Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, USA) qualified for the 2018 Let's Cure Lupus St. Paul Cash Spiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match
6-3 against
Andrew Stopera (Chaska, USA). of the 2018 Let's Cure Lupus St. Paul Cash Spiel in St. Paul;
Ruohonen finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ruohonen lost
8-7 to
's Scott Dunnam, then responded with a
7-2 win over
Dominik Maerki (Minneapolis, MN). Ruohonen won
9-1 against
Mike Siggins (Tempe, AZ), then won
6-4 against
's Jed Brundidge in their final qualifying round match.
Ruohonen earned
8.949 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Let's Cure Lupus St. Paul Cash Spiel. For week 8 of the event schedule, Ruohonen did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Ruohonen ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
