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Tournament Name | 2010 Open Championship |
Caption | Champion Louis Oosthuizen with the Claret Jug. |
Dates | 15 � 18 July 2010 |
Location | Scotland St Andrews, Scotland |
Course | Old Course at St Andrews |
Tour | PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
Par | 72 |
Yardage | 7,305 |
Field | 156 players, 77 after cut |
Cut | 146 (+2) |
Purse | ₤4,800,000 -5,713,920 US$7,372,762 |
Winners Share | ₤850,000 -1,011,840 $1,305,593 |
Champion | ZA Louis Oosthuizen |
Score | −16 (272) |
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The 2010 Open Championship was the 139th Open Championship, one of golf's four majors, and was played from 15 � 18 July over the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It was celebrated as the 150th anniversary of the founding of The Open in 1860. It was the 28th time The Open was played at St Andrews.
The championship was won by Louis Oosthuizen with a 16 under par total of 272. He finished seven strokes clear of Lee Westwood with Paul Casey, Rory McIlroy and Henrik Stenson a further stroke behind. It was Oosthuizen's first major championship victory having only made the cut once from his eight previous appearances, at the 2008 PGA Championship.
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