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The Madison Cash Spiel (formerly the Laphroaig Curling Championship, the Laphroaig Scotch Open, The Korbel Championship and the Morgan Stanley Curling Classic) was an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that took place at the Madison Curling Club in Madison, Wisconsin. The tournament was held in a round-robin format. The men's tournament, started in 2003 as part of the World Curling Tour, was held every year since its inception until 2013. The women's tournament began in 2011. The tournament was part of the Great Lakes Curling Tour.

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Past champions

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Men

YearWinning teamRunner up teamPurse (USD)
2003 Flag of Wisconsin.svg Craig Brown Flag placeholder.svg
2004 Flag of Minnesota.svg Pete Fenson Flag placeholder.svg
2005 Flag of Minnesota.svg Pete Fenson Flag placeholder.svg
2006 Flag of Wisconsin.svg Craig Brown Flag placeholder.svg
2007 Flag of Wisconsin.svg Craig Brown Flag of Ontario.svg Trevor Bonot
2008 Flag of Washington.svg Greg Romaniuk Flag of Minnesota.svg Pete Fenson $16,000
2009 Flag of Wisconsin.svg Kroy Nernberger [1] Flag of Minnesota.svg Pete Fenson $16,000
2010 Flag of Minnesota.svg Todd Birr [2] Flag of Wisconsin.svg Matt Hamilton $14,100
2011 Flag of Minnesota.svg Pete Fenson Flag of Wisconsin.svg David Brown
2012 Flag of Minnesota.svg Pete Fenson Flag of Minnesota.svg John Shuster $10,800
2013 Flag of Minnesota.svg Todd Birr Flag of Minnesota.svg Mike Farbelow $10,800

Women

YearWinning teamRunner up teamPurse (USD)
2011 Flag of Wisconsin.svg Erika Brown Flag of New York.svg Patti Lank
2012 Flag of Wisconsin.svg Erika Brown Flag of Ontario.svg Jill Mouzar $12,000

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