Dates 15–18 July 2010 Par 72 | Location St Andrews, Scotland Length 7,305 yards (6,680 m) | |
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Course(s) Old Course at St Andrews Tour(s) European Tour
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The 2010 Open Championship was held 15–18 July over the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It was the 150th anniversary of the founding of The Open in 1860, and the 28th time The Open was played at St Andrews. While the tournament is 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 special anniversary the R&A branded this tournament as the "150th Anniversary Open Championship", instead of using what would have been the normal "139th Open Championship" branding. The standard branding returned the following year.
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Louis Oosthuizen won his first major championship victory, with a 16-under-par total of 272, seven strokes clear of runner-up Lee Westwood. Paul Casey, Rory McIlroy and Henrik Stenson finished a further stroke behind.
Venue
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 yards (453 m), an increase of 40 yards (37 m). Although not altered, the measurement angle of the dogleg was revised for hole #7, resulting in a new length of 371 yards (339 m), a reduction of 19 yards (17 m).
Card of the course
Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):
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.
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), Y. E. Yang (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, Alexander 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
Local Final Qualifying
Alternates
Drawn from the Official World Golf Rankings of 4 July 2010 (provide the player was entered in the Open and did not withdraw from qualifying):
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. Overall, 73 golfers played their first round under par. The round of the day was by Rory McIlroy, who tied a major championship record with a round of 63 which was good for −9. It was only the eighth 63 in Open Championship history, and 22nd time a 63 has been carded in major championship history. McIlroy was bogey free and played his last ten holes at −8. South African, Louis Oosthuizen put himself alone in 2nd place after day 1 with a −7, 65. Perhaps the biggest surprise of the first round was turned in by John Daly. The 1995 champion at St Andrews turned in a −6, 66 and was among five golfers tied for third. Bradley Dredge, Peter Hanson, Andrew Coltart, and Steven Tiley were the others tied with Daly at −6. Tiger Woods, who switched from his old Scotty Cameron putter to a Nike Method putter that week, headlined the group of nine tied for 8th at −5. The other notables in that group were 2009 PGA Champion Yang Yong-eun and Lee Westwood. 2009 Open Champion Stewart Cink and 2010 U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell, each shot one-under 71s which earned them ties for 58th after the first round. 2010 Masters champion Phil Mickelson, struggling with the putter, ended up among those over par with a one-over 73.
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). Jason Dufner's golf ball would not stay still on the 7th green due to the gale force 40 mph (64 km/h) 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.
Amateurs: Jeong (−6), Chun (+3), An (+7), Abbott (+8), Dubuisson (+9), Hatton (+11), Canter (+16).
Third round
Saturday, 17 July 2010
Mark Calcavecchia quickly fell out of contention when he played his first 5 holes 7 over par. Tiger Woods never made a move because of his poor putting, needing 35 putts for the round and had 10 three-putts through 54 holes. Phil Mickelson mounted a charge after being 4-under-par through 13 holes of this round, but fell back with a double-bogey on 16. Louis Oosthuizen's consistency never wavered, and he ended the day with a 4-shot lead over Paul Casey who shot a solid round of 67.
Final round
Sunday, 18 July 2010
Louis Oosthuizen shot a final round 71 to win his first major championship by 7 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. Earlier in the day, Rickie Fowler shot the round of the day with a 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 earlier in his round, 2-under-par in his round thru 5 holes, but poor putting led to him playing the rest of his round 5 over par for a 75. Rory McIlroy bounced back well from his 80 on Friday and finished tied for 3rd place.
Amateurs: Jeong (−4).
Complete Final Leaderboard
Scorecard
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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