Pat Simmons (Calgary, CAN) lost
4-3 to
David Murdoch (Stirling, SCO) in the Final of the Karuizawa International, held December 17 - 20, 2015 in Karuizawa, Japan.
Simmons finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Simmons defeated
Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) 7-4, then went on to lose
5-2 against
Soo-Hyuk Kim (Gangwon, KOR). Simmons responded with a
12-1 win over
Naomasa Takeda (Nayoro, JPN). Simmons won
10-0 against
Kosuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Karuizawa International, Simmons take home
23.177 world rankings points along with the $6,912CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 11th place overall with
329.371 total points. Simmons ranks 19th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
113.371 points earned so far this season.
