McDonald1-3 at 2019 Meridian Canadian Open

Kingston, Ontario

SKIP
Scott
McDonald

Third
Jonathan
Beuk

Second
Wesley
Forget

Lead
Scott
Chadwick

Games:	4
Record:	1W - 3L
PF/G:	7.24
PA/G:	8.28
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON) finished 1-3 in the 16 team Meridian Canadian Open qualifying round, held January 8 - 13, 2019 in , . In their opening game, McDonald lost 8-5 to Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO), then responded with a 8-3 win over Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK). McDonald went on to lose 5-3 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). McDonald lost 8-5 to Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

McDonald earned 4.362 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 15th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -13.847 after improving upon their best so far this season. McDonald ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 204.792 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	1	3	0	0.250	0-0	1-3	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	29	21	24	7.24	8.28	-1.03	4.48	4.83	1.62	1.71	0.69

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	11	17	4	0	1-0	0-1	4-0	1.55	0.36	0.45	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	18	4	20	2	0-0	0-1	0-6	0.22	1.11	0.42	0.22

2020: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz, Claudio Paetz, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneva, SUI
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2015: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2014: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2013: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2012: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2011: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2009: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2006: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry Vandenberghe, Steve Gould, Don Harvey
Winnipeg, MB
2005: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2003: Glen Despins
Glen Despins, Rod Montgomery, Phillip Germain, Dwayne Mihalicz
, SK
2002: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2001: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Midland, ON

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