2010 U.S. Senior Open

2010 U.S. Senior Open
Tournament information
Dates	July 29 – August 1, 2010
Location	Sammamish, Washington; 47°38′06″N 122°03′25″W / 47.635°N 122.057°W
Course(s)	Sahalee Country Club; (South & North nines)
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	Champions Tour; European Senior Tour;
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,896 yards (6,306 m)
Field	156 players,; 69 after cut
Cut	150 (+10)
Prize fund	$2,600,000
Winner's share	$470,000
Champion
	Bernhard Langer
	272 (−8)
Location map
	Sahalee Location in the United States Sahalee Location in Washington
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The 2010 U.S. Senior Open was a senior major golf championship and the 31st U.S. Senior Open, held July 29 to August 1 at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle. It was the first U.S. Senior Open played at the course, which hosted the PGA Championship in 1998.

World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer won by three strokes over Seattle native Fred Couples, his second senior major championship victory in as many weeks.

Venue

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

South and North nines
Holes 6 and 18 are par fives for members

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]

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

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

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

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

^ "US Senior Open 2010 – Venue". European Tour. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
^ "U.S. Senior Open Sectional Qualifying Results – 2010". USGA. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "31st U.S. Senior Open Championship – Round 4 Full Leaderboard". U.S. Senior Open. August 1, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2018.

External links

Preceded by 2010 Senior Open Championship	Senior Major Championships	Succeeded by 2010 JELD-WEN Tradition

[europeantour-1] "US Senior Open 2010 – Venue". European Tour. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

[usga-2] "U.S. Senior Open Sectional Qualifying Results – 2010". USGA. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

[ldr-3] "31st U.S. Senior Open Championship – Round 4 Full Leaderboard". U.S. Senior Open. August 1, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2018.

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