Masters (curling)

The Masters Grand Slam of Curling is a Grand Slam event on the men's and women's World Curling Tour. It is the fourth Grand Slam event on the women's tour and the first on the 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 will also be held in 2012 at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre and the Brantford Golf & Country Club in Brantford, Ontario.

Previous event names

Sun Life Classic

• Grandview Chain and Cable Cashspiel (2005)
• Tim Hortons Invitational Classic (2006)
• McDonalds 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

Past champions

Masters/World Cup

Year	Winning team	Runner-up team	Location	Purse (CAD)
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.)	David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, 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	David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque	Waterloo, Ontario	$100,000
2008 (Jan.)	Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill	Blake MacDonald, Kevin Koe, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	$100,000
2008 (Nov.)	Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill	Blake MacDonald, Kevin Koe, 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,1 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			Brantford, Ontario	$50,000

Notes

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

Women

Year	Winning team	Runner-up team	Location	Purse (CAD)
2012			Brantford, Ontario	$50,000

Sun Life Classic

Men

Year	Winning skip	Runner up skip	Purse (CAD)
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 (CAD)
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

External links

• Official site