2010 U.S. Women's Open

September 2018 September 2026 2010 U.S. Women's Open USWomensOpen2010Logo.svg July 8–11, 2010 Oakmont, Pennsylvania Oakmont Country Club USGA LPGA Tour 71 6,568 ydhttp://www.usga.org/ChampEventContent.aspx?id=2147487510 USGA Championship Facts: 2010 U.S. Women's Open July 6, 2012 156 players, 68 after cut 152 (+10) $3.25 million $585,000 USA Paula Creamer 281 (−3) 2009 2011 USA 1 Oakmont CC 40.526 -79.827 Location in the United States 5 240 USA Pennsylvania 1 Oakmont CC 40.526 -79.827 Location in Pennsylvania 5 240 The 2010 U.S. Women's Open was the 65th U.S. Women's Open, played July 8–11 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh.http://www.uswomensopen.com/ U.S. Women's Open Official Site June 7, 2012 Paula Creamer, in her fourth tournament after surgery to her left thumb, won her first major championship, four shots ahead of runners-up Na Yeon Choi and Suzann Pettersen. It was the second U.S. Women's Open, and 15th overall USGA championship (8 U.S. Open and 5 U.S. Amateur championships also; a 16th has since been hosted) held at Oakmont, which hosted 18 years earlier in 1992; Patty Sheehan won that year, in an 18-hole playoff over Juli Inkster. The Tournament was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports. Qualifying and field For the first time since 2001, qualifying for the U.S. Women's Open took place in a single sectional qualifying tournament stage, rather than in a two-stage process of local and sectional qualifying tournaments. Twenty separate sectional qualifying tournaments took place from May 2 through June 3 in 16 states across the United States.2010 U.S. Open Qualifying https://web.archive.org/web/20090612061533/http://www.2010uswomensopen.com/qualifying.php June 12, 2009 Exempt from qualifying Players in eleven categories were exempt from qualifying. Players are listed only once in the first category in which they qualify, with additional categories in parentheses ( ) next to their names. Golfers qualifying in Category 10 who qualify by more than one method are also denoted with the tour by which they qualified. 1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last ten years (2000–2009) Juli Inkster, Eun-Hee Ji (6,7), Cristie Kerr (3,6,7,8,9), Birdie Kim, Hilary Lunke, Inbee Park (7,8), Karrie Webb (5,7) (Eligible but not playing: Annika Sörenstam1 and Meg Mallon3) Kim and Lunke did not play. 2. Winner and runner-up from the 2009 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship (must be an amateur) Jennifer Johnson (The winner, Jennifer Song, turned professional on June 17, 2010, and lost her exemption in this category. She remains exempt in Category 6 below.) 3. Winners of the LPGA Championship for the last five years Anna Nordqvist (7,9), Se Ri Pak (7,9), Suzann Pettersen (6,7,8,9), Yani Tseng (5,7,8,9) 4. Winners of the Ricoh Women's British Open for the last five years Jeong Jang, Catriona Matthew (7,9,10–LET), Jiyai Shin (6,7,8,9), Sherri Steinhauer (Eligible but not playing: Lorena Ochoa1 (5,7,8,9)) 5. Winners of the Kraft Nabisco Championship for the last five years Brittany Lincicome (6,7), Morgan Pressel (6,7) 6. From the 2009 U.S. Women's Open Championship, the 15 lowest scores and anyone tying for 15th place Sun Ju Ahn (10–Korea), Kyeong Bae (7), Na Yeon Choi (7,9), Paula Creamer (7), In-Kyung Kim (7), Song-Hee Kim (7,8), Candie Kung (7), Ai Miyazato (7,8,9), Hee Young Park (7), Morgan Pressel (7), Jennifer Song 7. From the 2009 final official LPGA money list, the top 50 money leaders Helen Alfredsson, Meaghan Francella, Sandra Gal, Natalie Gulbis, Sophie Gustafson (9,10–LET), Hee-Won Han, Maria Hjorth, Katherine Hull, M. J. Hur (9), Pat Hurst, Vicky Hurst, Christina Kim, Brittany Lang, Jee Young Lee, Meena Lee, Seon Hwa Lee, Stacy Lewis (8), Mika Miyazato, Ji Young Oh, Michele Redman, Angela Stanford, Momoko Ueda, Wendy Ward, Michelle Wie (8,9), Lindsey Wright, Amy Yang, Eunjung Yi, Sun Young Yoo '8. From the 2010 official LPGA money list, the top 10 money leaders through the close of entries on May 5 9. