2010 Open Championship

November 2020 August 2013 2010 Open Championship 210px 210px|alt=Oosthuizen after winning the 2010 Open Championship at St Andrews Champion Louis Oosthuizenwith the Claret Jug. 15–18 July 2010 St Andrews, Scotland Old Course at St Andrews The R&A European TourPGA TourJapan Golf Tour 72 7305 ydhttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 19, 203 30 June 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 156 players, 77 after cut 146 (+2) £4,800,000€5,713,920$7,372,762 £850,000€1,011,840$1,305,593 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen 272 (−16) 2009 2011 UK Scotland 1 St Andrews  56.343 -2.803 Location in Scotland 5 230 Scotland Fife St Andrews bottom 56.343 -2.803 Location in Fife, Scotland 5 230 The 2010 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and was held from 15 to 18 July over the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It was the 150th anniversary of the founding of The Open in 1860,The 150th Anniversary Open Championship: Preview and the 28th time The Open was played at St Andrews. Usually branded with the edition of the championship (for example, the previous year's Open was branded as the "138th Open Championship"), due to the sesquicentennial anniversary, the R&A branded this as the "150th Anniversary Open Championship" rather than "139th Open Championship." The standard branding returned the following year. Louis Oosthuizen won his only major championship with 272 (−16), seven strokes clear of runner-up Lee Westwood. A stroke behind in third were Paul Casey, Rory McIlroy, and Henrik Stenson.http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-0719-british-open-20100719,0,4894398.story Any way you say it, Louis Oosthuizen is British Open champion Jeff Shain 18 July 2010 Los Angeles Times 19 July 2010 Venue Old Course at St Andrews St Andrews is considered to be the home of golf, and as such, the current Open Championship rota means that the Old Course plays host to the championship every five years. Given the course's standing, even more attention is given to The Open whenever it visits the historic links. The previous two Opens at St Andrews, in 2000 and 2005, were both won by Tiger Woods, the first with a record 19-under-par total. The primary change to the course from 2005 was at the par-4 17th hole; a new tee extended the Road Hole to 495 yd, an increase of 40 yd 0.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/8310879.stm St Andrews' Road Hole lengthened for 2010 Open BBC Sport 27 April 2010 27 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100503155722/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/8310879.stm 3 May 2010 livehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/4660481.stm Guide to the Old Course, St Andrews BBC Sport 8 July 2010 8 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20070606061924/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4660481.stm 6 June 2007 live Although not altered, the measurement angle of the dogleg was revised for hole #7, resulting in a new length of 371 yd 0, a reduction of 19 yd 0.https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/Tour/WebTemplate/media.nsf/2c47cc31e412bc4985256e6e00287832/6de34560e86ebcc78525775100685f4a/$FILE/ATTB29VU.pdf/gcsaa-p.pdf GCSAA GCSSA tournament fact sheet - 139th Open Championship 2011 30 June 2012 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035934/https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/Tour/WebTemplate/media.nsf/2c47cc31e412bc4985256e6e00287832/6de34560e86ebcc78525775100685f4a/$FILE/ATTB29VU.pdf/gcsaa-p.pdf dead Card of the course HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Burn3764 10Bobby Jones38642Dyke453411High (In)17433Cartgate (Out)397412Heathery (In)34844Ginger Beer480413Hole O'Cross (In)46545Hole O'Cross (Out) 568514Long61856Heathery (Out)412415Cartgate (In)45547High (Out)371416Corner of the Dyke42348Short175317Road49549End352418Tom Morris3574Out3,58436In3,72136 Total7,30572 Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950): 2005: 7279 yd 2000: 7115 yd 1995: 6933 yd 1990: 6933 yd 1984: 6933 yd 2em 1978: 6933 yd 1970: 6957 yd 1964: 6926 yd 1960: 6936 yd 1955: 6936 yd Field Each year, around two-thirds of The Open Championship field consists of players that are fully exempt from qualifying for the Open. The players who have already qualified for the 2010 Open Championship are listed below. