CHAMPION: Hartung Wins 2019 Saskatchewan Tour Championship

Saskatoon , Saskatchewan

SKIP
Kody
Hartung

Third
Tyler
Hartung

Second
Jayden
Shwaga

Lead
Mark
Larsen

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	7.44
PA/G:	4.42
Hammer Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Defense:	0.04
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Kody Hartung (Saskatoon , SK) won 5-3 over Ryan Deis (Fox Valley, SK) in the Final of the Saskatchewan Tour Championship, held January 4 - 6, 2019 in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Hartung won 7-2 over Bruce Korte (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2019 Saskatchewan Tour Championship in Swift Current, Saskatchewan; and won 5-3 over Shawn Meyer (Regina, SK) in the quarterfinals.

Hartung finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hartung defeated Meyer 6-5, then won 4-2 against Deis and 5-4 against Brent Gedak (Estevan, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Saskatchewan Tour Championship Championship title, Hartung earned 18.138 world rankings points along with the $2,830CDN first prize cheque, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 31st place overall with 129.418 total points. Hartung ranks 26th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 117.953 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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