Location Southport, England Par 72 | Organized by Ladies' Golf Union | |
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Dates 29 July – 1 August 2010 Course(s) Royal Birkdale Golf Club Tour(s) LPGA Tour
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The 2010 Women's British Open was held 29 July to 1 August at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. It was the 35th edition of the Women's British Open, and the tenth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.
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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 6,458 yards (5,905 m), 715 yards (654 m) 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
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Previous length of the course for the Women's British Open (since 2001):
Final leaderboard
Sunday, 1 August 2010
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Scorecard
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par