2010 LPGA Championship

The 2010 LPGA Championship was the 56th LPGA Championship, held June 24–27 at Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York, a suburb southeast of Rochester. Known for sponsorship reasons as the LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans, it was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2010 season.

2010 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 24–27, 2010
LocationPittsford, New York, U.S.
43.088°N 77.563°W / 43.088; -77.563
Course(s)Locust Hill Country Club
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,506 yards (5,949 m)[1]
Field150 players,
73 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Prize fund$2.25 million
Winner's share$337,500
Champion
Cristie Kerr
269 (−19)
Location map
Locust Hill CC
Location in the United States
Locust Hill CC
Location in New York

The champion was Cristie Kerr, age 32, with a 269 (−19) to win by twelve strokes over Song-Hee Kim. It was Kerr's second major championship and fourteenth career win on the LPGA Tour, and vaulted her from fifth to first in the world rankings.[2]

This was the first of four consecutive years the LPGA Championship was played at Locust Hill; the previous five editions were played at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland. The LPGA had an annual tour event at Locust Hill since 1979; first known as The Sarah Coventry, it became the Wegmans LPGA in 1998 and was played through 2009.

Course layout
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal[3]
Yards4143373805321614391784661723,0794135093613864001503414783873,4256,504
Par444534353354544434543772

Field

The field was composed of 150 players, with the cut to the top 70 players and ties after the second round.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 24, 2010

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Cristie Kerr68−4
Seon Hwa Lee
Stacy Lewis
T4 Mika Miyazato69−3
Inbee Park
Lindsey Wright
T7 Heather Bowie Young70−2
Christina Kim
Teresa Lu
Louise Stahle

Source:[4]

Second round

Friday, June 25, 2010

The cut was at 148 (+4) or better and 73 players advanced to play on the weekend.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Cristie Kerr68-66=134−10
T2 Mika Miyazato69-70=139−5
Inbee Park69-70=139
T4 Brittany Lincicome71-69=139−4
Amy Yang73-67=140
T6 Jimin Kang74-67=141−3
Na-On Min74-67=141
Azahara Muñoz72-69=141
Michele Redman74-67=141
T10 I.K. Kim72-70=142−2
Stacy Lewis68-74=142
Jiyai Shin72-70=142

Third round

Saturday, June 26, 2010

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Cristie Kerr68-66-69=203−13
T2 Jimin Kang74-67-70=211−5
Mika Miyazato69-70-72=211
Azahara Muñoz72-69-70=211
T5 Song-Hee Kim72-71-69=212−4
Jiyai Shin72-70-70=212
7 Karrie Webb72-72-69=213−3
T8 Meaghan Francella73-71-70=214−2
I.K. Kim72-70-72=214
Catriona Matthew74-71-69=214
Inbee Park69-70-75=214
Sarah Jane Smith74-71-69=214

Final round

Sunday, June 27, 2010

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Cristie Kerr68-66-69-66=269−19337,500
2 Song-Hee Kim72-71-69-69=281−7207,790
T3 Ai Miyazato76-71-70-66=283−5133,672
Jiyai Shin72-70-70-71=283
T5 I.K. Kim72-70-72-70=284−485,323
Karrie Webb72-72-69-71=284
T7 Meaghan Francella73-71-70-71=285−354,323
Jimin Kang74-67-70-74=285
Inbee Park69-70-75-71=285
Morgan Pressel72-76-68-69=285

Source:[5]

References
  1. "2011 LPGA Championship – results". LPGA. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  2. "American Cristie Kerr becomes top-ranked women's golfer in the world". Press of Atlantic City. June 28, 2010. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  3. "Course overview". wegmanslpga.org. Archived from the original on June 11, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  4. "2010 LPGA Championship: leaderboard". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  5. "Wegmans LPGA Championship: 2010 results". LPGA. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
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