Mouat Triumphs in Thrilling GSOC Tahoe Men’s Final Shootout
November 10, 2025 – Scotland’s Team Bruce Mouat captured their 12th career Grand Slam of Curling (GSOC) title in the most dramatic fashion at the KIOTI GSOC Tahoe on Sunday. Mouat and his squad edged out Canada’s Team Matt Dunstone 7-6, winning the final by a mere 0.3 centimetres in a nerve-wracking extra-end shootout.
Shootout Decided by Millimetres
After Mouat converted a pivotal deuce in the eighth end to tie the score at 6-6, the game went to a Draw to the Button shootout.
- Dunstone’s draw came to rest 9.8 cm from the pinhole.
- Mouat’s stone was slightly closer at 9.5 cm, securing the title by millimetres.
“That one was incredible,” Mouat said. “The tense moment at the end there… I had to ask the boys like three times — ‘Did we win? Did we win?’ — because no one was really celebrating. It was a hard-fought game for sure.”
The team of Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, and Hammy McMillan Jr. completed an undefeated 7-0 run, earning $42,000 from the prize purse.
The Road to the Final
Mouat won the Last Stone Draw to start with the hammer and converted for a deuce in the first end. Dunstone responded with a pair in the second to tie it up. The game remained tight, trading singles until a rare miss by Mouat in the fifth gave up a steal, putting Dunstone ahead 4-3.
In the seventh, Dunstone scored two points to retake the lead. However, a crucial miss by Dunstone in the eighth left a shot exposed, allowing Mouat to hit for a deuce and force the thrilling shootout.
- Mouat’s Success: This is the second consecutive GSOC final Mouat has won against Dunstone, following the CO-OP Tour Challenge last month.
- Dunstone’s Performance: The final was the Winnipeg-based club’s only loss of the week. Team Dunstone collected $34,000 and was competing in their third consecutive GSOC final, having won the AMJ Masters in September.
“It doesn’t get any closer than that,” Hardie added. “We feel really bad for Team Dunstone because they played a phenomenal game there. It was a proper final.”
