William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) lost
8-7 to
Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2, held September 5 - 10, 2017 in Regina, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Lyburn won
7-6 over
Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Regina, Saskatchewan; and won
5-4 over
Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Regina, Saskatchewan;
Lyburn finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Lyburn defeated
Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon, SK) 4-3, then won
6-2 against
Craig Brown (Madison, USA). Lyburn went on to lose
6-1 against
Gunnlaugson. Lyburn responded with a
6-2 win over
Greg Drummond (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2, Lyburn take home
36.551 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN prize, moving up 4 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 22nd place overall with
180.989 total points. Lyburn ranks 8th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
51.323 points earned so far this season.