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.http://www2.randa.org/news/files/The%20Open%202010%20-%20Entry%20Form.pdf Open Championship 2010 Entry Form The R&A 25 May 2010 August 2026 medicmedichttp://www.opengolf.com/en/Players/ExemptPlayers.aspx Exempt Players opengolf.com 25 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100423115026/http://www.opengolf.com/en/Players/ExemptPlayers.aspx 23 April 2010 dead 1. Past Open Champions aged 60 or under on 18 July 2010 Mark Calcavecchia, Stewart Cink (2,5,6,16,20), Ben Curtis (2,4), John Daly, David Duval (2), Ernie Els (2,4,5,6,7,16,20), Nick Faldo, Todd Hamilton (2), Pádraig Harrington (2,4,6,7,14,16), Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard (4,5,20), Sandy Lyle, Mark O'Meara, Tom Watson (4,5), Tiger Woods (2,4,6,12,14,16,20) (Eligible but not playing: Ian Baker-Finch, Seve Ballesteros, Nick Price, Bill Rogers) (Greg Norman (4) withdrew due to a shoulder injury.) 2. The Open Champions for 2000–2009 3. Past Open Champions born between 17 July 1944 and 19 July 1948 (Eligible but not playing: Johnny Miller) 4. Past Open Champions finishing in the top 10 and tying for 10th place in The Open Championship 2005–2009 5. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2009 Open Championship Thomas Aiken, Luke Donald (6,16), Mathew Goggin, Retief Goosen (6,7,16,20), Søren Hansen (7), Richard S. Johnson, Lee Westwood (6,7), Chris Wood 6. The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Rankings for Week 21, 2010 Robert Allenby (7,20), Ángel Cabrera (12,13,16,20), Paul Casey (7,8), K. J. Choi, Tim Clark (15,20), Ben Crane, Ross Fisher (7), Jim Furyk (16,20), Sergio García (7,15), Lucas Glover (12,16,20), Peter Hanson (7), Yuta Ikeda (25), Ryo Ishikawa (20), Thongchai Jaidee (7,21), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (7,8), Dustin Johnson (16), Zach Johnson (13,16,20), Robert Karlsson, Martin Kaymer (7), Matt Kuchar, Graeme McDowell (12), Rory McIlroy (7), Hunter Mahan (16,20), Phil Mickelson (13,14,16,20), Edoardo Molinari, Francesco Molinari (7), Kevin Na (16), Geoff Ogilvy (7,12,16,20), Sean O'Hair (16,20), Louis Oosthuizen, Kenny Perry (16,20), Ian Poulter (7), Álvaro Quirós (7), Charl Schwartzel (7), Adam Scott (20), Michael Sim (22), Henrik Stenson (7,15), Steve Stricker (16,20), Camilo Villegas (7,20), Nick Watney (16), Oliver Wilson (7), Yang Yong-eun (14,16,20) (Anthony Kim (20) withdrew due to thumb surgery.) 7. First 30 in the PGA European Tour Final Race to Dubai for 2009 Simon Dyson, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Anders Hansen (23), Søren Kjeldsen, Thomas Levet, Ross McGowan, Alex Norén, Robert Rock 8. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2008–2010 Simon Khan 9. First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place, not exempt having applied above, in the top 20 of the 2010 PGA European Tour Race to Dubai on completion of the 2010 BMW PGA Championship Fredrik Andersson Hed, Rhys Davies (the only two golfers in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai at that time who were not already exempt) 10. First 2 European Tour members and any European Tour members tying for 2nd place, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from all official PGA European Tour events from OWGR Week 19 up to and including the BMW International Open and including the U.S. Open Stephen Gallacher, Grégory Havret 11. The leading player, not exempt having applied above, in the first 5 and ties of each of the 2010 Alstom Open de France and the 2010 Barclays Scottish Open Alejandro Cañizares, Darren Clarke 12. The U.S. Open Champions for 2006–2010 13. The U.S. Masters Champions for 2006–2010 Trevor Immelman 14. The U.S. PGA Champions for 2005–2009 15. The U.S. PGA Tour Players Champions for 2008–2010 16. Top 30 on the Official 2009 PGA Tour FedEx Cup points list Jason Dufner, Brian Gay, Jerry Kelly, Marc Leishman, Steve Marino, John Senden, Heath Slocum, Scott Verplank, Mike Weir (20) (David Toms withdrew due to a shoulder injury.) 