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
Dates	June 24–27, 2010
Location	Pittsford, New York, U.S.
Course(s)	Locust Hill Country Club
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,506 yards (5,949 m)[1]
Field	150 players, 73 after cut
Cut	148 (+4)
Prize fund	$2.25 million
Winner's share	$337,500
Champion
Cristie Kerr
269 (−19)

Locust Hill CC

Location in the United States

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

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total[3]
Yards	414	337	380	532	161	439	178	466	172	3,079	413	509	361	386	400	150	341	478	387	3,425	6,504
Par	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	5	3	35	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	37	72

Field

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

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Karrie Webb	Australia	2001	72	72	69	71	284	−4	T5
Suzann Pettersen	Norway	2007	74	72	69	71	286	−2	T11
Yani Tseng	Taiwan	2008	75	71	70	73	289	+1	T19
Anna Nordqvist	Sweden	2009	73	72	73	72	290	+2	T25
Laura Davies	England	1994, 1996	75	69	76	73	290	+5	T47
Juli Inkster	United States	1999, 2000	71	74	77	74	296	+8	T62

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Se Ri Pak	South Korea	1998, 2002, 2006	79	75	154	+10
Meg Mallon	United States	1991	81	78	159	+15
Nancy Lopez	United States	1978, 1985, 1989	87	86	173	+29

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Place	Player	Nation	Score	To par
T1	Cristie Kerr	United States	68	−4
	Seon Hwa Lee	South Korea
	Stacy Lewis	United States
T4	Mika Miyazato	Japan	69	−3
	Inbee Park	South Korea
	Lindsey Wright	Australia
T7	Heather Bowie Young	United States	70	−2
	Christina Kim	United States
	Teresa Lu	Taiwan
	Louise Stahle	Sweden

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.

Place	Player	Nation	Score	To par
1	Cristie Kerr	United States	68-66=134	−10
T2	Mika Miyazato	Japan	69-70=139	−5
	Inbee Park	South Korea	69-70=139
T4	Brittany Lincicome	United States	71-69=139	−4
	Amy Yang	South Korea	73-67=140
T6	Jimin Kang	South Korea	74-67=141	−3
	Na-On Min	South Korea	74-67=141
	Azahara Muñoz	Spain	72-69=141
	Michele Redman	United States	74-67=141
T10	I.K. Kim	South Korea	72-70=142	−2
	Stacy Lewis	United States	68-74=142
	Jiyai Shin	South Korea	72-70=142

Third round

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Place	Player	Nation	Score	To par
1	Cristie Kerr	United States	68-66-69=203	−13
T2	Jimin Kang	South Korea	74-67-70=211	−5
	Mika Miyazato	Japan	69-70-72=211
	Azahara Muñoz	Spain	72-69-70=211
T5	Song-Hee Kim	South Korea	72-71-69=212	−4
	Jiyai Shin	South Korea	72-70-70=212
7	Karrie Webb	Australia	72-72-69=213	−3
T8	Meaghan Francella	United States	73-71-70=214	−2
	I.K. Kim	South Korea	72-70-72=214
	Catriona Matthew	Scotland	74-71-69=214
	Inbee Park	South Korea	69-70-75=214
	Sarah Jane Smith	Australia	74-71-69=214

Final round

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Place	Player	Nation	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Cristie Kerr	United States	68-66-69-66=269	−19	337,500
2	Song-Hee Kim	South Korea	72-71-69-69=281	−7	207,790
T3	Ai Miyazato	Japan	76-71-70-66=283	−5	133,672
	Jiyai Shin	South Korea	72-70-70-71=283
T5	I.K. Kim	South Korea	72-70-72-70=284	−4	85,323
	Karrie Webb	Australia	72-72-69-71=284
T7	Meaghan Francella	United States	73-71-70-71=285	−3	54,323
	Jimin Kang	South Korea	74-67-70-74=285
	Inbee Park	South Korea	69-70-75-71=285
	Morgan Pressel	United States	72-76-68-69=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.

External links

• Wegmans LPGA Championship
• Coverage on LPGA Tour's official site
• Locust Hill Country Club
• Golf Observer.com - leaderboard - 2010 LPGA Championship