CHAMPION: Ruohonen Wins Beyer & Simonson US Open of Curling

Minneapolis, United States

Fourth
Greg
Persinger

SKIP
Rich
Ruohonen

Second
Colin
Hufman

Lead
Phil
Tilker

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	10.00
PA/G:	4.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.45

Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, USA) won 5-4 over Korey Dropkin (Chaska, USA) in the Final of the Beyer & Simonson US Open of Curling - Championships in Blaine, Minnesota, United States. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Ruohonen won 8-3 over Dominik Maerki (Chaska, MN) to advance to the championship game.

Ruohonen finished 4-1 in the 10 team Beyer & Simonson US Open of Curling - Championships qualifying round, held September 19 - 22 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, United States. 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.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	6	1	0	0.857	2-1	1-0	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	45	45	21	10.00	4.67	5.33	5.78	3.56	1.73	1.31	0.67

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	25	33	5	3	1-0	4-0	5-0	1.32	0.20	0.45	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	20	12	16	0	0-0	0-1	3-3	0.60	0.80	0.64	0.45

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