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Sunday 18 July 2010European Tour · PGA TourYear in Review
Oosthuizen wins the Open
St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 July 2010 · Louis Oosthuizen’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse £4,800,000 GBP · 139th Open Championship, the 150th anniversary of the first Open; gale-force winds suspended play for 66 minutes on Friday and the second round was completed on Saturday morning
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/13°C · wind 26 km/h SW, gusts 46 · 12.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/13°C · wind 36 km/h SW, gusts 63 · 5.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/13°C · wind 29 km/h WSW, gusts 48 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/13°C · wind 25 km/h SW, gusts 47 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Lee Westwood ENG · 279Closed with 70 to finish alone in second, seven shots back; never got within eight shots of the lead on the final day The Open Championship, July 18, 2010: Lee Westwood (ASAP Sports)
- Paul Casey ENG · 280Started the final round four behind and got within three after eight holes, then made triple bogey from a gorse bush at the 12th and closed with 75 for T3 Oosthuizen wins British Open (AP via ESPN)
156 started · cut +2, 77 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Old Course, St Andrews, St Andrews
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Lee Westwood
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 July 2010
It's like I said yesterday, to win an Open Championship is special, but to win it here at St. Andrews is just -- it's something you dream about.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 July 2010
You know, I woke up this morning, and I didn't know it was his birthday today, but I saw it this morning on the news, on the internet. It felt a bit special, really, out there.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 July 2010
If you get close and you lose, then there's disappointment, but I didn't even get within eight shots today.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louis Oosthuizen | 65 · 67 · 69 · 71 | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | Lee Westwood | 67 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Rory McIlroy | 63 · 80 · 69 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Henrik Stenson | 68 · 74 · 67 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Paul Casey | 69 · 69 · 67 · 75 | 280 | −8 |
| 6 | Retief Goosen | 69 · 70 · 72 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Robert Rock | 68 · 78 · 67 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Nick Watney | 67 · 73 · 71 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Sean O'Hair | 67 · 72 · 72 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Martin Kaymer | 69 · 71 · 68 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1982-10-19, Mossel Bay, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2002; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1; world No. 54 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, The 139th Open Championship 2010)).
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