2010 U.S. Women's Open

The 2010 U.S. Women's Open was the 65th U.S. Women's Open, played July 8–11 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh. Paula Creamer, in her fourth tournament after surgery to her left thumb, won her first major championship, four shots ahead of runners-up Na Yeon Choi and Suzann Pettersen.
It was the second U.S. Women's Open, and 15th overall USGA championship (8 U.S. Open and 5 U.S. Amateur championships also; a 16th has since been hosted) held at Oakmont, which hosted 18 years earlier in 1992; Patty Sheehan won that year, in an 18-hole playoff over Juli Inkster. The Tournament was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports.
Qualifying and field.
For the first time since 2001, qualifying for the U.S. Women's Open took place in a single sectional qualifying tournament stage, rather than in a two-stage process of local and sectional qualifying tournaments. Twenty separate sectional qualifying tournaments took place from May 2 through June 3 in 16 states across the United States.
Exempt from qualifying.
Players in eleven categories were exempt from qualifying. Players are listed only once in the first category in which they qualify, with additional categories in parentheses ( ) next to their names. Golfers qualifying in Category 10 who qualify by more than one method are also denoted with the tour by which they qualified.
1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last ten years (2000–2009)
Juli Inkster, Eun-Hee Ji (6,7), Cristie Kerr (3,6,7,8,9), Birdie Kim, Hilary Lunke, Inbee Park (7,8), Karrie Webb (5,7)
(Eligible but not playing: Annika Sörenstam1 and Meg Mallon3) Kim and Lunke did not play.
2. Winner and runner-up from the 2009 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship (must be an amateur)
Jennifer Johnson
3. Winners of the LPGA Championship for the last five years
Anna Nordqvist (7,9), Se Ri Pak (7,9), Suzann Pettersen (6,7,8,9), Yani Tseng (5,7,8,9)
4. Winners of the Ricoh Women's British Open for the last five years
Jeong Jang, Catriona Matthew (7,9,10–LET), Jiyai Shin (6,7,8,9), Sherri Steinhauer
5. Winners of the Kraft Nabisco Championship for the last five years
Brittany Lincicome (6,7), Morgan Pressel (6,7)
6. From the 2009 U.S. Women's Open Championship, the 15 lowest scores and anyone tying for 15th place
Sun Ju Ahn (10–Korea), Kyeong Bae (7), Na Yeon Choi (7,9), Paula Creamer (7), In-Kyung Kim (7), Song-Hee Kim (7,8), Candie Kung (7), Ai Miyazato (7,8,9), Hee Young Park (7), Morgan Pressel (7), Jennifer Song
7. From the 2009 final official LPGA money list, the top 50 money leaders
Helen Alfredsson, Meaghan Francella, Sandra Gal, Natalie Gulbis, Sophie Gustafson (9,10–LET), Hee-Won Han, Maria Hjorth, Katherine Hull, M. J. Hur (9), Pat Hurst, Vicky Hurst, Christina Kim, Brittany Lang, Jee Young Lee, Meena Lee, Seon Hwa Lee, Stacy Lewis (8), Mika Miyazato, Ji Young Oh, Michele Redman, Angela Stanford, Momoko Ueda, Wendy Ward, Michelle Wie (8,9), Lindsey Wright, Amy Yang, Eunjung Yi, Sun Young Yoo
"'8. From the 2010 official LPGA money list, the top 10 money leaders through the close of entries on May 5"
9. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2009 U.S. Women's Open Championship to the initiation of the 2010 U.S. Women's Open Championship
Bo Bae Song2
10. Top five money leaders from the 2009 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour, and Ladies European Tour
"Japan LPGA Tour:" Sakura Yokomine, Shinobu Moromizato, Chie Arimura, Mi-Jeong Jeon, Yuko Mitsuka, "Korea LPGA Tour:" Hee Kyung Seo, So Yeon Ryu, Bo-Mee Lee, Jeong-Eun Lee "Ladies European Tour:" Becky Brewerton, Tania Elósegui, Marianne Skarpnord
11. Special exemptions selected by the USGA
none offered
1Both Sörenstam and Ochoa have announced their retirement, but are officially listed by the LPGA as "inactive".
2Bo Bae Song was not an LPGA Tour member when she won the Mizuno Classic in 2009. This means that her victory and prize money are not included in LPGA career statistics. However, since the Mizuno Classic is sanctioned by the LPGA as an official money event, Song's victory is considered "official" for purposes of U.S. Women's Open entry.
3Mallon announced her retirement from competitive golf on July 7, 2010 and withdrew from the tournament. She was replaced by alternate Nicole Vandermade.
Qualifiers.
