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2010 PGA Tour

Golf tour season

Golf tour season

FieldValue
year2010
tourPGA Tour
regular_season–
no_of_events46
most_winsUSA Jim Furyk (3)
honor1FedEx Cup
honoree1USA Jim Furyk
honor2Money list
honoree2USA Matt Kuchar
honor3PGA Tour Player of the Year
honoree3USA Jim Furyk
honor4PGA Player of the Year
honoree4USA Jim Furyk
honor5Rookie of the Year
honoree5USA Rickie Fowler
prevseason[2009](2009-pga-tour)
nextseason[2011](2011-pga-tour)

The 2010 PGA Tour was the 95th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 42nd season since separating from the PGA of America, and the fourth edition of the FedEx Cup.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2010 season.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)WinnerOWGR
pointsOther
toursNotes
Jan 10SBS ChampionshipHawaii5,600,000AUS Geoff Ogilvy (7)46Winners-only event
Jan 17Sony Open in HawaiiHawaii5,500,000USA Ryan Palmer (3)50
Jan 25Bob Hope ClassicCalifornia5,000,000USA Bill Haas (1)30Pro-Am
Jan 31Farmers Insurance OpenCalifornia5,300,000USA Ben Crane (3)42
Feb 7Northern Trust OpenCalifornia6,400,000USA Steve Stricker (8)58
Feb 14AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCalifornia6,200,000USA Dustin Johnson (3)48Pro-Am
Feb 21[WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship](2010-wgc-accenture-match-play-championship)Arizona8,500,000ENG Ian Poulter (1)74World Golf Championship
Feb 21Mayakoba Golf ClassicMexico3,600,000USA Cameron Beckman (3)24Alternate event
Feb 28Waste Management Phoenix OpenArizona6,000,000USA Hunter Mahan (2)56
Mar 7The Honda ClassicFlorida5,600,000COL Camilo Villegas (3)50
Mar 14[WGC-CA Championship](2010-wgc-ca-championship)Florida8,500,000ZAF Ernie Els (17)74World Golf Championship
Mar 15Puerto Rico OpenPuerto Rico3,500,000USA Derek Lamely (1)24Alternate event
Mar 21Transitions ChampionshipFlorida5,400,000USA Jim Furyk (14)58
Mar 29Arnold Palmer InvitationalFlorida6,000,000ZAF Ernie Els (18)60Invitational
Apr 4Shell Houston OpenTexas5,800,000USA Anthony Kim (3)52
Apr 11**[Masters Tournament](2010-masters-tournament)**Georgia7,500,000USA **Phil Mickelson** (38)100Major championship
Apr 18Verizon HeritageSouth Carolina5,700,000USA Jim Furyk (15)48
Apr 25Zurich Classic of New OrleansLouisiana6,400,000USA Jason Bohn (2)28
May 2Quail Hollow ChampionshipNorth Carolina6,500,000NIR Rory McIlroy (1)64
May 9[The Players Championship](2010-players-championship)Florida9,500,000ZAF Tim Clark (1)80Flagship event
May 16Valero Texas OpenTexas6,100,000AUS Adam Scott (7)26
May 23HP Byron Nelson ChampionshipTexas6,500,000AUS Jason Day (1)38
May 30Crowne Plaza Invitational at ColonialTexas6,200,000USA Zach Johnson (7)62Invitational
Jun 6Memorial TournamentOhio6,000,000ENG Justin Rose (1)66Invitational
Jun 13St. Jude ClassicTennessee5,600,000ENG Lee Westwood (2)44
Jun 20**[U.S. Open](2010-u-s-open-golf)**California7,500,000NIR **Graeme McDowell** (1)100Major championship
Jun 27Travelers ChampionshipConnecticut6,000,000USA Bubba Watson (1)38
Jul 4AT&T NationalPennsylvania6,200,000ENG Justin Rose (2)48Invitational
Jul 11John Deere ClassicIllinois4,400,000USA Steve Stricker (9)34
Jul 18**[The Open Championship](2010-open-championship)**Scotland£4,800,000ZAF **Louis Oosthuizen** (1)100Major championship
Jul 18Reno–Tahoe OpenNevada3,000,000USA Matt Bettencourt (1)24Alternate event
Jul 25RBC Canadian OpenCanada5,100,000SWE Carl Pettersson (4)34
Aug 1Greenbrier ClassicWest Virginia6,000,000AUS Stuart Appleby (9)32New tournament
Aug 8[WGC-Bridgestone Invitational](2010-wgc-bridgestone-invitational)Ohio8,500,000USA Hunter Mahan (3)76World Golf Championship
Aug 8Turning Stone Resort ChampionshipNew York4,000,000USA Bill Lunde (1)24Alternate event
Aug 15**[PGA Championship](2010-pga-championship)**Wisconsin7,500,000DEU **Martin Kaymer** (1)100Major championship
Aug 22Wyndham ChampionshipNorth Carolina5,100,000IND Arjun Atwal (1)28
Aug 29The BarclaysNew Jersey7,500,000USA Matt Kuchar (3)70[FedEx Cup playoff event](2010-fedex-cup-playoffs)
Sep 6Deutsche Bank ChampionshipMassachusetts7,500,000USA Charley Hoffman (2)70[FedEx Cup playoff event](2010-fedex-cup-playoffs)
Sep 12BMW ChampionshipIllinois7,500,000USA Dustin Johnson (4)70[FedEx Cup playoff event](2010-fedex-cup-playoffs)
Sep 26The Tour ChampionshipGeorgia7,500,000USA Jim Furyk (16)54[FedEx Cup playoff event](2010-fedex-cup-playoffs)
Oct 3Viking ClassicMississippi3,600,000USA Bill Haas (2)24Fall Series
Oct 10McGladrey ClassicGeorgia4,000,000USA Heath Slocum (4)30New tournament
Fall Series
Oct 17Frys.com OpenCalifornia5,000,000USA Rocco Mediate (6)24Fall Series
Oct 24Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children OpenNevada4,300,000USA Jonathan Byrd (4)26Fall Series
Nov 14Children's Miracle Network ClassicFlorida4,700,000USA Robert Garrigus (1)24Fall Series

