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2010 Women's British Open

Golf tournament

Golf tournament

FieldValue
name2010 Women's British Open
image2010 Women's British Open – leaderboard (2).jpg
captionA view of the leaderboard next to the 18th green after completion of the tournament
locationSouthport, England
courseRoyal Birkdale Golf Club
dates29 July – 1 August 2010
orgLadies' Golf Union
tourLPGA Tour
Ladies European Tour
par72
yardage6458 yd
field144 players, 75 after cut
cut149 (+5)
purse$2,500,000
€1,917,783
winners_share$408,714
€313,530
championTWN Yani Tseng
score277 (−11)
previous2009
next2011

Ladies European Tour €1,917,783 €313,530 |UK England The 2010 Women's British Open was held 29 July to 1 August at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. It was the 34th edition of the Women's British Open, and the tenth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.

This was the fifth time the Women's British Open had been held at Royal Birkdale and the second as an LPGA major, previously in 2005. The course had also hosted nine Open Championships, most recently in 2008. The par-72 course was set by the Ladies Golf Union at 6458 yd, 715 yd shorter than the par-70 set-up for The Open Championship in 2008.

The champion was Yani Tseng of Taiwan at 277 (−11), one stroke ahead of runner-up Katherine Hull of Australia. With the victory, the 21-year-old Tseng became the youngest-ever winner of three major championships.

Course

Main article: Royal Birkdale Golf Club

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4304103731753384781454133973,1593603521494301634993585164723,2996,458
Par444345344354434354553772

Source:

Previous length of the course for the Women's British Open (since 2001):

  • 2005: 6463 yd, par 72

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 29 July 2010

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1AUS Katherine Hull68−4
TWN Yani Tseng
T3FRA Anne-Lise Caudal69−3
USA Brittany Lincicome
KOR Amy Yang
KOR Sun Young Yoo
T7KOR In-Kyung Kim70−2
USA Michelle Wie
T9RSA Stacy Bregman71−1
USA Juli Inkster
USA Brittany Lang
USA Stacy Lewis
FRA Gwladys Nocera
USA Stacy Prammanasudh
KOR Jiyai Shin

Second round

Friday, 30 July 2010

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1TWN Yani Tseng68-68=136−8
T2USA Cristie Kerr73-67=140−4
USA Brittany Lincicome69-71=140
KOR Amy Yang69-71=140
T5USA Juli Inkster71-70=141−3
NOR Suzann Pettersen73-68=141
KOR Sun Young Yoo69-72=141
T8FRA Anne-Lise Caudal69-73=142−2
AUS Katherine Hull68-74=142
KOR M. J. Hur74-68=142
USA Christina Kim74-68=142
KOR In-Kyung Kim70-72=142
KOR Hee-kyung Seo73-69=142
KOR Jiyai Shin71-71=142
JPN Momoko Ueda72-70=142

Third round

Saturday, 31 July 2010

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1TWN Yani Tseng68-68-68=204−12
2AUS Katherine Hull68-74-66=208−8
3KOR In-Kyung Kim70-72-68=210−6
4USA Brittany Lincicome69-71-71=211−5
T5USA Cristie Kerr73-67-72=212−4
USA Christina Kim74-68-70=212
NOR Suzann Pettersen73-68-71=212
KOR Hee-kyung Seo73-69-70=212
JPN Momoko Ueda72-70-70=212
T10KOR Na Yeon Choi74-70-69=213−3
USA Morgan Pressel77-71-65=213

Final round

Sunday, 1 August 2010

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1TWN Yani Tseng68-68-68-73=277−11
2AUS Katherine Hull68-74-66-70=278−10
T3KOR Na Yeon Choi74-70-69-68=281−7
KOR In-Kyung Kim70-72-68-71=281
T5USA Cristie Kerr73-67-72-70=282−6
KOR Hee-kyung Seo73-69-70-70=282
KOR Amy Yang69-71-74-68=282
8USA Morgan Pressel77-71-65-71=284−4
T9USA Christina Kim74-68-70-74=286−2
USA Brittany Lincicome69-71-71-75=286
JPN Ai Miyazato76-70-73-67=286
KOR Inbee Park72-71-77-66=286
JPN Momoko Ueda72-70-70-74=286

Source:

Scorecard

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444345344443435455
TWN Tseng−12−12−11−12−12−13−13−12−12−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11
AUS Hull−8−9−10−9−9−9−9−8−8−8−9−9−10−10−10−10−10−10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

References

References

  1. "2010 Women's British Open – course statistics". LGU.org.
  2. "Past Winners". Ricoh Women's British Open.
  3. "Ricoh Women's British Open: 2010 results". LPGA.
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