Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) won
7-2 over
William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling, held December 30 - January 2, 2017 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, United States. To advance to the championship game, Dunstone won
6-4 over
Adam Casey (Regina, SK) in the semifinals of the 2016 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota, United States; and won
6-4 over
Brady Clark (Seattle, WA) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota, United States;
Dunstone finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dunstone lost
6-5 to
Mike Farbelow (St. Paul, MN), then responded with a
6-4 win over
Cameron Rittenour (Sioux Falls, SD). Dunstone won
6-2 against
Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA). Dunstone went on to lose
8-2 against
Rui Liu (HARBIN, CHN). Dunstone responded with a
6-2 win over
Farbelow in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling Championship title, Dunstone earned
27.406 world rankings points along with the $6,722CDN first prize cheque. Dunstone move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 23.546 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 20th overall with
262.912 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Dunstone ranks 16th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
160.421 points earned so far this season.