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry FedEx Cup points or official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)Winner(s)OWGR
pointsOther
toursNotes
Mar 23Tavistock CupFlorida2,450,000Team Lake Nonan/aTeam event
Jun 29CVS Caremark Charity ClassicRhode Island1,500,000USA Ricky Barnes and
USA J. B. Holmesn/aTeam event
Oct 4[Ryder Cup](2010-ryder-cup)Walesn/aEUR Team Europen/aTeam event
Oct 20PGA Grand Slam of GolfBermuda1,350,000ZAF Ernie Elsn/aLimited-field event
Oct 31CIMB Asia Pacific Classic MalaysiaMalaysia6,000,000USA Ben Crane38[ASA](2010-asian-tour)New limited-field event
Nov 7[WGC-HSBC Champions](2010-wgc-hsbc-champions)China7,000,000ITA Francesco Molinari68World Golf Championship
Nov 9Wendy's 3-Tour ChallengeNevada1,000,000PGA Tourn/aTeam event
Dec 5Chevron World ChallengeCalifornia5,000,000NIR Graeme McDowell50Limited-field event
Dec 12Shark ShootoutFlorida3,000,000USA Dustin Johnson and
ENG Ian Poultern/aTeam event

Location of tournaments

FedEx Cup

Final standings

For full rankings, see 2010 FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Final top 10 players in the FedEx Cup:

PositionPlayerPointsBonus money ($)
1USA Jim Furyk2,98010,000,000
2USA Matt Kuchar2,7283,000,000
3ENG Luke Donald2,7002,000,000
4USA Charley Hoffman2,5001,500,000
5USA Dustin Johnson2,4931,000,000
6ENG Paul Casey2,250800,000
7USA Steve Stricker2,028700,000
8AUS Jason Day1,660600,000
9ZAF Ernie Els1,438550,000
10ZAF Retief Goosen1,360500,000

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1USA Matt Kuchar4,910,477
2USA Jim Furyk4,809,622
3ZAF Ernie Els4,558,861
4USA Dustin Johnson4,473,122
5USA Steve Stricker4,190,235
6USA Phil Mickelson3,821,733
7ENG Luke Donald3,665,234
8ENG Paul Casey3,613,194
9ENG Justin Rose3,603,331
10USA Hunter Mahan3,574,550

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)USA Jim Furyk
PGA Player of the YearUSA Jim Furykurl=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2010/11/16/furyk-claims-first-pga-player-year-award/title=Furyk wins his first PGA Player of Year awardmagazine=Golfweekdate=16 November 2010access-date=27 October 2023quote=Kuchar, who topped the money list with $4,910,977, held on to a slim lead over the past month to capture his first Vardon Trophy in the tighest race in years.}}
Rookie of the YearUSA Rickie Fowler
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)USA Matt Kuchar
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)USA Matt Kuchar
Comeback Player of the YearAUS Stuart Appleby

Notes

References

References

  1. "2010 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour.
  2. "2010 FedEx Cup". PGA Tour.
  3. (26 September 2010). "Jim Furyk wins Tour Championship, FedEx Cup and $10 million". Los Angeles Times.
  4. "2010 Official money". PGA Tour.
  5. (14 November 2010). "Kuchar wins multiple Tour season-ending awards". PGA Tour.
  6. (5 December 2010). "Furyk voted Player of 2010". Sky Sports.
  7. (16 November 2010). "Furyk wins his first PGA Player of Year award".
  8. Smith, Jeremy. (7 December 2010). "Rickie Fowler Named PGA Rookie Of The Year, Topping Rory McIlroy". SB Nation.
  9. (13 December 2010). "Appleby wins comeback award". Sky Sports.
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