Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) won
5-4 over
Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic, held October 7 - 10, 2016 at the Crestwood Curling Club in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Laycock won
7-4 over
John Morris (Vernon, BC) in the semifinals of the 2016 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won
8-5 over
Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;
Laycock finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Laycock defeated
Jamie King (Edmonton/Calgary, AB) 5-3, then won
6-5 against
Bruce Korte (Saskatoon , SK) and
5-3 against
Ted Appelman (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic Championship title, Laycock earned
60.047 world rankings points along with the $12,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 8th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
426.984 total points. Laycock ranks 11th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
102.972 points earned so far this season.