The following players qualified for the 2010 U.S. Women's Open through one of the sectional qualifying tournaments. At sites with multiple qualifiers, players are listed in order of qualifying scores, from lowest score to highest.
May 17 at White Bear Yacht Club, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Martha Nause
May 17 at Shady Oaks Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas
María Hernández, Taylor Leon, Heather Young
May 19 at Plantation Bay Country Club, Ormond Beach, Florida
Alexis Thompson, Yueer Feng, Jaye Marie Green, Shasta Averyhardt, Sarah Kemp, Veronica Felibert
May 24 at Pinnacle Peak Country Club, Scottsdale, Arizona
Aiko Ueno, Shi Hyun Ahn, Paige Mackenzie, Nicole Zhang, Juliana Murcia Ortiz, Esther Choe
May 24 at Corral de Tierra Country Club, Corral de Tierra, California
Mina Harigae, Tiffany Lim, Sofie Andersson Sally Watson
May 24 at Mission Viejo Country Club, Mission Viejo, California
Tiffany Joh, Alison Lee, Jenny Shin, Gabriella Then
May 24 at The Oaks Club, Osprey, Florida
Jessica Korda, Samantha Richdale, Jennifer Gleason, Victoria Tanco, Sandra Changkija
May 24 at Twin Orchard Country Club, Long Grove, Florida
Libby Smith, Nicole Jeray, Laura Kueny, Ashli Bunch
May 24 at Woodmont Country Club, Rockville, Maryland
Chella Choi, Karine Icher, Pornanong Phatlum, Hye Jung Choi,
Laura Diaz,
Meredith Duncan,
Alison Walshe,
Julieta Granada, Alena Sharp, 
Shanshan Feng,
Jung Yeon Lee,
Louise Friberg
May 24 at Persimmon Woods Golf Club, St. Louis, Missouri
Kelli Shean, Lucy Nunn
May 24 at Shadow Hawk Golf Club, Richmond, Texas
Lisa McCloskey,
Christi Cano, 
Janine Fellows
May 25 at Hawk Pointe Golf Club, Washington, New Jersey
Amanda Blumenherst, Azahara Muñoz, Na On Min, Jennifer Rosales
May 26 at White Columns Country Club, Milton, Georgia
Allison Fouch, Karen Stupples, 
Irene Cho, Stacy Prammanasudh,
Sarah Lynn Sargent
May 26 at Tumble Creek Club, Roslyn, Washington
Christine Wong
May 30 at Hoakalei Country Club, Ewa Beach, Hawaii
Sakurako Mori
May 31 at Broadmoor Golf Club, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Kimberly Kim, Jill McGill, Mhairi McKay
June 1 at Industry Hills Golf Club, City of Industry, California
Giulia Sergas,
Kaitlin Drolson,
Belen Mozo,
Stephanie Kono,
Sun Gyoung Park,
Ariya Jutanugarn,
Charlotte Mayorkas,
Tamie Durdin,
Danielle Kang,
Lizette Salas,
Anna Rawson
June 1 at Twin Hills Country Club, Longmeadow, Massachusetts
Brittany Altomare, Liz Janangelo
June 2 at Fox Chapel Golf Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Janice Moodie, Jennifer Kirby, Becky Morgan
June 3 at Carolina Trace (Lakes Course), Sanford, North Carolina
Hsiao-Ching Lu, Gwladys Nocera, Joomi Kim
Alternates
Course layout.
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Lengths of the course for previous U.S. Women's Opens:
"Note: The 9th hole is par 5 for women only in USGA championships. For men's majors, it is a par 4."
Round summaries.
First round.
"Thursday, July 8, 2010"
Second round.
"Friday, July 9, 2010"&lt;br&gt;
"Saturday, July 10, 2010"&lt;br&gt;
Weather interrupted play on Friday afternoon, and the round was concluded Saturday.
Amateurs (a): "Shean (+7), McCloskey (+8), Johnson (+9), Kang (+10), Lim (+10), Wong (+10)", Watson (+11), Kono (+12), Changkija (+14), Gulyanamitta (+14), Salas (+14), Zhang (+14), Ellenbogen (+15), Korda (+15), Tanco (+16), Fellows (+17), Jutanugarn (+17), Kirby (+17), Park (+17), Juneau (+18), Murcia Ortiz (+18), Altomare (+19), Lee-Bentham (+20), Drolson (+22), Feng (+22), Then (+23), Lee (+24), Vandermade (+24), Green (+29).
Third round.
"Saturday, July 10, 2011"
Final round.
"Sunday, July 11, 2010"
Scorecard.
"Final round"
"Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par"&lt;br&gt;