2010 British Open Golf Tournament Winner, Scores
The 2010 British Open was 139th time the tournament was played, and it ended in a runaway victory for a first-time major championship winner.
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
What Happened in the 2010 Open Championship
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.This year marked the 150th anniversary of the tournament's founding. The Open Championship was first played in 1860. So Oosthuizen was not just a first-time major winner, but also The Open's sesquicentennial champion. (Due to gaps, mostly caused by wartime, this was the 139th time the Open was played, even though it was the 150th anniversary.)
Rory McIlroy tied The Open'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.
Oosthuizen opened with a 65 and was in second place, two behind McIlroy, after Round 1. A 67 in Round 2 gave Oosthuizen the 5-stroke, 36-hole lead, and he scored 201 in Round 3. Paul Casey was four back, in second place, going into the final round, and Martin Kaymer was in third but seven behind.
Casey was still in contention in the final round through 11 holes. But on the 12th, Casey made a triple bogey while Oosthuizen birdied. It was a cruise to victory after that for Oosthuizen.
2010 British Open 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 |
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