Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, USA) won
9-3 over
Mark Fenner (Chaska, USA) in the Final of the Curl Mesabi Classic, held November 30 - December 2, 2018 at the Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, United States. To advance to the championship game, Ruohonen won
7-1 over
Dominik Maerki (Minneapolis, MN) in the semifinals of the 2018 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States; and won
6-2 over
Jason Smith (Blaine, MN) in the quarterfinals.
Ruohonen finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ruohonen defeated
's Scott Dunnam 7-3, then won
9-0 against
Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO) and
7-6 against
Joe Polo (Eveleth, MN). Ruohonen won
7-2 against
Steven Birklid (Seattle, WA) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Curl Mesabi Classic Championship title, Ruohonen earned
26.768 world rankings points along with the $6,634CDN first prize cheque. Ruohonen move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 5.864 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 19th overall with
220.304 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Ruohonen ranks 25th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
115.788 points earned so far this season.
