2010 British Open Golf Tournament Results
The 2010 British Open was 139th time the tournament was played.
Winner: Louis Oosthuizen, 272
Where it was played: The Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland
Tournament dates: July 15-18, 2010
Leader after first round: Rory McIlroy, 63
Leader after second round: Louis Oosthuizen, 132
Leader after third round: Louis Oosthuizen, 201
Notable Notes: Louis Oosthuizen, who was little-heralded at the time, took the lead after 36 holes and never let it go. Oosthuizen's lead after Round 2 was five strokes; it was four after the third round; and he won by seven.
Rory McIlroy tied the tournament's 18-hole scoring record with a 63 in the first round, but in very high winds on Day 2 McIlroy soared to an 80. He came back to finish tied for third.
Final Scores
| Louis Oosthuizen | 65-67-69-71—272 |
| Lee Westwood | 67-71-71-70—279 |
| Rory McIlroy | 63-80-69-68—280 |
| Henrik Stenson | 68-74-67-71—280 |
| Paul Casey | 69-69-67-75—280 |
| Retief Goosen | 69-70-72-70—281 |
| Robert Rock | 68-78-67-69—282 |
| Sean O'Hair | 67-72-72-71—282 |
| Nick Watney | 67-73-71-71—282 |
| Martin Kaymer | 69-71-68-74—282 |
| Alvaro Quiros | 72-70-74-67—283 |
| Jeff Overton | 73-69-72-69—283 |
| Luke Donald | 73-72-69-69—283 |
| Rickie Fowler | 79-67-71-67—284 |
| Tom Lehman | 71-68-75-70—284 |
| Charl Schwartzel | 71-75-68-70—284 |
| Ignacio Garrido | 69-71-73-71—284 |
| a-Jin Jeong | 68-70-74-72—284 |
| Robert Karlsson | 69-71-72-72—284 |
| Sergio Garcia | 71-71-70-72—284 |
| J.B. Holmes | 70-72-70-72—284 |
| Dustin Johnson | 69-72-69-74—284 |
| Trevor Immelman | 68-74-75-68—285 |
| Graeme McDowell | 71-68-76-70—285 |
| Stephen Gallacher | 71-73-70-71—285 |
| Tiger Woods | 67-73-73-72—285 |
| Edoardo Molinari | 69-76-73-68—286 |
| Matt Kuchar | 72-74-71-69—286 |
| Ryo Ishikawa | 68-73-75-70—286 |
| Bradley Dredge | 66-76-74-70—286 |
| Marcel Siem | 67-75-74-70—286 |
| Robert Allenby | 69-75-71-71—286 |
| Kevin Na | 70-74-70-72—286 |
| Adam Scott | 72-70-72-72—286 |
| Miguel Angel Jimenez | 72-67-74-73—286 |
| Alejandro Canizares | 67-71-71-77—286 |
| Vijay Singh | 68-73-76-70—287 |
| Colm Moriarty | 72-73-72-70—287 |
| Soren Kjeldsen | 72-74-70-71—287 |
| Hunter Mahan | 69-76-71-71—287 |
| Peter Hanson | 66-73-74-74—287 |
| Ross Fisher | 68-77-68-74—287 |
| Shane Lowry | 68-73-71-75—287 |
| Darren Clarke | 70-70-77-71—288 |
| Bo Van Pelt | 69-72-73-74—288 |
| Camilo Villegas | 68-75-70-75—288 |
| Ricky Barnes | 68-71-72-77—288 |
| Simon Dyson | 69-75-73-72—289 |
| John Senden | 68-76-73-72—289 |
| Kyung-Tae Kim | 70-74-73-72—289 |
| John Daly | 66-76-74-73—289 |
| Stewart Cink | 70-74-71-74—289 |
| Phil Mickelson | 73-71-70-75—289 |
| Lucas Glover | 67-76-70-76—289 |
| Danny Chia | 69-77-74-70—290 |
| Simon Khan | 74-69-73-74—290 |
| Zane Scotland | 70-74-72-74—290 |
| Steve Stricker | 71-74-71-74—290 |
| Steve Marino | 69-76-69-76—290 |
| Ian Poulter | 71-73-76-71—291 |
| Jason Day | 71-74-75-71—291 |
| Peter Senior | 73-71-74-73—291 |
| Heath Slocum | 71-74-73-73—291 |
| Toru Taniguchi | 70-70-77-74—291 |
| Y.E. Yang | 67-74-76-74—291 |
| Tom Pernice Jr. | 72-74-71-74—291 |
| Marc Leishman | 73-71-72-75—291 |
| Hirofumi Miyase | 71-75-73-73—292 |
| Colin Montgomerie | 74-71-74-73—292 |
| Steven Tiley | 66-79-73-74—292 |
| Fredrik Andersson Hed | 67-74-73-78—292 |
| Andrew Coltart | 66-77-74-76—293 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 70-67-77-80—294 |
| Richard S. Johnson | 73-73-76-73—295 |
| Thomas Aiken | 71-73-77-74—295 |
| Zach Johnson | 72-74-74-76—296 |
| Scott Verplank | 72-73-74-77—296 |