| 2000 GMC WCT Players' Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Arena | Max Bell Centre |
| Dates | March 14–19 |
| Winner |  Kevin Martin |
| Curling club | Ottewell CC, Edmonton |
| Skip | Kevin Martin |
| Third | Don Walchuk |
| Second | Carter Rycroft |
| Lead | Don Bartlett |
| Finalist |  Wayne Middaugh |
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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.[1] The total purse for the event was $150,000 with $42,400 going to the winning team.[2]
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,[2] 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.[3]
The semifinals and finals were aired on television on CTV.
- ^ "WCT field event outclasses men's Brier championship". Winnipeg Sun. March 13, 2000. p. 36. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ a b "Mission Accomplished". Winnipeg Sun. March 20, 2000. p. 35. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ "Restall eyes WCT prize". Winnipeg Sun. March 10, 2000. p. 75. Retrieved April 16, 2023.