Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Nagano, JPN) won
6-0 over
Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC) in the Final of the Moosehead Fall Open, held September 26 - 29, 2019 at the RCMP Curling Club in Ottawa, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Yamaguchi won
8-2 over
Mark Homan (Gatineau, QC) in the semifinals of the 2019 Moosehead Fall Open in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; and won
5-3 over
Jamie Birtwistle (Ottawa, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Moosehead Fall Open in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;
Yamaguchi finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yamaguchi defeated
Matt Dupuis (Ottawa, ON) 6-5, then won
6-2 against
Cameron Goodkey (Ottawa, ON) and
6-3 against
Martin Patry (Buckingham, QC) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Moosehead Fall Open Championship title, Yamaguchi earned
21.969 world rankings points along with the $2,400CDN first prize cheque. Yamaguchi move up 19 spots after posting a net gain of 11.193 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 69th overall with
56.175 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Yamaguchi ranks 18th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
40.721 points earned so far this season.
