2010 LPGA Championship

The 2010 LPGA Championship was the 56th LPGA Championship, held June 24–27 at Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York, a suburb southeast of Rochester. Known for sponsorship reasons as the LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans, it was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2010 season.

2010 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 24–27, 2010
LocationPittsford, New York, U.S.
Course(s)Locust Hill Country Club
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,506 yards (5,949 m)[1]
Field150 players, 73 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Prize fund$2.25 million
Winner's share$337,500
Champion
United States Cristie Kerr
269 (−19)
Locust Hill CC is located in the United States
Locust Hill CC
Locust Hill CC
Location in the United States
Locust Hill Country Club is located in New York
Locust Hill Country Club
Locust Hill Country Club
Location in New York

The champion was Cristie Kerr, age 32, with a 269 (−19) to win by twelve strokes over Song-Hee Kim. It was Kerr's second major championship and fourteenth career win on the LPGA Tour, and vaulted her from fifth to first in the world rankings.[2]

This was the first of four consecutive years the LPGA Championship was played at Locust Hill; the previous five editions were played at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland. The LPGA had an annual tour event at Locust Hill since 1979; first known as The Sarah Coventry, it became the Wegmans LPGA in 1998 and was played through 2009.

Course layout
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal[3]
Yards4143373805321614391784661723,0794135093613864001503414783873,4256,504
Par444534353354544434543772

Field

The field was composed of 150 players, with the cut to the top 70 players and ties after the second round.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 24, 2010

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Cristie Kerr68−4
South Korea Seon Hwa Lee
United States Stacy Lewis
T4Japan Mika Miyazato69−3
South Korea Inbee Park
Australia Lindsey Wright
T7United States Heather Bowie Young70−2
United States Christina Kim
Taiwan Teresa Lu
Sweden Louise Stahle

Source:[4]

Second round

Friday, June 25, 2010

The cut was at 148 (+4) or better and 73 players advanced to play on the weekend.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Cristie Kerr68-66=134−10
T2Japan Mika Miyazato69-70=139−5
South Korea Inbee Park69-70=139
T4United States Brittany Lincicome71-69=139−4
South Korea Amy Yang73-67=140
T6South Korea Jimin Kang74-67=141−3
South Korea Na-On Min74-67=141
Spain Azahara Muñoz72-69=141
United States Michele Redman74-67=141
T10South Korea I.K. Kim72-70=142−2
United States Stacy Lewis68-74=142
South Korea Jiyai Shin72-70=142

Third round

Saturday, June 26, 2010

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Cristie Kerr68-66-69=203−13
T2South Korea Jimin Kang74-67-70=211−5
Japan Mika Miyazato69-70-72=211
Spain Azahara Muñoz72-69-70=211
T5South Korea Song-Hee Kim72-71-69=212−4
South Korea Jiyai Shin72-70-70=212
7Australia Karrie Webb72-72-69=213−3
T8United States Meaghan Francella73-71-70=214−2
South Korea I.K. Kim72-70-72=214
Scotland Catriona Matthew74-71-69=214
South Korea Inbee Park69-70-75=214
Australia Sarah Jane Smith74-71-69=214

Final round

Sunday, June 27, 2010

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1United States Cristie Kerr68-66-69-66=269−19337,500
2South Korea Song-Hee Kim72-71-69-69=281−7207,790
T3Japan Ai Miyazato76-71-70-66=283−5133,672
South Korea Jiyai Shin72-70-70-71=283
T5South Korea I.K. Kim72-70-72-70=284−485,323
Australia Karrie Webb72-72-69-71=284
T7United States Meaghan Francella73-71-70-71=285−354,323
South Korea Jimin Kang74-67-70-74=285
South Korea Inbee Park69-70-75-71=285
United States Morgan Pressel72-76-68-69=285

Source:[5]

References
  1. "2011 LPGA Championship – results". LPGA. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  2. "American Cristie Kerr becomes top-ranked women's golfer in the world". Press of Atlantic City. June 28, 2010. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  3. "Course overview". wegmanslpga.org. Archived from the original on June 11, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  4. "2010 LPGA Championship: leaderboard". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  5. "Wegmans LPGA Championship: 2010 results". LPGA. Retrieved June 2, 2012.

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