2010 Open Championship
Introduction The '''2010 Open Championship''' was a men's major golf championship and was held from 15 to 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. 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 sesquicentennial anniversary, the R&A branded this as the "150th Anniversary Open Championship" rather than "139th Open Championship." The standard branding returned the following year.Louis Oosthuizen won his only major championship with 272 (−16), seven strokes clear of runner-up Lee Westwood. A stroke behind in third were Paul Casey, Rory McIlroy, and Henrik Stenson.
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 , an increase of . Although not altered, the measurement angle of the dogleg was revised for hole #7, resulting in a new length of , a reduction of .===Card of the course===HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Burn3764 10Bobby Jones38642Dyke453411High (In)17433Cartgate (Out)397412Heathery (In)34844Ginger Beer480413Hole O'Cross (In)46545Hole O'Cross (Out) 568514Long61856Heathery (Out)412415Cartgate (In)45547High (Out)371416Corner of the Dyke42348Short175317Road49549End352418Tom Morris3574'''Out''''''3,584''''''36''''''In''''''3,721''''''36''' '''Total''''''7,305''''''72'''Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):* 2005:  * 2000: * 1995:    * 1990:    * 1984: * 1978: * 1970:    * 1964: * 1960: * 1955:
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), Yang Yong-eun (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, Alex 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''':'''Australasia:''' Kurt Barnes, Ewan Porter, Peter Senior:'''Africa:''' Josh Cunliffe, Darren Fichardt, Jean Hugo:'''Asia:''' Danny Chia, Chun Jae-han (a), Hiroyuki Fujita, Noh Seung-yul:'''America:''' Glen Day, Martin Laird, George McNeill, Cameron Percy, Tom Pernice Jr., Tim Petrovic, D. A. Points, Bo Van Pelt:'''Europe:''' Thomas Bjørn, Andrew Coltart, Bradley Dredge, Ignacio Garrido, Estanislao Goya, José Manuel Lara, Shane Lowry, Gareth Maybin, Colin Montgomerie, Marcel Siem'''Local Final Qualifying''' (Tuesday 29 June):'''Fairmont St Andrews:''' Laurie Canter (a), Mark Haastrup, Zane Scotland:'''Kingsbarns Links:''' Jamie Abbott (a), Colm Moriarty, Tom Whitehouse:'''Ladybank:''' Phillip Archer, Simon Edwards, Tyrrell Hatton (a):'''Scotscraig:''' Gary Clark, Paul Streeter, Steven Tiley*''(a) denotes amateur'''''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):*Rickie Fowler awarded exemption as highest ranked player not already qualified. *Jeff Overton awarded exemption as highest ranked player not already qualified. *Ricky Barnes replaced Anthony Kim. *Davis Love III replaced David Toms. *Jason Day replaced Greg Norman.
Round summaries ===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, with 73 players under par. Rory McIlroy tied a major championship record with 63 (−9), only the eighth 63 in Open Championship history, and the 22nd in major championship history. He was bogey-free and played his last ten holes at −8.Louis Oosthuizen was alone in second with 65.A big surprise of the first round was John Daly; the 1995 champion at St Andrews was at 66, in five-way tie for third with Bradley Dredge, Peter Hanson, Andrew Coltart, and Steven Tiley. Tiger Woods, who switched from his old Scotty Cameron putter to a Nike Method putter that week, headlined the group of nine tied for eighth at 67 (−5). That group included PGA Champion Yang Yong-eun and Lee Westwood. 2009 champion Stewart Cink and U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell were at 71, tied for 58th, and Masters champion Phil Mickelson struggled with the putter to a 73.PlacePlayerScoreTo par1  Rory McIlroy63−92  Louis Oosthuizen65−7T3  Andrew Coltart66−6  John Daly  Bradley Dredge  Peter Hanson  Steven TileyT8  Fredrik Andersson Hed67−5  Alejandro Cañizares  Lucas Glover  Sean O'Hair  Marcel Siem  Nick Watney  Lee Westwood  Tiger Woods  Yang Yong-eun===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 ball would not stay still on the 7th green due to the gale force  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.PlacePlayerScoreTo par1  Louis Oosthuizen65-67=132−122  Mark Calcavecchia70-67=137−7T3  Alejandro Cañizares67-71=138−6  Paul Casey69-69=138  Jin Jeong (a)68-70=138  Lee Westwood67-71=138T7  Ricky Barnes68-71=139−5  Retief Goosen69-70=139  Peter Hanson66-73=139  Miguel Ángel Jiménez72-67=139  Tom Lehman71-68=139  Graeme McDowell71-68=139  Sean O'Hair67-72=139Amateurs: ''Jeong (−6)'', Chun (+3), An (+7), Abbott (+8), Dubuisson (+9), Hatton (+11), Canter (+16). *''Due to darkness, the second round was suspended at 9:43 pm BST and completed on Saturday morning. ''===Third round===''Saturday, 17 July 2010''Mark Calcavecchia quickly fell out of contention when he played his first five holes in seven over par. Tiger Woods struggled with the flat stick, with 35 putts for the round and ten three-putts through 54 holes. Phil Mickelson mounted a charge at four-under-par through 13 holes, but fell back with a double-bogey on 16.Louis Oosthuizen's consistency never wavered, and he ended the day with a four-shot lead over Paul Casey, who shot a five-under 67.PlacePlayerScoreTo par1  Louis Oosthuizen65-67-69=201−152  Paul Casey69-69-67=205−113  Martin Kaymer69-71-68=208−8T4  Henrik Stenson68-74-67=209−7  Alejandro Cañizares67-71-71=209  Lee Westwood67-71-71=2097  Dustin Johnson69-72-69=210−6T8  Nick Watney67-73-71=211−5  Retief Goosen69-70-72=211  Sean O'Hair67-72-72=211  Ricky Barnes68-71-72=211===Final round===''Sunday, 18 July 2010''Louis Oosthuizen shot a final round 71 to win his first major championship by seven 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 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 early in his round, but poor putting led to him a 75.Rory McIlroy bounced back well from his 80 on Friday and finished tied for third.PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)'''1'''  '''Louis Oosthuizen'''65-67-69-71=272−16850,0002  Lee Westwood67-71-71-70=279−9500,000T3  Paul Casey 69-69-67-75=280 −8256,667  Rory McIlroy  63-80-69-68=280  Henrik Stenson68-74-67-71=2806  Retief Goosen69-70-72-70=281−7175,000T7  Martin Kaymer 69-71-68-74=282 −6121,250  Sean O'Hair67-72-72-71=282  Robert Rock  68-78-67-69=282  Nick Watney67-73-71-71=282Amateurs: Jeong (−4). '''Complete Final Leaderboard'''====Scorecard====Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par444454434  434454444  Oosthuizen  −15  −15  −15  −15  −15  −15  −15 −14 −16  −16  −16 −17  −17  −17  −17  −17 −16  −16  Westwood  −7  −7  −7  −7  −7  −7  −7  −7 −8  −8  −8 −7 −8 −9  −9  −9 −8 −9  McIlroy  −4  −4  −4  −4 −5  −5  −5  −5 −6  −6 −5 −6  −6 −7  −7  −7  −7 −8  Stenson  −7  −7  −7  −7  −7  −7 −8  −8  −8  −8  −8  −8  −8  −8  −8  −8  −8  −8  Casey  −11 −10  −10  −10  −10 −11  −11  −11 −12  −12  −12 −9  −9  −9 −8  −8  −8  −8''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+Source:
References
External links * St Andrews 2010 (Official site)* 139th Open Championship - St Andrews (European Tour)* 2010 Open Championship (PGA of America)