Calgary’s Kevin Koe beat defending champion John Epping of Toronto 5-3 Tuesday night in the opening round of the Players’ Championship.
TORONTO — Calgary’s Kevin Koe beat defending champion John Epping of Toronto 5-3 Tuesday night in the opening round of the Players’ Championship.
Edmonton’s Kevin Martin hammered Norway’s Thomas Ulsrud 5-1, while Glenn Howard of Coldwater, Ont., needed an extra end to defeat Toronto’s Mark Kean 5-4.
Epping upset Howard in last year’s TPC men’s final in Summerside, P.E.I. Saskatoon’s Stefanie Lawton defeated Winnipeg’s Cathy Overton-Clapham for the women’s crown.