2010 U.S. Women's Open
Introduction 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. 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.===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 offered1Both 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.===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. '''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.# 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 Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards437325400559360170392252447'''3,342'''440340602153350442209245445'''3,226''''''6,568'''Par444543435'''36'''445344344'''35''''''71'''Source:Lengths of the course for previous U.S. Women's Opens:*1992: , 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  Brittany Lang69−2T2  M. J. Hur70−1  Inbee Park  Kelli Shean (a)  Amy YangT6  Mhairi McKay71E  Sakura YokomineT8  Shi Hyun Ahn72+1  Paula Creamer  Sophie Gustafson  Vicky Hurst  Cristie Kerr  Christina Kim  Song-Hee Kim  Jeong-Eun Lee  Jee Young Lee  Kristy McPherson  Shinobu Moromizato  Hee-Kyung Seo  Alena Sharp  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  Paula Creamer72-70=142 E  Sakura Yokomine71-71=142T3  Cristie Kerr72-71=143+1  Brittany Lang69-74=143T5  Sophie Gustafson72-72=144+2  Christina Kim72-72=144  Suzann Pettersen73-71=144T8  Maria Hjorth73-72=145+3  Jeong Jang73-72=145  I.K. Kim74-71=145  Stacy Lewis75-70=145  Angela Stanford73-72=145  Wendy Ward72-73=145  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  Paula Creamer72-70-70=212−12  Wendy Ward72-73-70=215+2T3  Amy Yang70-75-71=216+3  Christina Kim72-72-72=216  Suzann Pettersen73-71-72=2166  Lexi Thompson73-74-70=217+4T7  Natalie Gulbis73-73-72=218+5  I.K. Kim74-71-73=218  Sophie Gustafson72-72-74=218  Cristie Kerr72-71-75=218  Brittany Lang69-74-75=218  Sakura Yokomine71-71-76=218===Final round===''Sunday, July 11, 2010''PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)'''1'''  '''Paula Creamer'''72-70-70-69=281−3585,000T2  Na Yeon Choi75-72-72-66=285+1248,468  Suzann Pettersen73-71-72-69=2854  I.K. Kim74-71-73-68=286+2152,565T5  Jiyai Shin76-71-72-68=287+3110,481  Brittany Lang69-74-75-69=287  Amy Yang70-75-71-71=287T8  Inbee Park70-78-73-68=289+587,202  Christina Kim72-72-72-73=289T10  Yani Tseng73-76-73-68=290 +672,131  Sakura Yokomine71-71-76-72=290  Lexi Thompson73-74-70-73=290Source:====Scorecard====''Final round''Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9  101112131415161718Par444543435  445344344  Creamer  −1  −1  −1 E −1  −1  −1  −1 −2  −2  −2 −1  −1 −2 −3  −3  −3  −3  Choi  +6  +6  +6 +5  +5 +4 +3  +3 +1  +1  +1  +1 +2  +2  +2  +2 +1  +1  Pettersen  +3 +2  +2  +2  +2  +2 +1 +2  +2 +3  +3  +3  +3  +3  +3 +2  +2 +1  Kim +4 +3 +4  +4  +4 +5  +5  +5 +4  +4  +4 +5 +4 +3  +3  +3 +2  +2  Shin +7  +7 +6 +5  +5  +5  +5 +6  +6  +6  +6  +6  +6  +6 +5  +5 +4 +3  Lang  +5  +5 +4  +4 +3  +3 +2 +3  +3  +3  +3 +2 +1  +1 +2 +3  +3  +3  Yang  +3 +5 +4 +3 +5  +5 +6  +6 +5 +4 +3  +3 +4  +4  +4  +4 +2 +3  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'':EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+
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