2010 U.S. Women's Open: Paula Creamer wins at Oakmont Country Club

Paula Creamer won the 2010 U.S. Women's Open at Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania, United States with 281 (−3), by 4 strokes.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates: July 8, 2010 to July 11, 2010
Course: Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania, United States
Edition: 65th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 71 · 6,568 yards
Entries: 1,296
Field: 156
Made the cut: 68 (cut at 152)
Purse: $3,250,000 · winner's share $585,000
Champion: Paula Creamer · age 23 · United States · born Mountain View, California, United States
Champion's title: 1st title at this event · 1st major
Winning score: 72-70-70-69 = 281 (−3) · won by 4 strokes
54-hole leader: Paula Creamer
Caddie: Colin Cann
Low amateur: Jennifer Johnson (300)
Run by: United States Golf Association

Winner and runners-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Paula Creamer	72	70	70	69	281	−3
T2	unknown	75	72	72	66	285	+1
T2	Suzann Pettersen	73	71	72	69	285	+1

What happened at the 2010 U.S. Women's Open

Paula Creamer won in her fourth tournament back from surgery on her left thumb, playing with the thumb still wrapped.

Creamer holed a 10-foot birdie at the 14th and hit a mid-iron to four feet at the 15th for another birdie to seal a four-stroke win.

How this was built

Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Women's Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.

Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).

Also from GNN's U.S. Women's Open set (entries, runners-up round by round, values the majors set does not hold).

2010 U.S. Women's Open: Paula Creamer wins at Oakmont Country Club

Winner and runners-up

What happened at the 2010 U.S. Women's Open

How this was built

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