Rob Bucholz
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Rob Bucholz is a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 curler.

Bucholz has been a competitive curler in the Edmonton area since the 1980s. He skipped his own team until joining forces with Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson (curler)
Mark Johnson is an American-Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. He is currently the skip of the Canadian senior championship team....

 in 2004. That rink lost to Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin (curler)
Kevin Martin , nicknamed "The Old Bear" and "K-Mart", is a Canadian curler from Edmonton. He is a four-time Brier champion, has been to three Winter Olympics and is the gold medal winner in the 2010 Winter Olympics...

 in the 2006 Alberta championship
Boston Pizza Cup
The Boston Pizza Cup is the Alberta provincial championship for men's curling. The winner represents Team Alberta at the Tim Hortons Brier. Previously, the Alberta Kia Cup and the Safeway Select. Listed below are the provincial champion skips for each year...

, the closest Bucholz has been from making it to the Brier.

Bucholz has played in many World Curling Tour
World Curling Tour
The Asham World Curling Tour is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male curlers in the world. A Women's World Curling Tour also exists....

 events. He won the Twin Anchors Invitational
Twin Anchors Invitational
The Twin Achors Invitational is an annual curling tournament held in Vernon, British Columbia. It is one of the events on the World Curling Tour.-Former Event Names:*Asham Curling Supplies / Prestige Inns Classic: 2001, 2003...

 in 2002.

Bucholz retired from competitive curling in 2008. However, he returned in 2011 to play with his sons, Landon and Bryce (and third Evan Asmussen) at the 2011 The Shoot-Out
2011 The Shoot-Out
The 2011 Shoot-Out was an annual curling bonspiel that was held from September 15 to 18 at the Saville Sports Centre in Edmonton, Alberta as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour...

. They were without a skip, so Bucholz stepped in at the last minute, and led the team to the final where they lost to Randy Ferbey
Randy Ferbey
Randy Ferbey is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta.Ferbey is a six-time Canadian champion and a four-time World Champion....

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