2010 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

2010 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
Dates July 8–11, 2010
Location Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Course(s) Oakmont Country Club
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par 71
Length 6,598 yards (6,033 m)[1]
Field 156 players, 68 after cut
Cut 152 (+10)
Prize fund $3.25 million
Winner's share $585,000
Champion
United States Paula Creamer
281 (−3)
«2009
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Oakmont CC
Location in the United States
Oakmont CC
Location in Pennsylvania


The 2010 United States Women's Open Golf Championship was the 65th U.S. Women's Open, played July 8–11 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh.[2] Paula Creamer, in her fourth tournament after surgery to her left thumb, won her only major championship, four shots ahead of runners-up Na Yeon Choi and Suzann Pettersen.

It was the second U.S. Women's Open 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.[3][4]

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 Europen Tour: Becky Brewerton, Tania Elosegui, 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.[5]

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.[6]

May 17 at White Bear Yacht Club, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Martha Nause

May 17 at Shady Oaks Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas
Maria Hernandez, 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

  1. 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.[7]
  2. 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.[5][6]
  3. Sara-Maude Juneau – replaced Chie Arimura. Juneau was the first alternate from the St. Louis qualifier with a score of 75-71=146.[6]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Inbee Park  South Korea 2008 70 78 73 68 289 +5 T8
Karrie Webb  Australia 2000, 2001 74 72 73 74 293 +9 T17
Cristie Kerr  United States 2007 72 71 75 75 293
Eun-Hee Ji  South Korea 2009 77 75 74 75 299 +15 T39

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Juli Inkster  United States 1999, 2002 77 76 153 +11
Se Ri Pak  South Korea 1998 77 78 155 +13

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4373254005593601703922524473,3724403406021533504422092454453,2266,598
Par444543435364453443443571

Source:[1]
Lengths of the course for previous U.S. Women's Opens:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 8, 2010

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Brittany Lang United States69−2
T2M. J. Hur South Korea70−1
Inbee Park South Korea70
Kelli Shean (a) South Africa70
Amy Yang South Korea70
T6Mhairi McKay Scotland71E
Sakura Yokomine Japan71
T8Shi Hyun Ahn South Korea72+1
Paula Creamer United States72
Sophie Gustafson Sweden72
Vicky Hurst United States72
Cristie Kerr United States72
Christina Kim United States72
Song-Hee Kim South Korea72
Jeong Eun Lee South Korea72
Jee Young Lee South Korea72
Kristy McPherson United States72
Shinobu Moromizato Japan72
Hee-Kyung Seo South Korea72
Alena Sharp Canada72
Wendy Ward United States72

Second round

Friday, July 9, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Weather interrupted play on Friday afternoon, and the round was concluded Saturday.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Paula Creamer United States72-70=142 E
Sakura Yokomine Japan71-71=142
T3Cristie Kerr United States72-71=143+1
Brittany Lang United States69-74=143
T5Sophie Gustafson Sweden72-72=144+2
Christina Kim United States72-72=144
Suzann Pettersen Norway73-71=144
T8Maria Hjorth Sweden73-72=145+3
Jeong Jang South Korea73-72=145
I.K. Kim South Korea74-71=145
Stacy Lewis United States75-70=145
Angela Stanford United States73-72=145
Wendy Ward United States72-73=145
Amy Yang South Korea70-75=145

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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Paula Creamer United States72-70-70=212−1
2Wendy Ward United States72-73-70=215+2
T3Amy Yang South Korea70-75-71=216+3
Christina Kim United States72-72-72=216
Suzann Pettersen Norway73-71-72=216
6Lexi Thompson United States73-74-70=217+4
T7Natalie Gulbis United States73-73-72=218+5
I.K. Kim South Korea74-71-73=218
Sophie Gustafson Sweden72-72-74=218
Cristie Kerr United States72-71-75=218
Brittany Lang United States69-74-75=218
Sakura Yokomine Japan71-71-76=218

Final round

Sunday, July 11, 2010

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Paula Creamer United States72-70-70-69=281−3585,000
T2Na Yeon Choi South Korea75-72-72-66=285+1248,468
Suzann Pettersen Norway73-71-72-69=285
4I.K. Kim South Korea74-71-73-68=286+2152,565
T5Jiyai Shin South Korea76-71-72-68=287+3110,481
Brittany Lang United States69-74-75-69=287
Amy Yang South Korea70-75-71-71=287
T8Inbee Park South Korea70-78-73-68=289+587,202
Christina Kim United States72-72-72-73=289
T10Yani Tseng Taiwan73-76-73-68=290 +672,131
Sakura Yokomine Japan71-71-76-72=290
Lexi Thompson United States73-74-70-73=290

Source:[8][9]

See also

References

External links

Preceded by
2010 LPGA
Major Championships Succeeded by
2010 Women's British Open

Coordinates: 40°31′34″N 79°49′37″W / 40.526°N 79.827°W / 40.526; -79.827

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