The 2009
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Players' Championship
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was the last
Grand Slam
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event of both the
World Curling Tour
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History
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and
Women's World Curling Tour for the 2008-09 season. This was the seventeenth time the event has taken place, and the fourth time since it was switched to joint men's/women's format. The event was held in
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,
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April 14-19. Since the event was a part of the Olympic qualifying process in Canada, only Canadian teams were invited. The total purse for each event is $100,000.
Edmonton's
Randy Ferbey
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won the men's event securing a spot for his rink at the
2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
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. On the women's side, Winnipeg's
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rink won their third Players' title.
Men's event
Teams
Results
A event
B event
C event
Playoffs
Women's event
Teams
Results
A event
B event
C event
Playoffs
Notes
References
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