# 2010 Women's British Open

The 2010 Women's British Open was held 29 July to 1 August at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. It was the 34th edition of the Women's British Open, and the tenth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.
This was the fifth time the Women's British Open had been held at Royal Birkdale and the second as an LPGA major, previously in 2005. The course had also hosted nine Open Championships, most recently in 2008. The par-72 course was set by the Ladies Golf Union at 6,458 yards (5,905 m), 715 yards (654 m) shorter than the par-70 set-up for The Open Championship in 2008.
The champion was Yani Tseng of Taiwan at 277 (−11), one stroke ahead of runner-up Katherine Hull of Australia. With the victory, the 21-year-old Tseng became the youngest-ever winner of three major championships.

## Course

| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
| Yards | 430 | 410 | 373 | 175 | 338 | 478 | 145 | 413 | 397 | 3,159 | 360 | 352 | 149 | 430 | 163 | 499 | 358 | 516 | 472 | 3,299 | 6,458 |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 72 |
Source:
Previous length of the course for the Women's British Open (since 2001):
* 2005: 6,463 yards (5,910 m), par 72

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, 29 July 2010
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Katherine Hull | 68 | −4 |
| T1 | Yani Tseng | 68 | −4 |
| T3 | Anne-Lise Caudal | 69 | −3 |
| T3 | Brittany Lincicome | 69 | −3 |
| T3 | Amy Yang | 69 | −3 |
| T3 | Sun Young Yoo | 69 | −3 |
| T7 | In-Kyung Kim | 70 | −2 |
| T7 | Michelle Wie | 70 | −2 |
| T9 | Stacy Bregman | 71 | −1 |
| T9 | Juli Inkster | 71 | −1 |
| T9 | Brittany Lang | 71 | −1 |
| T9 | Stacy Lewis | 71 | −1 |
| T9 | Gwladys Nocera | 71 | −1 |
| T9 | Stacy Prammanasudh | 71 | −1 |
| T9 | Jiyai Shin | 71 | −1 |

### Second round

Friday, 30 July 2010
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Yani Tseng | 68-68=136 | −8 |
| T2 | Cristie Kerr | 73-67=140 | −4 |
| T2 | Brittany Lincicome | 69-71=140 | −4 |
| T2 | Amy Yang | 69-71=140 | −4 |
| T5 | Juli Inkster | 71-70=141 | −3 |
| T5 | Suzann Pettersen | 73-68=141 | −3 |
| T5 | Sun Young Yoo | 69-72=141 | −3 |
| T8 | Anne-Lise Caudal | 69-73=142 | −2 |
| T8 | Katherine Hull | 68-74=142 | −2 |
| T8 | M. J. Hur | 74-68=142 | −2 |
| T8 | Christina Kim | 74-68=142 | −2 |
| T8 | In-Kyung Kim | 70-72=142 | −2 |
| T8 | Hee-kyung Seo | 73-69=142 | −2 |
| T8 | Jiyai Shin | 71-71=142 | −2 |
| T8 | Momoko Ueda | 72-70=142 | −2 |

### Third round

Saturday, 31 July 2010
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Yani Tseng | 68-68-68=204 | −12 |
| 2 | Katherine Hull | 68-74-66=208 | −8 |
| 3 | In-Kyung Kim | 70-72-68=210 | −6 |
| 4 | Brittany Lincicome | 69-71-71=211 | −5 |
| T5 | Cristie Kerr | 73-67-72=212 | −4 |
| T5 | Christina Kim | 74-68-70=212 | −4 |
| T5 | Suzann Pettersen | 73-68-71=212 | −4 |
| T5 | Hee-kyung Seo | 73-69-70=212 | −4 |
| T5 | Momoko Ueda | 72-70-70=212 | −4 |
| T10 | Na Yeon Choi | 74-70-69=213 | −3 |
| T10 | Morgan Pressel | 77-71-65=213 | −3 |

### Final round

Sunday, 1 August 2010
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Yani Tseng | 68-68-68-73=277 | −11 | 408,714 |
| 2 | Katherine Hull | 68-74-66-70=278 | −10 | 256,209 |
| T3 | Na Yeon Choi | 74-70-69-68=281 | −7 | 159,825 |
| T3 | In-Kyung Kim | 70-72-68-71=281 | −7 | 159,825 |
| T5 | Cristie Kerr | 73-67-72-70=282 | −6 | 101,670 |
| T5 | Hee-kyung Seo | 73-69-70-70=282 | −6 | 101,670 |
| T5 | Amy Yang | 69-71-74-68=282 | −6 | 101,670 |
| 8 | Morgan Pressel | 77-71-65-71=284 | −4 | 81,753 |
| T9 | Christina Kim | 74-68-70-74=286 | −2 | 61,978 |
| T9 | Brittany Lincicome | 69-71-71-75=286 | −2 | 61,978 |
| T9 | Ai Miyazato | 76-70-73-67=286 | −2 | 61,978 |
| T9 | Inbee Park | 72-71-77-66=286 | −2 | 61,978 |
| T9 | Momoko Ueda | 72-70-70-74=286 | −2 | 61,978 |
Source:

#### Scorecard

| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Tseng | −12 | −12 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 |
| Hull | −8 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par