Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) won
7-6 over
Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) in the Final of the Princess Auto Players' Championship, held April 9 - 14, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Gushue won
6-5 over
Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals of the Princess Auto Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario; and won
6-5 over
Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the Princess Auto Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario;
Gushue finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) 6-5, then went on to lose
8-5 against
Mouat. Gushue responded with a
8-5 win over
Brad Jacobs (Winnipeg, MB). Gushue won
6-1 against
Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Gushue went on to lose
8-2 against
Brendan Bottcher (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Princess Auto Players' Championship Championship title, Gushue earned
75.000 world rankings points along with the $55,000CDN first prize cheque. Gushue move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 54 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 3rd overall with
381.750 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Gushue ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
381.750 points earned so far this season.
