# 2000 Players' Championship

The 2000 GMC WCT Players' Championship, the championship of the men's World Curling Tour for the 1999-00 curling season was held March 14–19, 2000 at the Max Bell Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The total purse for the event was $150,000 with $42,400 going to the winning team.
Alberta's Kevin Martin defeated Ontario's Wayne Middaugh in the final, 6–4 in front of a "sparse crowd". It was Martin's third career Player's Championship title. Middaugh missed a draw for two in the seventh which would've tied the game. Martin made a double in the tenth to win the game. Team Martin third Don Walchuk struggled throughout the game with back pain, but persevered. With the win, the Martin rink earned a berth in the 2001 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, which he would go on to win, and then went on to win the silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Only two rinks in the top 20 tour money rankings did not participate, Team Greg McAulay and Team Russ Howard, who were coming off playing in the 2000 Labatt Brier final held on March 12. They were replaced by the Brad Hannah and Howard Restall.
The semifinals and finals were aired on television on CTV.

## Teams

The teams were as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale | Season earnings to date ($CA) |
| Kerry Burtnyk | Jeff Ryan | Rob Meakin | Keith Fenton | Winnipeg, Manitoba | $48,500 |
| Glen Despins | Art Paulsen | Dwayne Mihalicz | Phillip Germain | Strongfield, Saskatchewan | $42,000 |
| David Nedohin | Randy Ferbey (skip) | Scott Pfeifer | Marcel Rocque | Edmonton, Alberta | $46,700 |
| Paul Flemming | Mark Dacey | Blayne Iskiw | Tom Fetterly | Halifax, Nova Scotia | $20,000 |
| Brad Hannah | Warren Hassall | Bryan Blaylock | Chris Hassall | Edmonton, Alberta | $18,500 |
| Mike Harris | Richard Hart | Collin Mitchell | George Karrys | Toronto, Ontario | $23,500 |
| Guy Hemmings | Don Westphal | Guy Thibaudeau | Dale Ness | Saint-Aimé, Quebec | $23,000 |
| Bruce Korte | Darrell McKee | Roger Korte | Rory Golanowski | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | $33,000 |
| Peja Lindholm | Tomas Nordin | Magnus Swartling | Peter Narup | Östersund, Sweden | N/A |
| Kevin Martin | Don Walchuk | Carter Rycroft | Don Bartlett | Edmonton, Alberta | $41,980 |
| Hammy McMillan | Warwick Smith | Ewan MacDonald | Peter Loudon | Inverness, Scotland | N/A |
| Chad McMullan | Travis Graham | Ross McFadyen | Jeff Steski | Winnipeg, Manitoba | $19,825 |
| Wayne Middaugh | Graeme McCarrel | Ian Tetley | Scott Bailey | Midland, Ontario | $50,400 |
| Rich Moffatt | Howard Rajala | Chris Fulton | Paul Madden | Ottawa, Ontario | $27,500 |
| Dale Duguid | Mark Olson | Peter Nicholls | Dean Dunstone | Winnipeg, Manitoba | N/A |
| Shane Park | Scott Park (skip) | Kerry Park | Pat McCallum | Edmonton, Alberta | $21,375 |
| Lowell Peterman | Rob Armitage | Keith Glover | Steve Matejka | Red Deer, Alberta | N/A |
| Vic Peters | Dave Smith | Chris Neufeld | Don Harvey | Winnipeg, Manitoba | $46,800 |
| Howard Restall | Stan Walker | Dave Kristy | Andy Hick | Winnipeg, Manitoba | $18,350 |
| Ulrik Schmidt | Lasse Lavrsen | Brian Hansen | Carsten Svensgaard | Holte, Denmark | $22,896 |
| Kelly Skinner | Kerry Hunka | William Lyburn | Gary Poole | Brandon, Manitoba | $20,125 |
| Adam Spencer | Brad Savage | Jason Boyce | Trevor Wall | Guelph, Ontario | $20,300 |
| Pat Spiring | Ken Tresoor | Jim Spencer | Scott Grant | Winnipeg, Manitoba | $19,500 |
| Jeff Stoughton | Jon Mead | Garry Vandenberghe Bob Jenion | Doug Armstrong | Winnipeg, Manitoba | $47,000 |

