Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) won
4-3 over
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Players' Championship, held April 7 - 12, 2015 in Toronto, Ontario. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Jacobs won
6-5 over
Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2015 Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario; of the 2015 Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario;
Jacobs finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jacobs defeated
Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB) 7-1, then won
10-5 against
Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON). Jacobs went on to lose
5-4 against
Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB). Jacobs responded with a
5-4 win over
Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). Jacobs won
7-3 against
John Epping (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Players' Championship Championship title, Jacobs earned
45.000 world rankings points along with the $24,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 1st place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 27 after improving upon their best so far this season. Jacobs ranks 2nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
244.000 points earned so far this season.