17. First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place, not exempt having applied above, in the top 20 of the FedEx Cup points list of the 2010 PGA Tour on completion of the HP Byron Nelson Championship Jason Bohn, Bill Haas, J. B. Holmes 18. First 2 PGA Tour members and any PGA Tour members tying for 2nd place, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from The Players Championship and the five PGA Tour events leading up to and including the 2010 AT&T National Justin Rose, Bubba Watson 19. The leading player, not exempt having applied above, in the first 5 and ties of each of the 2010 AT&T National and the 2010 John Deere Classic Paul Goydos, Ryan Moore 20. Playing members of the 2009 Presidents Cup teams Vijay Singh 21. First place on the 2009 Asian Tour Order of Merit 22. First place on the 2009 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit 23. First place on the 2009 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit 24. The 2009 Japan Open Champion Ryuichi Oda 25. First 2, not exempt, on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2009 Koumei Oda 26. The leading 4 players, not exempt, in the 2010 Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic Hirofumi Miyase, Park Jae-bum, Shunsuke Sonoda, Toru Taniguchi 27. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt having applied (26) above, in a cumulative money list taken from all official 2010 Japan Golf Tour events up to and including the 2010 Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic Kim Kyung-tae, Katsumasa Miyamoto 28. The Senior British Open Champion for 2009 Loren Roberts 29. The 2010 Amateur Champion Jin Jeong (a) 30. The 2009 U.S. Amateur Champion An Byeong-hun (a) 31. The 2009 European Individual Amateur Champion Victor Dubuisson (a) International Final Qualifying Australasia: Kurt Barnes, Ewan Porter, Peter Senior Africa: Josh Cunliffe, Darren Fichardt, Jean Hugo Asia: Danny Chia, Chun Jae-han (a), Hiroyuki Fujita, Noh Seung-yul America: Glen Day, Martin Laird, George McNeill, Cameron Percy, Tom Pernice Jr., Tim Petrovic, D. A. Points, Bo Van Pelt Europe: Thomas Bjørn, Andrew Coltart, Bradley Dredge, Ignacio Garrido, Estanislao Goya, José Manuel Lara, Shane Lowry, Gareth Maybin, Colin Montgomerie, Marcel Siem Local Final Qualifying (Tuesday 29 June) Fairmont St Andrews: Laurie Canter (a), Mark Haastrup, Zane Scotland Kingsbarns Links: Jamie Abbott (a), Colm Moriarty, Tom Whitehouse Ladybank: Phillip Archer, Simon Edwards, Tyrrell Hatton (a) Scotscraig: Gary Clark, Paul Streeter, Steven Tiley (a) denotes amateur Alternates Drawn from the Official World Golf Rankings of 4 July 2010http://dps.twiihosting.net/wgr/doc/content/archive/2010/owgr27f2010.pdf Official World Golf Rankings, Week 27, 4 July 2010 Official World Golf Rankings 4 July 2010 5 July 2010 April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes (provide the player was entered in the Open and did not withdraw from qualifying): Rickie Fowler awarded exemption as highest ranked player not already qualified.http://www.opengolf.com/news.aspx?selectedItem=%7B5D685FB6-AB53-4059-A7CA-4D66F1FAE6DE%7D&story=AT%26T+victory+secures+Open+place+for+Rose AT&T victory secures Open place for Rose opengolf.com 5 July 2010 5 July 2010 Jeff Overton awarded exemption as highest ranked player not already qualified. Ricky Barnes replaced Anthony Kim.http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12040_6247983,00.html Kim, Toms out of Open Sky Sports 6 July 2010 5 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100710133005/http://www.skysports.com/story/0%2C19528%2C12040_6247983%2C00.html 10 July 2010 live Davis Love III replaced David Toms. Jason Day replaced Greg Norman.