2010 U.S. Senior Open

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2010 U.S. Senior Open
Tournament information
DatesJuly 29 – August 1, 2010
Location Sammamish, Washington
Course(s) Sahalee Country Club
Organized by USGA
Tour(s)
Statistics
Par70
Length6,896 yd (6,306 m)
Field156 players, 69 after cut
Cut150 (+10)
Prize fund $2,600,000
Champion
Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer
272 (−8)
  2009
2011  
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Sahalee Country Club 

The 2010 U.S. Senior Open was a senior major golf championship and the 31st U.S. Senior Open, held from July 29 to August 1 at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington. It was the first U.S. Senior Open played at the course.

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World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer won by three strokes over Seattle native Fred Couples. The 2010 event was Langer's second senior major championship victory in as many weeks.

Venue

The 2010 event was the first U.S. Senior Open played at Sahalee Country Club.

Course layout

HoleYardsPar  HoleYardsPar
14034104004
25085115455
34154124554
43924131703
51903143704
64804154434
74204163754
84434172123
92053184704
Out3,45635In3,44035
Source: [1] Total6,89670

Field

The field consisted of 156 competitors: 127 professionals and 29 amateurs. 18-hole stroke play qualifying rounds were held at several locations for players who were not already exempt. [2]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Bruce Vaughan posted a four-under-par 66 on day one to lead by two strokes.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Vaughan 66−4
T2 Flag of the United States.svg Tim Jackson (a)68−2
Flag of the United States.svg Loren Roberts
T4 Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer 69−1
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Allen
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Lehman
Flag of Japan.svg Naomichi Ozaki
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Calcavecchia
T9 Flag of the United States.svg Fred Couples 70E
Flag of the United States.svg Jay Haas
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Simpson
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Watson

Second round

Friday, July 30, 2010

2010 Senior Open champion Bernhard Langer shot a 68 (−2) to take a two shot lead over Tommy Armour III, John Cook, and J. R. Roth.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer 69-68=137−3
T2 Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Armour III 71-68=139−1
Flag of the United States.svg John Cook 71-68=139
Flag of the United States.svg J. R. Roth 73-66=139
T5 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Allen 69-71=140E
Flag of the United States.svg Fred Couples 70-70=140
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Watson 70-70=140
Flag of the United States.svg Loren Roberts 68-72=140
T9 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Kite 72-69=141+1
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Simpson 70-71=141

Third round

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Seattle native Fred Couples shot a five-under-par 65 in the third round to enter the final round at 205 (−5). Bernhard Langer shot a second consecutive round of 68 (−2) to share the 54-hole lead with Couples.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer 69-68-68=205−5
Flag of the United States.svg Fred Couples 70-70-65=205
T3 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Kite 72-69-69=210E
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lu Chien-soon 71-71-68=211
T5 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Allen 69-71-71=210+1
Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Armour III 71-68-72=211
Flag of the United States.svg John Cook 71-68-72=211
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Senior 73-70-68=211
T9 Flag of the United States.svg Loren Roberts 68-72-72=212+2
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Simpson 70-71-71=212

Amateurs: Jackson (+11), Hudson (+16), Grace (+19)

Final round

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Fred Couples birdied the par-4 1st hole to take a one stroke lead over Bernhard Langer. On the par-5 2nd hole, Couples drove his tee shot into the first cut of rough and was left with 227-yards for his second shot. He decided to lay up short of a water hazard which surrounds the front of the second green and was left with 69-yards for his third shot. Couples' third shot found the water and resulted in a triple bogey. Langer made a long birdie putt on the 2nd green to take a three shot lead over Couples. He extended his lead to four strokes with a birdie on the par-4 6th hole. After two late birdies by Couples, Langer entered the 72nd hole with a two stroke lead and converted a 7-foot par putt to win his second consecutive senior major championship by three strokes.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer 69-68-68-67=272−8470,000
2 Flag of the United States.svg Fred Couples 70-70-65-70=275−5280,000
T3 Flag of the United States.svg Olin Browne 73-70-70-65=278−2145,760
Flag of the United States.svg John Cook 71-68-72-67=278
5 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Watson 70-70-75-66=281+196,938
T6 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Allen 69-71-71-71=282+281,573
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Senior 73-70-68-71=282
T8 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Kite 72-69-69-73=283+365,735
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lu Chien-soon 71-71-68-73=283
Flag of the United States.svg Larry Mize 74-69-72-68=283

Source: [3]
Amateurs: Jackson (+11), Grace (+25), Hudson (+27)

Scorecard

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454434443454344434
Flag of Germany.svg Langer−5−6−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8
Flag of the United States.svg Couples−6−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−6−6−5
Flag of the United States.svg Browne+3+2+1EEE−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2
Flag of the United States.svg Cook+1EEEEEEE+1+1EEEEE−1−2−2
Flag of the United States.svg Watson+4+3+3+3+2+2+2+3+4+4+4+4+3+3+2+2+1+1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Senior+1EEE+1+2+3+3+3+3+2+3+3+3+3+2+2+2
Flag of the United States.svg Allen+1+2+2+1+1+1+1+2+3+3+2+1+1+1+2+2+2+2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

BirdieBogey Triple bogey+

Source: [3]

Notes and references

  1. "US Senior Open 2010 – Venue". European Tour. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. "U.S. Senior Open Sectional Qualifying Results – 2010". USGA. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "31st U.S. Senior Open Championship – Round 4 Full Leaderboard". U.S. Senior Open. August 1, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
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