### Round-robin standings

The top two teams in each pool advanced to the playoffs.
Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreakers
| Pool A | W | L |
| Bruce Korte | 4 | 1 |
| Wayne Middaugh | 3 | 2 |
| Kelly Skinner | 3 | 2 |
| Hammy McMillan | 2 | 3 |
| Team Olson | 2 | 3 |
| Paul Flemming | 1 | 4 |
| Pool B | W | L |
| Kevin Martin | 3 | 2 |
| Chad McMullan | 3 | 2 |
| Rich Moffatt | 3 | 2 |
| Adam Spencer | 3 | 2 |
| Kerry Burtnyk | 2 | 3 |
| Lowell Peterman | 1 | 4 |
| Pool C | W | L |
| Glen Despins | 4 | 1 |
| Team Park | 4 | 1 |
| Peja Lindholm | 3 | 2 |
| Mike Harris | 2 | 3 |
| Jeff Stoughton | 2 | 3 |
| Pat Spiring | 0 | 5 |
| Pool D | W | L |
| Brad Hannah | 4 | 1 |
| Guy Hemmings | 4 | 1 |
| Vic Peters | 3 | 2 |
| Ulrik Schmidt | 2 | 3 |
| Team Nedohin | 1 | 4 |
| Howard Restall | 1 | 4 |

## Scores

Scores were as follows:

### Draw 1

* Middaugh 8, McMillan 2
* Team Olson 6, Skinner 5
* Korte 8, Flemming 4
* Harris 7, Spiring 3
* Peters 10, Schmidt 2

### Draw 2

* Martin 7, McMullan 3
* Despins 10, Lindholm 5
* Team Park 10, Stoughton 7
* Moffatt 8, Peterman 4
* Spencer 6, Burtnyk 3

### Draw 3

* Hannah 10, Team Nedohin 6
* Hemmings 9, Restall 2
* Skinner 4, McMillan 3
* Korte 8, Team Olson 2
* Flemming 10, Middaugh 6

### Draw 4

* Moffatt 5, Burtnyk 4
* Spencer 7, Martin 6
* Peterman 8, McMullan 5
* Team Park 10, Despins 4
* Stoughton 9, Spiring 7

### Draw 5

* Lindholm 9, Harris 3
* Hannah 7, Peters 6
* Team Nedohin 8, Restall 7
* Hemmings 8, Schmidt 6
* Korte 4, McMillan 3

### Draw 6

* Team Olson 7, Flemming 4
* Skinner 8, Middaugh 5
* Martin 7, Moffatt 6
* McMullan 8, Spencer 5
* Burtnyk 9, Peterman 2

### Draw 7

* Despins 7, Spiring 5
* Harris 8, Stoughton 7
* Lindholm 5, Team Park 4
* Peters 6, Restall 5
* Hemmings 8, Team Nedohin 2

### Draw 8

* Schmidt 9, Hannah 1
* McMillan 10, Flemming 2
* Middaugh 8, Team Olson 3
* Korte 4, Skinner 3
* McMullan 8, Moffatt 3

### Draw 9

* Spencer 9, Peterman 7
* Burtnyk 6, Martin 5
* Despins 10, Harris 1
* Stoughton 8, Lindholm 1
* Team Park 11, Spiring 8

### Draw 10

* Hemmings 8, Peters 6
* Schmidt 7, Team Nedohin 4
* Hannah 7, Restall 3
* McMillan 11, Team Olson 4
* Skinner 9, Flemming 6

### Draw 11

* Team Park 8, Harris 5
* Lindholm 7, Spiring 5
* Moffatt 7, Spencer 6
* Martin 8, Peterman 5
* Despins 7, Stoughton 6

### Draw 12

* Middaugh 8, Korte 3
* Hannah 10, Hemmings 5
* McMullan 6, Burtnyk 5
* Peters 9, Team Nedohin 4
* Restall 6, Schmidt 3

### Tiebreakers

* Martin 5, Spencer 4
* Middaugh 7, Skinner 6
* McMullan 10, Moffatt 5

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Brad Hannah | Brad Hannah | 3 | | | | | | |
| Wayne Middaugh | Wayne Middaugh | 5 | | | | | | |
| Wayne Middaugh | Wayne Middaugh | 5 | Wayne Middaugh | Wayne Middaugh | 6 | | | |
| | | | Bruce Korte | Bruce Korte | 5 | | | |
| Bruce Korte | Bruce Korte | 7 | Bruce Korte | Bruce Korte | 5 | | | |
| Guy Hemmings | Guy Hemmings | 6 | | | | | | |
| Guy Hemmings | Guy Hemmings | 6 | | | | Wayne Middaugh | Wayne Middaugh | 4 |
| | | | | | | Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 6 |
| Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 7 | | | | | | | Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 6 |
| Team Park | Team Park | 6 | | | | | | |
| Team Park | Team Park | 6 | Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 6 | | | |
| | | | Glen Despins | Glen Despins | 5 | | | |
| Glen Despins | Glen Despins | 7 | Glen Despins | Glen Despins | 5 | | | |
| Chad McMullan | Chad McMullan | 1 | | | | | | |

### Final

March 19, 11:30am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Wayne Middaugh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Kevin Martin | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |