2010 Women's British Open

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.

2010 Women's British Open

Tournament information
Dates	29 July – 1 August 2010
Location	Southport, England
Course(s)	Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Organized by	Ladies' Golf Union
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour Ladies European Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,458 yards (5,905 m)[1]
Field	144 players, 75 after cut
Cut	149 (+5)
Prize fund	$2,500,000 €1,917,783
Winner's share	$408,714 €313,530
Champion
Yani Tseng
277 (−11)
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Royal Birkdale Golf Club

Location in England

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),^[1] 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.^[2]

Course

Main article: Royal Birkdale Golf Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	430	410	373	175	338	478	145	413	397	3,159	360	352	149	430	163	499	358	516	472	3,299	6,458
Par	4	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	35	4	4	3	4	3	5	4	5	5	37	72

Source:^[1]

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

• 2005: 6,463 yards (5,910 m), par 72

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 29 July 2010

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Katherine Hull	68	−4
	Yani Tseng
T3	Anne-Lise Caudal	69	−3
	Brittany Lincicome
	Amy Yang
	Sun Young Yoo
T7	In-Kyung Kim	70	−2
	Michelle Wie
T9	Stacy Bregman	71	−1
	Juli Inkster
	Brittany Lang
	Stacy Lewis
	Gwladys Nocera
	Stacy Prammanasudh
	Jiyai Shin

Second round

Friday, 30 July 2010

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Yani Tseng	68-68=136	−8
T2	Cristie Kerr	73-67=140	−4
	Brittany Lincicome	69-71=140
	Amy Yang	69-71=140
T5	Juli Inkster	71-70=141	−3
	Suzann Pettersen	73-68=141
	Sun Young Yoo	69-72=141
T8	Anne-Lise Caudal	69-73=142	−2
	Katherine Hull	68-74=142
	M. J. Hur	74-68=142
	Christina Kim	74-68=142
	In-Kyung Kim	70-72=142
	Hee-kyung Seo	73-69=142
	Jiyai Shin	71-71=142
	Momoko Ueda	72-70=142

Third round

Saturday, 31 July 2010

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Yani Tseng	68-68-68=204	−12
2	Katherine Hull	68-74-66=208	−8
3	In-Kyung Kim	70-72-68=210	−6
4	Brittany Lincicome	69-71-71=211	−5
T5	Cristie Kerr	73-67-72=212	−4
	Christina Kim	74-68-70=212
	Suzann Pettersen	73-68-71=212
	Hee-kyung Seo	73-69-70=212
	Momoko Ueda	72-70-70=212
T10	Na Yeon Choi	74-70-69=213	−3
	Morgan Pressel	77-71-65=213

Final round

Sunday, 1 August 2010

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Yani Tseng	68-68-68-73=277	−11	408,714
2	Katherine Hull	68-74-66-70=278	−10	256,209
T3	Na Yeon Choi	74-70-69-68=281	−7	159,825
	In-Kyung Kim	70-72-68-71=281
T5	Cristie Kerr	73-67-72-70=282	−6	101,670
	Hee-kyung Seo	73-69-70-70=282
	Amy Yang	69-71-74-68=282
8	Morgan Pressel	77-71-65-71=284	−4	81,753
T9	Christina Kim	74-68-70-74=286	−2	61,978
	Brittany Lincicome	69-71-71-75=286
	Ai Miyazato	76-70-73-67=286
	Inbee Park	72-71-77-66=286
	Momoko Ueda	72-70-70-74=286

Source:^[3]

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	5	4	5	5
Tseng	−12	−12	−11	−12	−12	−13	−13	−12	−12	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11
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

1. "2010 Women's British Open – course statistics". LGU.org. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
2. "Past Winners". Ricoh Women's British Open. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
3. "Ricoh Women's British Open: 2010 results". LPGA. Retrieved 3 June 2012.

External links

• Ladies European Tour: 2010 Ricoh Women's British Open results
• LPGA: 2010 Ricoh Women's British Open results

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