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2009 U.S. Women's Open Championship to the initiation of the 2010 U.S. Women's Open Championship Bo Bae Song2 10. Top five money leaders from the 2009 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour, and Ladies European Tour Japan LPGA Tour: Sakura Yokomine, Shinobu Moromizato, Chie Arimura, Mi-Jeong Jeon, Yuko Mitsuka, Korea LPGA Tour: Hee Kyung Seo, So Yeon Ryu, Bo-Mee Lee, Jeong-Eun Lee Ladies European Tour: Becky Brewerton, Tania Elósegui, Marianne Skarpnord 11. Special exemptions selected by the USGA none offered 1Both Sörenstam and Ochoa have announced their retirement, but are officially listed by the LPGA as "inactive". 2Bo Bae Song was not an LPGA Tour member when she won the Mizuno Classic in 2009. This means that her victory and prize money are not included in LPGA career statistics. However, since the Mizuno Classic is sanctioned by the LPGA as an official money event, Song's victory is considered "official" for purposes of U.S. Women's Open entry. 3Mallon announced her retirement from competitive golf on July 7, 2010, and withdrew from the tournament. She was replaced by alternate Nicole Vandermade.Golfweek http://www.golfweek.com/news/2010/jul/07/will-win-fades-mallon-retires/?PRO-LPGA As will to win fades, Mallon, 47, retires July 7, 2010 Beth Ann Baldry June 7, 2012 Qualifiers The following players qualified for the 2010 U.S. Women's Open through one of the sectional qualifying tournaments. At sites with multiple qualifiers, players are listed in order of qualifying scores, from lowest score to highest.USGA http://www.usga.org/news/qualifying/2010/U-S--Women-s-Open-Sectional-Qualifying-Results/ U.S. Women's Open Sectional Qualifying Results June 7, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120306075546/http://www.usga.org/news/qualifying/2010/U-S--Women-s-Open-Sectional-Qualifying-Results/ 2012-03-06 dead mdy-all May 17 at White Bear Yacht Club, White Bear Lake, Minnesota Martha Nause May 17 at Shady Oaks Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas María Hernández, Taylor Leon, Heather Young May 19 at Plantation Bay Country Club, Ormond Beach, Florida Alexis Thompson, Yueer Feng, Jaye Marie Green, Shasta Averyhardt, Sarah Kemp, Veronica Felibert May 24 at Pinnacle Peak Country Club, Scottsdale, Arizona Aiko Ueno, Shi Hyun Ahn, Paige Mackenzie, Nicole Zhang, Juliana Murcia Ortiz, Esther Choe May 24 at Corral de Tierra Country Club, Corral de Tierra, California Mina Harigae, Tiffany Lim, Sofie Andersson Sally Watson May 24 at Mission Viejo Country Club, Mission Viejo, California Tiffany Joh, Alison Lee, Jenny Shin, Gabriella Then May 24 at The Oaks Club, Osprey, Florida Jessica Korda, Samantha Richdale, Jennifer Gleason, Victoria Tanco, Sandra Changkija May 24 at Twin Orchard Country Club, Long Grove, Florida Libby Smith, Nicole Jeray, Laura Kueny, Ashli Bunch May 24 at Woodmont Country Club, Rockville, Maryland Chella Choi, Karine Icher, Pornanong Phatlum, Hye