[[1:75.0000]] CHAMPION: Whyte Wins 2026 Crown Royal Players' Championship

Crown Royal Players' Championship

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M: Baden Masters
Baden, SUI
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Draw: 10 -- Sat, Aug 15 -- 3:00pm CET
Jurkovic  
Zisa  
Schwaller  
Hoesli  
Spiller  
Carson  
W: Curling1spoon Elite 8
Uiseong, KOR
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Draw: CF -- Sun, Aug 2 -- 2:00am ET
Park 8  Final
Kang 7  (8)
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CHAMPION: Whyte Wins 2026 Crown Royal Players' Championship

Jan 6 - 11, 2026

Stirling, Scotland
Player Photo
SKIP
Ross
Whyte
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Third
Robin
Brydone
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Second
Duncan
McFadzean
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Lead
Euan
Kyle
  
Games: 8  
Record: 6W - 2L  
PF/G: 7.78  
PA/G: 5.87  
Hammer Efficiency: 0.54  
Steal Defense: 0.07  
Force Efficiency: 0.65  
Steal Efficiency: 0.15  
Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) won 6-3 over Kyle Waddell (Hamilton, SCO) in the Final of the Crown Royal Players' Championship, held January 6 - 11, 2026 in Steinbach, Manitoba. To advance to the championship game, Whyte won 5-4 over Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2026 Crown Royal Players' Championship in Steinbach, Manitoba; and won 6-4 over John Shuster (Duluth, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2026 Crown Royal Players' Championship in Steinbach, Manitoba;
 
Whyte are currently . In their opening game, Whyte plays Brad Jacobs (Calgary, AB) on Tuesday at 4pm Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK) on Wednesday at 1pm Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) on Thursday at 1pm Waddell on Friday at 9:30am and Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) at 9pm.
 
For winning the Crown Royal Players' Championship Championship title, Whyte earned 75.000 world rankings points along with the $40,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 5th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 54.3 after improving upon their best so far this season. Whyte ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 311.500 points earned so far this season.
 

Statistics

 RECORD W L T PCT HMR STL 1PT EEH EES 
 2026 48 18 0 0.727 8-0 1-2 2-0 1-0 0-1 
 SCORING ENDs PF PA PF/G PA/G +/- EF/G EA/G PF/E PA/E BE/G 
 2026 475 409 288 8.61 6.06 2.55 4.65 4.36 1.85 1.39 0.99 
 WITH HAMMER ENDs PF PA BE 4s 3s 2s PF/E PA/E HE SD 
 2026 246 328 66 19 10-0 26-3 67-7 1.33 0.27 0.45 0.22 
 WITHOUT HAMMER ENDs PF PA BE 4s 3s 2s PF/E PA/E FE SE 
 2026 229 81 222 28 2-1 8-8 10-49 0.35 0.97 0.62 0.21 

Scores

 Draw Team Game Watch
  2 vs. Jacobs (AB) - WTR:4 Jan 6, 03:00pm CT
  5 vs. McEwen (SK) - WTR:11 Jan 7, 12:00pm CT
  9 vs. Retornaz (ITA) - WTR:8 Jan 8, 12:00pm CT
  12 vs. Waddell (SCO) - WTR:12 Jan 9, 08:30am CT
  15 vs. Dunstone (MB) - WTR:2 Jan 9, 08:00pm CT

Curling Scores

M: Baden Masters
Baden, SUI
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: 10 -- Sat, Aug 15 -- 3:00pm CET
Jurkovic  
Zisa  
Schwaller  
Hoesli  
Spiller  
Carson  
W: Curling1spoon Elite 8
Uiseong, KOR
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Aug 2 -- 8:00am CET
Park 8  Final
Kang 7  (8)
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