2010 Open Championship
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.
| Champion Louis Oosthuizen with the Claret Jug. | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 15–18 July 2010 |
| Location | St Andrews, Scotland |
| Course(s) | Old Course at St Andrews |
| Organized by | The R&A |
| Tour(s) | European Tour PGA Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,305 yards (6,680 m) |
| Field | 156 players, 77 after cut |
| Cut | 146 (+2) |
| Prize fund | £4,800,000 €5,713,920 $7,372,762 |
| Winner's share | £850,000 €1,011,840 $1,305,593 |
| Champion | |
| Louis Oosthuizen | |
| 272 (−16) | |
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.