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8804217.stm Greg Norman out of Open Championship at St Andrews BBC Sport 9 July 2010 9 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100716023535/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/8804217.stm 16 July 2010 live Round summaries First round Thursday, 15 July 2010 For the 28th time, the Open Championship took to the Old Course at St Andrews, and it played perhaps the easiest it has in all its history, with 73 players under par. Rory McIlroy tied a major championship record with 63 (−9), only the eighth 63 in Open Championship history, and the 22nd in major championship history.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8826796.stm Rory McIlroy fires in 63 to lead Open 15 July 2010 BBC Sport 24 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100720143313/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8826796.stm 20 July 2010 live He was bogey-free and played his last ten holes at −8. Louis Oosthuizen was alone in second with 65. A big surprise of the first round was John Daly; the 1995 champion at St Andrews was at 66, in five-way tie for third with Bradley Dredge, Peter Hanson, Andrew Coltart, and Steven Tiley. Tiger Woods, who switched from his old Scotty Cameron putter to a Nike Method putter that week, headlined the group of nine tied for eighth at 67 (−5). That group included PGA Champion Yang Yong-eun and Lee Westwood. 2009 champion Stewart Cink and U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell were at 71, tied for 58th, and Masters champion Phil Mickelson struggled with the putter to a 73.https://www.espn.com/golf/britishopen10/news/story?id=5381731 McIlroy's 63 equals record in a major 15 July 2010 Associated Press ESPN 15 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100717044627/http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/britishopen10/news/story?id=5381731 17 July 2010 live PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 NIR Rory McIlroy63−92 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen65−7T3 SCO Andrew Coltart66−6 USA John Daly WAL Bradley Dredge SWE Peter Hanson ENG Steven TileyT8 SWE Fredrik Andersson Hed67−5 ESP Alejandro Cañizares USA Lucas Glover USA Sean O'Hair DEU Marcel Siem USA Nick Watney ENG Lee Westwood USA Tiger Woods KOR 1997 Yang Yong-eun Second round Friday, 16 July 2010 Saturday, 17 July 2010 Mark Calcavecchia had the earliest tee time and took advantage of the morning conditions to shoot a 67 (−5) for a 137 (−7). Louis Oosthuizen played in the next group and also shot 67 to move into first place at 132 (−12), five shots ahead of Calcavecchia. Phil Mickelson posted a 71 to get to even-par 144. However, the conditions were significantly worse in the afternoon. Rory McIlroy followed his 63 (−9) in the opening round with 80 (+8) for 143 (−1).https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8829203.stm Rory McIlroy blames winds for slump 16 July 2010 BBC Sport 24 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100731051811/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8829203.stm 31 July 2010 live Jason Dufner's ball would not stay still on the 7th green due to the gale force 40 mph 5 on winds, which caused play to be suspended for 66 minutes. Winds also caused backup on the course, and some rounds took 7½ hours. Tiger Woods had a bad start with bogeys on the first two holes, and despite three-putting four times that day, grinded out to shoot 73 (+1) on Friday for 140 (−4), 8 shots behind the leader. Notable players who missed the cut were Ernie Els, Pádraig Harrington, Tom Watson, and Jim Furyk.