CHAMPION: Kim Wins 2015 Uiseong International Curling Tour

SKIP
Soo-Hyuk
Kim

Third
Taehwan
Kim

Second
Jongduk
Park

Lead
Yoonho
Nam

Soo-Hyuk Kim (Gangwon, KOR) won 7-5 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the Final Kim advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the Uiseong International Curling Tour, held August 21 - 23, 2015 in Uiseong, Korea.

Kim finished 5-0 in the 6-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kim defeated Viktor Kim (Almaty, KAZ) 5-1, then won 14-1 against Yujin Seong (Uiseong, KOR) and 18-5 against Gushue. Kim won 10-2 against Ki Bok Lee (Uiseong, KOR), then won 4-2 against Se Hyeon Seong (Uiseong, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Uiseong International Curling Tour Championship title, Kim earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $2,205CDN first prize cheque. Kim gained 29.189 points improving upon their best events, though dropped 57 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 57thplace overall with 29.189 total points. Kim ranks 541st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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