Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon, SK) won
6-2 over
Ted Appelman (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Medicine Hat Charity Classic, held October 21 - 24, 2016 at the Medicine Hat Curling Club in Medicine Hat, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Jacobson won
8-6 over
Kody Hartung (Saskatoon , SK) in the semifinals of the 2016 Medicine Hat Charity Classic in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; and won
7-2 over
Korea's SooHyuk Kim in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Medicine Hat Charity Classic in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada;
Jacobson finished 4-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jacobson defeated
Trevor Funk (Medicine Hat, AB) 6-4, then went on to lose
7-4 against
Korea's SooHyuk Kim. Jacobson lost
5-3 to
Richard Muntain (Pinawa, MB) where Jacobson responded with a
7-3 win over
Parker Konschuh (Edmonton, AB). Jacobson won
4-3 against
Randy Bryden (Saskatoon, SK), then won
7-0 against
Wade White (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Medicine Hat Charity Classic Championship title, Jacobson earned
29.916 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 22 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 62nd place overall with
74.802 total points. Jacobson ranks 44th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
38.120 points earned so far this season.
