Masters (curling)

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Masters
Established 2002
2023 host city Oakville, Ontario
2023 arena Sixteen Mile Sports Complex
Men's purse CAD $200,000
Women's purse CAD $200,000
Current champions (2023)
Men Joël Retornaz
Women Rachel Homan
Current edition

The Masters is a Grand Slam event on the men's and women's World Curling Tour. It is the second Grand Slam event and first major on the women's and men's tour. The event is an amalgamation of the men's World Cup of Curling and the women's Sun Life Classic. There was also a men's Sun Life Classic, which has been discontinued. The Sun Life Classic was an annual WCT event (but not a Grand Slam event) held every November at the Paris Curling Club, Brant Curling Club and the Brantford Golf & Country Club in the Brantford, Ontario area. The World Cup was a Grand Slam event and was held in various locations across Canada, and was also previously known as the Masters.

The first incarnation of the event with both men and women was held in 2012 at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre and the Brantford Golf & Country Club in Brantford, Ontario.

The event is currently sponsored by World Financial Group, a multi-level marketing company.

Previous event names

Sun Life Classic

  • Grandview Chain and Cable Cashspiel (2005)
  • Tim Hortons Invitational Classic (2006)
  • McDonald's Invitational (men's) / Sun Life Invitational (women's) (2007)
  • SunLife Financial Invitational Classic (2008)
  • Sun Life Classic (2009–2011)

Masters/World Cup

  • Kia Masters of Curling: 2002
  • M&M Meat Shops Masters of Curling: 2003-2004
  • Masters of Curling: Feb. 2006
  • Home Hardware Masters of Curling: Dec. 2006-Jan. 2008
  • Masters of Curling: Nov. 2008
  • Grey Power World Cup of Curling: 2009-2010
  • GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling: 2011
  • Rogers Masters of Curling: 2012
  • Masters of Curling: 2013-15
  • WFG Masters: 2016
  • Masters of Curling: 2017
  • Canadian Beef Masters: 2018
  • Masters: 2019–2021
  • WFG Masters: 2022–present

Past champions

Masters/World Cup

Men

Year Winning team Runner-up team Location Purse
2002 Bruce Korte, Darrell McKee, Roger Korte, Rory Golanowski Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry Vandenberghe, Doug Armstrong Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador $100,000
2003 (Jan.) Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett Vic Peters, Mark Olson, Chris Neufeld, Steve Gould Sudbury, Ontario $100,000
2003 (Dec.) Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Joe Frans, Scott Bailey Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry Vandenberghe, Steve Gould Sudbury, Ontario $100,000
2004 Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry Vandenberghe, Steve Gould Pat Simmons, Jeff Sharp, Chris Haichert, Ben Hebert Humboldt, Saskatchewan $100,000
2006 (Feb.) Randy Ferbey, David Nedohin, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador $100,000
2006 (Dec.) Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill Randy Ferbey, David Nedohin, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque Waterloo, Ontario $100,000
2008 (Jan.) Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill Kevin Koe, Blake MacDonald, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen Saskatoon, Saskatchewan $100,000
2008 (Nov.) Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill Kevin Koe, Blake MacDonald, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen Waterloo, Ontario $100,000
2009 Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill Kevin Koe, Blake MacDonald, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen Mississauga, Ontario $100,000
2010 Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Reid Carruthers, Steve Gould Windsor, Ontario $100,000
2011 Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill John Epping, Scott Bailey, Scott Howard, David Mathers Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario $100,000
2012 Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen Jim Cotter, Jason Gunnlaugson, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky Brantford, Ontario $100,000
2013 Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill Kevin Martin, David Nedohin, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert Abbotsford, British Columbia $100,000
2014 Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld Selkirk, Manitoba $100,000
2015 Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld Jim Cotter, Ryan Kuhn, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky Truro, Nova Scotia $100,000
2016 Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wranå, Christoffer Sundgren Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E. J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden Okotoks, Alberta $125,000
2017 Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wranå, Christoffer Sundgren Lloydminster, Saskatchewan $125,000
2018 John Epping, Mathew Camm, Brent Laing, Craig Savill Kevin Koe, B. J. Neufeld, Colton Flasch, Ben Hebert Truro, Nova Scotia $125,000
2019 Matt Dunstone, Braeden Moskowy, Catlin Schneider, Dustin Kidby Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker North Bay, Ontario $150,000
2020 Cancelled
2021 Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E. J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden Oakville, Ontario $150,000
2022 Joël Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. Oakville, Ontario $150,000
2023 Joël Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle Saskatoon, Saskatchewan $200,000

Notes

1. ^ Greg Balsdon subbed in for Mead in the final game.

Women

Year Winning team Runner-up team Location Purse
2012 Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, Lisa Weagle Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Titheridge Brantford, Ontario $50,000
2013 Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, Lisa Weagle Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams, Claire Hamilton Abbotsford, British Columbia $100,000
2014 Val Sweeting, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Dana Ferguson, Rachelle Brown Margaretha Sigfridsson, Maria Prytz, Christina Bertrup, Maria Wennerström Selkirk, Manitoba $100,000
2015 Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachelle Brown Truro, Nova Scotia $100,000
2016 Allison Flaxey, Clancy Grandy, Lynn Kreviazuk, Morgan Court Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle Okotoks, Alberta $125,000
2017 Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen Kerri Einarson, Selena Kaatz, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish Lloydminster, Saskatchewan $125,000
2018 Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle Truro, Nova Scotia $125,000
2019 Tracy Fleury, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Yumie Funayama North Bay, Ontario $150,000
2020 Cancelled
2021 Tracy Fleury, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jocelyn Peterman, Dawn McEwen, Lisa Weagle Oakville, Ontario $150,000
2022 Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Harris Rachel Homan (Fourth), Tracy Fleury (Skip), Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes Oakville, Ontario $150,000
2023 Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes Alina Pätz (Fourth), Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip), Selina Witschonke, Carole Howald Saskatoon, Saskatchewan $200,000

Sun Life Classic

Past champions are listed as follows:

Men

Year Winning skip Runner-up skip Purse
2005 Kirk Ziola Jim Lyle
2006 Dwayne Fowler Brad Gushue 35,000
2007 Glenn Howard Kirk Ziola 53,000
2008 Glenn Howard Jean-Michel Ménard 47,000
2009 Mike McEwen Martin Ferland 50,000
2010 Mike McEwen Brad Gushue 50,000
2011 Niklas Edin Sven Michel 50,000

Women

Year Winning skip Runner-up skip Purse
2007 Julie Hastings Krista McCarville 32,000
2008 Marie-France Larouche Jacqueline Harrison 47,000
2009 Jo-Ann Rizzo Shannon Kleibrink 50,000
2010 Jennifer Jones Kelly Scott 50,000
2011 Sherry Middaugh Erika Brown 50,000