CHAMPION: Whyte Wins 2025 WFG Masters

Stirling, Scotland

SKIP
Ross
Whyte

Third
Robin
Brydone

Second
Duncan
McFadzean

Lead
Euan
Kyle

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	7.68
PA/G:	5.71
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.03
Force Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Efficiency:	0.11

Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) won 5-4 over Brad Jacobs (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the WFG Masters, held January 14 - 19, 2025 in Guelph, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Whyte won 7-5 over Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2025 WFG Masters in Guelph, Ontario; and won 5-2 over Niklas Edin (Karlstad , SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2025 WFG Masters in Guelph, Ontario;

Whyte finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Whyte lost 5-3 to Marc Muskatewitz (Fuessen, GER), then responded with a 8-7 win over Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR). Whyte won 9-4 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL), then won 6-5 against Joel Retornaz (Cembra, ITA) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WFG Masters Championship title, Whyte earned 75.000 world rankings points along with the $38,000CDN first prize cheque. Whyte move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 54 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 5th overall with 342.063 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Whyte ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 261.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	51	22	0	0.699	16-1	5-4	2-2	1-0	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	520	437	286	8.40	5.50	2.90	4.50	3.90	1.87	1.41	1.60

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	255	364	49	36	18-2	29-1	66-5	1.43	0.19	0.52	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	265	73	237	47	1-0	2-8	13-54	0.28	0.89	0.63	0.19

2025: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Colton Lott, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden , Caleb Flaxey
Winnipeg, MB
2025: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling, SCO
2023: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2022: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2021: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Alan Hannah
Stirling, SCO
2019: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Braeden Moskowy, Catlin Schneider, Dustin Kidby
Regina , SK
2018: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Toronto, ON
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2013: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Penetanguishene, ON
2012: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2011: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2010: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2009: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2008: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2008: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2006: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2006: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2004: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry VanDenBerghe, Steve Gould
Winnipeg, MB
2003: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Joe Frans, Scott Bailey
Toronto, ON
2003: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2002: Bruce Korte
Bruce Korte, Darrell McKee, Roger Korte, Rory Golanowski
Saskatoon, SK

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