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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, [2] and the 28th time The Open was played at St Andrews. Usually branded with the edition of the championship (for example, the ...
The following year Prince's Golf Club hosted the event for the only time. The course was requisitioned by the military during the Second World War and was extensively damaged. [10] Royal Birkdale was chosen as the host course in 1940, however, due to the Second World War the event did not go ahead. [11]
Jack Nicklaus, three-time Open Champion in 1966, 1970, and 1978 Seve Ballesteros, three-time Open Champion in 1979, 1984, and 1988 Nick Faldo, three-time Open Champion in 1987, 1990, and 1992 Tiger Woods, three-time Open Champion in 2000, 2005, and 2006. He is one of six champions to win wire-to-wire after 72-holes played with his victory in 2005.
The year the golf course was originally built is shown in parentheses. Prestwick Golf Club (1851): [126] Prestwick is The Open's original venue, and hosted 24 Opens in all, including the first 12. [68] Old Tom Morris designed the original 12 hole course, [126] but it was subsequently redesigned and expanded to be an 18-hole course in 1882. [127]
26 July - Shin took back the number 1 position in the Women's World Golf Rankings after her win in the Evian Masters. 16 August - Kerr reclaimed the number 1 position in the Women's World Golf Rankings. 23 August – Miyazato returned to number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings after winning the Safeway Classic.
It was also an opportunity to counter criticism that not enough World Golf Championship events were held outside the United States. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The Club de Golf Chapultepec is a tree-lined parkland course with tight fairways and undulating terrain, built approximately 1.36 miles (more than 7,800 feet) above sea level, which results in much ...
13. Winners of multiple PGA Tour events between the end of the 2009 U.S. Open and the start of the 2010 U.S. Open 14. Top 5 from the 2010 European Tour Race to Dubai through May 24, 2010 (the BMW PGA Championship) Charl Schwartzel (17) 15. Top 2 on the 2009 Japan Golf Tour official money list, provided they are within the top 75 point leaders ...
It was the first Senior Open Championship played at the course and the eighth Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship. World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer won by one stroke over 1995 U.S. Open champion Corey Pavin. The 2010 event was Langer's first senior major championship victory.