Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) won
4-3 over
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1, held September 8 - 13, 2015 in Paradise, Newfoundland / Labrador. To advance to the championship game, Koe won
9-2 over
John Shuster (Duluth, USA) in the semifinals of the 2015 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Paradise, Newfoundland / Labrador; and won
7-6 over
Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2015 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Paradise, Newfoundland / Labrador;
Koe finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe lost
5-4 to
John Epping (Toronto, ON), then responded with a
7-3 win over
Shuster. Koe won
7-5 against
Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI), then won
5-4 against
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 1 Championship title, Koe earned
75.408 world rankings points along with the $24,500CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 5th place overall with
383.935 total points. Koe ranks 2nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
98.475 points earned so far this season.
