The Masters is a
Grand Slam
Grand Slam most often refers to:
* Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves
Grand Slam or Grand slam may also refer to:
Games and sports
* Grand slam, winning category te ...
event on the men's and women's
World Curling Tour
The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and mixed doubles curlers in the world.
History
The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later assistance from Jo ...
. 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
Brant may refer to:
Places
* Brant County, Ontario, Canada
** Brant (electoral district), Ontario, Canada
** Brant North, Ontario, Canada
** Brant South, Ontario, Canada
** Brant South (provincial electoral district), Ontario, Canada
** Brantâ ...
and the
Brantford Golf & Country Club in the
Brantford
Brantford (Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population: 104,688) is a city in Ontario, Canada, founded on the Grand River (Ontario), Grand River in Southwestern Ontario. It is surrounded by County of Brant, Brant County, but is politically separate with ...
,
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
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.
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
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Kia
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Masters of Curling: 2002
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M&M Meat Shops
M&M Food Market (french: link=no, Les aliments M&M), formerly known as M&M Meat Shops, is a Canadian frozen food retail chain. The company is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Mississauga, Ontario, and has locations in all ten Provinces and t ...
Masters of Curling: 2003-2004
*Masters of Curling: Feb. 2006
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Home Hardware
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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
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Rogers Rogers may refer to:
Places
Canada
*Rogers Pass (British Columbia)
* Rogers Island (Nunavut)
United States
* Rogers, Arkansas, a city
* Rogers, alternate name of Muroc, California, a former settlement
* Rogers, Indiana, an unincorporated communit ...
Masters of Curling: 2012
*Masters of Curling: 2013-15
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WFG Masters: 2016
*Masters of Curling: 2017
*Canadian Beef Masters: 2018
*Masters: 2019–present
Past champions
Masters/World Cup
Men
Notes
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Greg Balsdon
Gregory Balsdon (born October 9, 1977) is a Canadian curler from North York, Ontario. He currently skips a team on the World Curling Tour.
Curling career
Balsdon was born in Toronto, Ontario. In 1995, Balsdon won the Ontario Schoolboy champion ...
subbed in for Mead in the final game.
Women
Sun Life Classic
Past champions are listed as follows:
Men
Women
References
External links
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Men's Grand Slam (curling) events
Women's Grand Slam (curling) events
Annual sporting events in Canada