Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, USA) won
5-4 over
Korey Dropkin (Chaska, USA) in the Final of the Beyer & Simonson US Open of Curling - Championships, held September 19 - 22, 2019 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, United States. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Ruohonen won
8-3 over
Dominik Maerki (Chaska, MN) to advance to the championship game. of the 2019 Beyer & Simonson US Open of Curling - Championships in Blaine, Minnesota, United States;
Ruohonen finished 4-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ruohonen defeated
Jason Smith (Blaine , MN) 8-1, then went on to lose
6-5 against
Maerki. Ruohonen responded with a
7-2 win over
Luc Violette (Chaska, MN). Ruohonen won
6-3 against
Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA), then won
6-2 against
Dropkin in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Beyer & Simonson US Open of Curling - Championships Championship title, Ruohonen earned
24.870 world rankings points along with the $5,320CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 22nd place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 13.989 after improving upon their best so far this season. Ruohonen ranks 13th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
51.436 points earned so far this season.
