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2014 Canadian Open in Yorkton, Saskatchewan;
Laycock finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Laycock defeated
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) 8-5, then went on to lose
8-3 against
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Laycock responded with a
6-4 win over
Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON). Laycock won
6-4 against
John Epping (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Canadian Open, Laycock take home
27.000 world rankings points along with the $14,000CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 9th place overall with
208.382 total points. Laycock ranks 9th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
109.232 points earned so far this season.
