The 2023

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Players Open was held from October 12 to 15 at the

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and the Dundas Valley Golf & Curling Club in

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. The event was held in a round-robin format with a $70,000 purse on both the men's and women's side. It was the first event held as part of the Players Tour during the 2023–24 season. The inaugural Players Open attracted a high calibre field of both national and international teams as it was held the weekend before the

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. The Dirty Nil played in concert on the first night of the event. In the men's final, it was a battle of Alberta, with Team Brendan Bottcher defeating the Kevin Koe rink 5–4. The win put Bottcher in first place on the

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. The women's final was a battle of Sweden, with

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's team defeating the Isabella Wranå rink 9–3, avenging her loss to Wranå at the Swedish European Championship playdowns the previous month.

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in

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( UTC−04:00).
''Note: Sheets G 1 through 4 are at the

. Sheets V5 is at the Dundas Valley Golf & Curling Club.''

Draw 1

''Thursday, October 12, 8:00 am''

Draw 2

''Thursday, October 12, 11:15 am''

Draw 3

''Thursday, October 12, 2:30 pm''

Draw 4

''Thursday, October 12, 5:45 pm''

Draw 6

''Friday, October 13, 8:00 am''

Draw 7

''Friday, October 13, 11:15 am''

Draw 8

''Friday, October 13, 2:30 pm''

Draw 9

''Friday, October 13, 5:45 pm''

Draw 10

''Friday, October 13, 9:00 pm''

Draw 11

''Saturday, October 14, 8:00 am''

Draw 12

''Saturday, October 14, 11:15 am''

Draw 13

''Saturday, October 14, 2:30 pm''

Draw 14

''Saturday, October 14, 5:45 pm''

Tiebreaker

''Saturday, October 14, 9:00 pm''

Playoffs

Source:

Quarterfinals

''Sunday, October 15, 9:30 am''

Semifinals

''Sunday, October 15, 1:00 pm''

Final

''Sunday, October 15, 4:00 pm''

Women