Jung Choi, Laura Diaz, Meredith Duncan, Alison Walshe, Julieta Granada, Alena Sharp, Shanshan Feng, Jung Yeon Lee, Louise Friberg May 24 at Persimmon Woods Golf Club, St. Louis, Missouri Kelli Shean, Lucy Nunn May 24 at Shadow Hawk Golf Club, Richmond, Texas Lisa McCloskey, Christi Cano, Janine Fellows May 25 at Hawk Pointe Golf Club, Washington, New Jersey Amanda Blumenherst, Azahara Muñoz, Na On Min, Jennifer Rosales May 26 at White Columns Country Club, Milton, Georgia Allison Fouch, Karen Stupples, Irene Cho, Stacy Prammanasudh, Sarah Lynn Sargent May 26 at Tumble Creek Club, Roslyn, Washington Christine Wong May 30 at Hoakalei Country Club, Ewa Beach, Hawaii Sakurako Mori May 31 at Broadmoor Golf Club, Colorado Springs, Colorado Kimberly Kim, Jill McGill, Mhairi McKay June 1 at Industry Hills Golf Club, City of Industry, California Giulia Sergas, Kaitlin Drolson, Belen Mozo, Stephanie Kono, Sun Gyoung Park, Ariya Jutanugarn, Charlotte Mayorkas, Tamie Durdin, Danielle Kang, Lizette Salas, Anna Rawson June 1 at Twin Hills Country Club, Longmeadow, Massachusetts Brittany Altomare, Liz Janangelo June 2 at Fox Chapel Golf Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Janice Moodie, Jennifer Kirby, Becky Morgan June 3 at Carolina Trace (Lakes Course), Sanford, North Carolina Hsiao-Ching Lu, Gwladys Nocera, Joomi Kim Alternates Courtney Ellenbogen – the first alternate from the Sanford, North Carolina qualifier with a score of 77-68=145 was added to the field when the last three winners on the LPGA Tour—Meaghan Francella, Ai Miyazato and Cristie Kerr—already had qualified for the tournament, opening up additional spots.The Roanoke Times http://www.roanoke.com/sports/etc/wb/251891 Ellenbogen gets 3rd shot at U.S. Women's Open July 7, 2010 Randy King June 7, 2012 https://archive.today/20130201175536/http://www.roanoke.com/sports/etc/wb/251891 2013-02-01 dead mdy-all Nicole Vandermade – replaced Meg Mallon who announced her retirement from golf and withdrew from the tournament on July 7. Vandermade was the first alternate from the Richmond, Texas qualifier with a score of 74-71=145. Sara-Maude Juneau – replaced Chie Arimura. Juneau was the first alternate from the St. Louis qualifier with a score of 75-71=146. Course layout Oakmont Country Club Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards4373254005593601703922524473,3424403406021533504422092454453,2266,568Par444543435364453443443571 Source: Lengths of the course for previous U.S. Women's Opens: 1992: 6312 yd, par 71 Note: The 9th hole is par 5 for women only in USGA championships. For men's majors, it is a par 4. Round summaries First round Thursday, July 8, 2010 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Brittany Lang69−2T2 KOR M. J. Hur70−1 KOR Inbee Park ZAF Kelli Shean (a) KOR Amy YangT6 SCO Mhairi McKay71E JPN Sakura YokomineT8 KOR Shi Hyun Ahn72+1 USA Paula Creamer SWE Sophie Gustafson USA Vicky Hurst USA Cristie Kerr USA Christina Kim KOR Song-Hee Kim KOR Jeong-Eun Lee KOR Jee Young Lee USA Kristy McPherson JPN Shinobu Moromizato KOR Hee-Kyung Seo CAN Alena Sharp USA Wendy Ward Second round Friday, July 9, 2010 Saturday, July 10, 2010 Weather interrupted play on Friday afternoon, and the round was concluded Saturday. PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Paula Creamer72-70=142 E JPN Sakura Yokomine71-71=142T3 USA Cristie Kerr72-71=143+1 USA Brittany Lang69-74=143T5 SWE Sophie Gustafson72-72=144+2 USA Christina Kim72-72=144 NOR Suzann Pettersen73-71=144T8 SWE Maria Hjorth73-72=145+3 