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2010 U.S. Senior Open

Coordinates: 47°38′06″N 122°03′25″W / 47.635°N 122.057°W / 47.635; -122.057
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2010 U.S. Senior Open
Tournament information
DatesJuly 29 – August 1, 2010
LocationSammamish, Washington
47°38′06″N 122°03′25″W / 47.635°N 122.057°W / 47.635; -122.057
Course(s)Sahalee Country Club
(South & North nines)
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)
Statistics
Par70
Length6,896 yards (6,306 m)
Field156 players,
69 after cut
Cut150 (+10)
Prize fund$2,600,000
Winner's share$470,000
Champion
Germany Bernhard Langer
272 (−8)
Location map
Sahalee is located in the United States
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Location in the United States
Sahalee is located in Washington (state)
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The 2010 U.S. Senior Open was a senior major golf championship and the 31st U.S. Senior Open, held July 29 to August 1 at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle. It was the first U.S. Senior Open played at the course, which hosted the PGA Championship in 1998.

World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer won by three strokes over Seattle native Fred Couples, his second senior major championship victory in as many weeks.

Venue

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Course layout

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Hole Yards Par    Hole Yards Par
1 403 4 10 400 4
2 508 5 11 545 5
3 415 4 12 455 4
4 392 4 13 170 3
5 190 3 14 370 4
6 480 4 15 443 4
7 420 4 16 375 4
8 443 4 17 212 3
9 205 3 18 470 4
Out 3,456 35 In 3,440 35
Source:[1] Total 6,896 70
  • South and North nines
  • Holes 6 and 18 are par fives for members

Field

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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

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First round

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Thursday, July 29, 2010

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

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

Second round

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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.

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

Third round

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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.

Place Player Score To par
T1 Germany Bernhard Langer 69-68-68=205 −5
United States Fred Couples 70-70-65=205
T3 United States Tom Kite 72-69-69=210 E
Taiwan Lu Chien-soon 71-71-68=211
T5 United States Michael Allen 69-71-71=210 +1
United States Tommy Armour III 71-68-72=211
United States John Cook 71-68-72=211
Australia Peter Senior 73-70-68=211
T9 United States Loren Roberts 68-72-72=212 +2
United States Scott Simpson 70-71-71=212

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

Final round

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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.

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Germany Bernhard Langer 69-68-68-67=272 −8 470,000
2 United States Fred Couples 70-70-65-70=275 −5 280,000
T3 United States Olin Browne 73-70-70-65=278 −2 145,760
United States John Cook 71-68-72-67=278
5 United States Tom Watson 70-70-75-66=281 +1 96,938
T6 United States Michael Allen 69-71-71-71=282 +2 81,573
Australia Peter Senior 73-70-68-71=282
T8 United States Tom Kite 72-69-69-73=283 +3 65,735
Taiwan Lu Chien-soon 71-71-68-73=283
United States Larry Mize 74-69-72-68=283

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

Scorecard

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Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 4
Germany Langer −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8
United States Couples −6 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −5
United States Browne +3 +2 +1 E E E −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2
United States Cook +1 E E E E E E E +1 +1 E E E E E −1 −2 −2
United States Watson +4 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 +3 +2 +2 +1 +1
Australia Senior +1 E E E +1 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2
United States 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

Birdie Bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[3]

Notes and references

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  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. ^ a b "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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