Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) lost
5-4 to
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the Players' Championship, held April 12 - 17, 2016 in Toronto, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Jacobs won
7-3 over
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2016 Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario; and won
6-2 over
Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario;
Jacobs finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jacobs defeated
Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) 6-4, then won
6-2 against
Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB). Jacobs went on to lose
6-5 against
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Jacobs lost
5-2 to
Charley Thomas (Calgary, AB) where Jacobs responded with a
7-1 win over
Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Players' Championship, Jacobs take home
60.613 world rankings points along with the $15,500CDN prize. Jacobs move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 28.295 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 3rd overall with
833.128 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Jacobs ranks 5th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
345.128 points earned so far this season.
