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.
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, shorter than the par-70 set-up for The Open Championship in 2008.
The champion was Yani Tseng of Taiwan at 277, 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.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4304103731753384781454133973,1593603521494301634993585164723,2996,458
Par444345344354434354553772

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Previous length of the course for the Women's British Open :

First round

Thursday, 29 July 2010
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Katherine Hull68−4
T1Yani Tseng68−4
T3Anne-Lise Caudal69−3
T3Brittany Lincicome69−3
T3Amy Yang69−3
T3Sun Young Yoo69−3
T7In-Kyung Kim70−2
T7Michelle Wie70−2
T9Stacy Bregman71−1
T9Juli Inkster71−1
T9Brittany Lang71−1
T9Stacy Lewis71−1
T9Gwladys Nocera71−1
T9Stacy Prammanasudh71−1
T9Jiyai Shin71−1

Second round

Friday, 30 July 2010
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Yani Tseng68-68=136−8
T2Cristie Kerr73-67=140−4
T2Brittany Lincicome69-71=140−4
T2Amy Yang69-71=140−4
T5Juli Inkster71-70=141−3
T5Suzann Pettersen73-68=141−3
T5Sun Young Yoo69-72=141−3
T8Anne-Lise Caudal69-73=142−2
T8Katherine Hull68-74=142−2
T8M. J. Hur74-68=142−2
T8Christina Kim74-68=142−2
T8In-Kyung Kim70-72=142−2
T8Hee-kyung Seo73-69=142−2
T8Jiyai Shin71-71=142−2
T8Momoko Ueda72-70=142−2

Third round

Saturday, 31 July 2010
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Yani Tseng68-68-68=204−12
2Katherine Hull68-74-66=208−8
3In-Kyung Kim70-72-68=210−6
4Brittany Lincicome69-71-71=211−5
T5Cristie Kerr73-67-72=212−4
T5Christina Kim74-68-70=212−4
T5Suzann Pettersen73-68-71=212−4
T5Hee-kyung Seo73-69-70=212−4
T5Momoko Ueda72-70-70=212−4
T10Na Yeon Choi74-70-69=213−3
T10Morgan Pressel77-71-65=213−3

Final round

Sunday, 1 August 2010
PlacePlayerNationScoreTo parMoney
1Yani Tseng68-68-68-73=277−11408,714
2Katherine Hull68-74-66-70=278−10256,209
T3Na Yeon Choi74-70-69-68=281−7159,825
T3In-Kyung Kim70-72-68-71=281−7159,825
T5Cristie Kerr73-67-72-70=282−6101,670
T5Hee-kyung Seo73-69-70-70=282−6101,670
T5Amy Yang69-71-74-68=282−6101,670
8Morgan Pressel77-71-65-71=284−481,753
T9Christina Kim74-68-70-74=286−261,978
T9Brittany Lincicome69-71-71-75=286−261,978
T9Ai Miyazato76-70-73-67=286−261,978
T9Inbee Park72-71-77-66=286−261,978
T9Momoko Ueda72-70-70-74=286−261,978

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Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par