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8830619.stm Louis Oosthuizen takes halfway lead 16 July 2010 BBC Sport 24 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100721152619/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8830619.stm 21 July 2010 live PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen65-67=132−122 USA Mark Calcavecchia70-67=137−7T3 ESP Alejandro Cañizares67-71=138−6 ENG Paul Casey69-69=138 KOR 1997 Jin Jeong (a)68-70=138 ENG Lee Westwood67-71=138T7 USA Ricky Barnes68-71=139−5 ZAF Retief Goosen69-70=139 SWE Peter Hanson66-73=139 ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez72-67=139 USA Tom Lehman71-68=139 NIR Graeme McDowell71-68=139 USA Sean O'Hair67-72=139 Amateurs: Jeong (−6), Chun (+3), An (+7), Abbott (+8), Dubuisson (+9), Hatton (+11), Canter (+16). Due to darkness, the second round was suspended at 9:43 pm BST and completed on Saturday morning. Third round Saturday, 17 July 2010 Mark Calcavecchia quickly fell out of contention when he played his first five holes in seven over par. Tiger Woods struggled with the flat stick, with 35 putts for the round and ten three-putts through 54 holes. Phil Mickelson mounted a charge at four-under-par through 13 holes, but fell back with a double-bogey on 16. Louis Oosthuizen's consistency never wavered, and he ended the day with a four-shot lead over Paul Casey, who shot a five-under 67. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen65-67-69=201−152 ENG Paul Casey69-69-67=205−113 DEU Martin Kaymer69-71-68=208−8T4 SWE Henrik Stenson68-74-67=209−7 ESP Alejandro Cañizares67-71-71=209 ENG Lee Westwood67-71-71=2097 USA Dustin Johnson69-72-69=210−6T8 USA Nick Watney67-73-71=211−5 ZAF Retief Goosen69-70-72=211 USA Sean O'Hair67-72-72=211 USA Ricky Barnes68-71-72=211 Final round Sunday, 18 July 2010 Louis Oosthuizen shot a final round 71 to win his first major championship by seven shots. He played consistently all day, including an eagle at the drivable 9th hole. Paul Casey was in contention until a triple bogey at the 12th, which Oosthuizen birdied.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8832469.stm 2010 Open: Oosthuizen cruises to victory at St Andrews 18 July 2010 BBC Sport 24 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100805092943/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8832469.stm 5 August 2010 live Earlier in the day, Rickie Fowler shot 67 to move into a tie for 14th, despite opening the championship with a 79. Tiger Woods switched back to his old putter with improved results, but poor ball striking left him with an even-par 72. Phil Mickelson made a charge early in his round, but poor putting led to him a 75. Rory McIlroy bounced back well from his 80 on Friday and finished tied for third. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen65-67-69-71=272−16850,0002 ENG Lee Westwood67-71-71-70=279−9500,000T3 ENG Paul Casey 69-69-67-75=280 −8256,667 NIR Rory McIlroy 63-80-69-68=280 SWE Henrik Stenson68-74-67-71=2806 ZAF Retief Goosen69-70-72-70=281−7175,000T7 DEU Martin Kaymer 69-71-68-74=282 −6121,250 USA Sean O'Hair67-72-72-71=282 ENG Robert Rock 68-78-67-69=282 USA Nick Watney67-73-71-71=282 Amateurs: Jeong (−4). Complete Final Leaderboard Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par444454434 434454444 ZAF Oosthuizen −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −14 −16 −16 −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −16 −16 ENG Westwood −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8 −9 −9 −9 −8 −9 NIR McIlroy −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 SWE Stenson −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 ENG Casey −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ Source:https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=798 ESPN The Open Championship 10 August 2015 References External links St Andrews 2010 (Official site) 139th Open Championship - St Andrews (European Tour) 2010 Open Championship (PGA of America) https://web.archive.org/web/20160307031748/http://www.pga.com/openchampionship/2010/index.html 7 March 2016 2010 56.343 -2.803 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:St Andrews Category:21st century in Fife Category:Sport in Fife Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship