2018 Players' Championship
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This article is about the curling tournament. For the golf tournament, see 2018 Players Championship.
The 2018 Players' Championship was held from April 10 to 15, 2018 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ontario. It was the seventh men's and sixth women's Grand Slam event of the 2017–18 World Curling Tour.
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2018 Players' Championship | |
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Host city | Toronto, Ontario |
Arena | Mattamy Athletic Centre |
Dates | April 10-15, 2018 |
Men's winner | Team Koe |
Curling club | Glencoe Curling Club, Calgary |
Skip | Kevin Koe |
Third | Marc Kennedy |
Second | Brent Laing |
Lead | Ben Hebert |
Finalist | Niklas Edin |
Women's winner | Team Sinclair |
Curling club | St. Paul Curling Club, St. Paul |
Skip | Jamie Sinclair |
Third | Alex Carlson |
Second | Vicky Persinger |
Lead | Monica Walker |
Finalist | Jennifer Jones |
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On the men's side, Calgary's Kevin Koe won his first Players' Championship as a skip (he had previously won in 2004 playing third for John Morris). On the women's side, Minnesota's Jamie Sinclair rink became the first American ever team to win a Grand Slam championship.