KOR Jeong Jang73-72=145 KOR I.K. Kim74-71=145 USA Stacy Lewis75-70=145 USA Angela Stanford73-72=145 USA Wendy Ward72-73=145 KOR Amy Yang70-75=145 The 36-hole cut was at 152 (+10) or better; 68 of the 156 players advanced to the third and fourth rounds, including six amateurs. Amateurs (a): Shean (+7), McCloskey (+8), Johnson (+9), Kang (+10), Lim (+10), Wong (+10), Watson (+11), Kono (+12), Changkija (+14), Gulyanamitta (+14), Salas (+14), Zhang (+14), Ellenbogen (+15), Korda (+15), Tanco (+16), Fellows (+17), Jutanugarn (+17), Kirby (+17), Park (+17), Juneau (+18), Murcia Ortiz (+18), Altomare (+19), Lee-Bentham (+20), Drolson (+22), Feng (+22), Then (+23), Lee (+24), Vandermade (+24), Green (+29). Third round Saturday, July 10, 2011 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Paula Creamer72-70-70=212−12 USA Wendy Ward72-73-70=215+2T3 KOR Amy Yang70-75-71=216+3 USA Christina Kim72-72-72=216 NOR Suzann Pettersen73-71-72=2166 USA Lexi Thompson73-74-70=217+4T7 USA Natalie Gulbis73-73-72=218+5 KOR I.K. Kim74-71-73=218 SWE Sophie Gustafson72-72-74=218 USA Cristie Kerr72-71-75=218 USA Brittany Lang69-74-75=218 JPN Sakura Yokomine71-71-76=218 Final round Sunday, July 11, 2010 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Paula Creamer72-70-70-69=281−3585,000T2 KOR Na Yeon Choi75-72-72-66=285+1248,468 NOR Suzann Pettersen73-71-72-69=2854 KOR I.K. Kim74-71-73-68=286+2152,565T5 KOR Jiyai Shin76-71-72-68=287+3110,481 USA Brittany Lang69-74-75-69=287 KOR Amy Yang70-75-71-71=287T8 KOR Inbee Park70-78-73-68=289+587,202 USA Christina Kim72-72-72-73=289T10 TWN Yani Tseng73-76-73-68=290 +672,131 JPN Sakura Yokomine71-71-76-72=290 USA Lexi Thompson73-74-70-73=290 Source:http://www.usga.org/uploadedFiles/Championships/2010/WomensOpen/News/moneylist.pdf USGA 65th U.S. Women's Open Championship 2010: Championship Summary June 7, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120717053138/http://www.usga.org/uploadedFiles/Championships/2010/WomensOpen/News/moneylist.pdf 2012-07-17 dead mdy-allhttps://sports.yahoo.com/golf/lpga/leaderboard/2010/195 Yahoo Sports 2010 U.S. Women's Open: leaderboard June 12, 2012 Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par444543435 445344344 USA Creamer −1 −1 −1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 KOR Choi +6 +6 +6 +5 +5 +4 +3 +3 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 NOR Pettersen +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +1 KOR Kim +4 +3 +4 +4 +4 +5 +5 +5 +4 +4 +4 +5 +4 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 KOR Shin +7 +7 +6 +5 +5 +5 +5 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +5 +5 +4 +3 USA Lang +5 +5 +4 +4 +3 +3 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 +2 +3 +3 +3 KOR Yang +3 +5 +4 +3 +5 +5 +6 +6 +5 +4 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +2 +3 USA Ward +5 +5 +5 +5 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +6 +6 +8 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |style="background: Olive;" width=10| |Triple bogey+ |} Source:Golf Channel https://www.golfchannel.com/tours/lpga/2010/us-womens-open/ U.S. Women's Open September 4, 2018 See also United States Golf Association Oakmont Country Club References External links USGA U.S. Women's Open official microsite Tournament recap in U.S. Women's Open 2011 media guide 2010 40.526 -79.827 type:event title Category:U.S. Women's Open Category:Golf tournaments in Pennsylvania Category:Women's sports in Pennsylvania U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open