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 (−11), 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.

Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards4304103731753384781454133973,1593603521494301634993585164723,2996,458 Par444345344354434354553772 Source:

Previous length of the course for the Women's British Open (since 2001): 2005: , par 72

Round summaries

First round Thursday, 29 July 2010 Place Player Score To parT1 Katherine Hull68−4 Yani TsengT3 Anne-Lise Caudal69−3 Brittany Lincicome Amy Yang Sun Young YooT7 In-Kyung Kim70−2 Michelle WieT9 Stacy Bregman71−1 Juli Inkster Brittany Lang Stacy Lewis Gwladys Nocera Stacy Prammanasudh Jiyai Shin

Second round Friday, 30 July 2010 Place Player Score To par1 Yani Tseng68-68=136−8T2 Cristie Kerr73-67=140−4 Brittany Lincicome69-71=140 Amy Yang69-71=140T5 Juli Inkster71-70=141−3 Suzann Pettersen73-68=141 Sun Young Yoo69-72=141T8 Anne-Lise Caudal69-73=142−2 Katherine Hull68-74=142 M. J. Hur74-68=142 Christina Kim74-68=142 In-Kyung Kim70-72=142 Hee-kyung Seo73-69=142 Jiyai Shin71-71=142 Momoko Ueda72-70=142

Third round Saturday, 31 July 2010

Place Player Score To par1 Yani Tseng68-68-68=204−122 Katherine Hull68-74-66=208−83 In-Kyung Kim70-72-68=210−64 Brittany Lincicome69-71-71=211−5T5 Cristie Kerr73-67-72=212−4 Christina Kim74-68-70=212 Suzann Pettersen73-68-71=212 Hee-kyung Seo73-69-70=212 Momoko Ueda72-70-70=212T10 Na Yeon Choi74-70-69=213−3 Morgan Pressel77-71-65=213

Final round Sunday, 1 August 2010 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 Yani Tseng68-68-68-73=277−11 408,7142 Katherine Hull68-74-66-70=278−10 256,209T3 Na Yeon Choi74-70-69-68=281 −7 159,825 In-Kyung Kim70-72-68-71=281T5 Cristie Kerr73-67-72-70=282−6101,670 Hee-kyung Seo73-69-70-70=282 Amy Yang69-71-74-68=2828 Morgan Pressel77-71-65-71=284−481,753T9 Christina Kim74-68-70-74=286−261,978 Brittany Lincicome69-71-71-75=286 Ai Miyazato76-70-73-67=286 Inbee Park72-71-77-66=286 Momoko Ueda72-70-70-74=286 Source:

Scorecard Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par444345344 443435455 Tseng −12−12−11−12−12−13−13−12−12−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11 Hull −8−9−10−9−9−9−9−8−8−8−9−9−10−10−10−10−10−10 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

References

External links Ladies European Tour: 2010 Ricoh Women's British Open results LPGA: 2010 Ricoh Women's British Open results