2010 U.S. Senior Open

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.

2010 U.S. Senior Open

Tournament information
Dates	July 29 – August 1, 2010
Location	Sammamish, Washington
Course(s)	Sahalee Country Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	Champions Tour European Senior Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,896 yd (6,306 m)
Field	156 players, 69 after cut
Cut	150 (+10)
Prize fund	$2,600,000
Champion
Bernhard Langer
272 (−8)

Sahalee Country Club 

Location in Washington

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

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

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]

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Eduardo Romero	Argentina	2008	71	72	74	73	290	+10	T28
Allen Doyle	United States	2005, 2006	72	76	70	74	292	+12	T38
Don Pooley	United States	2002	72	73	75	73	293	+13	T40
Fred Funk	United States	2009	76	70	72	76	294	+14	T43
Bruce Fleisher	United States	2001	72	73	75	73	295	+15	T48
Graham Marsh	Australia	1997	74	76	78	73	301	+21	T63

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Hale Irwin	United States	1998, 2000	73	78	151	+11
Dave Eichelberger	United States	1999	78	74	152	+12
Brad Bryant	United States	2007	79	78	157	+17
Peter Jacobsen	United States	2004	74	–	74	WD

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 29, 2010

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Scorecard

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
Langer	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8
Couples	−6	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5
Browne	+3	+2	+1	E	E	E	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2
Cook	+1	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−2	−2
Watson	+4	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+2	+2	+1	+1
Senior	+1	E	E	E	+1	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2
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

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. "31st U.S. Senior Open Championship – Round 4 Full Leaderboard". U.S. Senior Open. August 1, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2018.

External links

• Results at USGA website
• Results at PGA Tour website