Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, USA) won
8-3 over
Todd Birr (Blaine, MN) in the Final of the Let's Cure Lupus St. Paul Cash Spiel, held October 4 - 6, 2019 at the St. Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, . To advance to the championship game, Ruohonen won
7-4 over
Dominik Maerki (Chaska, MN) in the semifinals of the 2019 Let's Cure Lupus St. Paul Cash Spiel in St. Paul; and won
7-2 over
Jed Brundidge (St. Paul, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Let's Cure Lupus St. Paul Cash Spiel in St. Paul;
Ruohonen finished 4-0 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ruohonen defeated
Minnesota's Craig Nicko 7-4, then won
9-0 against
Jeremy Hozjan (Charlotte, NC) and
11-1 against
Brundidge. Ruohonen won
4-3 against
Chase Sinnett (Wayland, MA) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Let's Cure Lupus St. Paul Cash Spiel Championship title, Ruohonen earned
18.521 world rankings points along with the $3,995CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 22nd place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 3.901 after improving upon their best so far this season. Ruohonen ranks 13th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
69.957 points earned so far this season.
