SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR) won
8-7 over
Mike McCarville (Thunder Bay, NONT) in the Final of the ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling, held December 28 - 31, 2018 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, United States. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Kim won
7-6 over
Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, USA) to advance to the championship game. of the 2018 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota, United States;
Kim finished 4-0 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kim defeated
Brandon Corbett (Rochester, NY) 6-5, then won
7-5 against
Sean Beighton (Madison, WI) and
5-4 against
Todd Birr (Blaine, MN). Kim won
7-4 against
Jason Smith (Blaine, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling Championship title, Kim earned
19.001 world rankings points along with the $5,971CDN first prize cheque. For week 20 of the event schedule, Kim did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Kim ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
