Team Bottcher, Team Koe and Team Howard clinched playoff spots during Friday’s early afternoon draw at the Players' Championship. (JonathanBrazeau)
TORONTO — The playoff picture is forming fast in the Players’ Championship with Team Brendan Bottcher, Team Kevin Koe and Team Glenn Howard clinching spots during Friday’s early afternoon draw.
Bottcher, who also topped Epping in the Meridian Canadian Open final in January, broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth end with an open draw for a deuce and covered the pin for extra style points. Meanwhile, Team Koe, of Calgary, cruised by Scotland’s Team Ross Paterson 7-3 in only five. The reigning Brier champion and world silver medallist Koe is through at 3-1 with one more group game to go in the evening against Scotland’s Team Bruce Mouat.
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