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Sunday 11 July 2010LPGA TourYear in Review
Creamer wins U.S. Women's Open
Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 July 2010 · Paula Creamer’s win no. 9 on the LPGA Tour · purse $3,250,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R134°/21°C · wind 5 km/h SSE, gusts 15 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/20°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 32 · 20.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/18°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 34 · 4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/15°C · wind 8 km/h ESE, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Open
1946–2026 in our record, 81 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Na Yeon Choi KOR · 285
- Suzann Pettersen NOR · 285Closed 69 to tie for second, four behind; blamed her putting all week ('a million chances') Suzann Pettersen interview (ASAP Sports)
156 started · cut +10, 69 made it
Same week
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Na Yeon Choi, Suzann Pettersen
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 July 2010
but yes, that question always lurked: How come you never won a major? And now we have, and we never get to get asked that question again.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 July 2010
I believed I could do this when I had a cast on my hand. That's what I just kept thinking about was Oakmont, Oakmont, Oakmont.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 July 2010
It's a tough course, but it's playable. I think it just separates the best players from the rest of the field. I wish we played more courses like this.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paula Creamer | 72 · 70 · 70 · 69 | 281 | −3 |
| T2 | Na Yeon Choi | 75 · 72 · 72 · 66 | 285 | +1 |
| T2 | Suzann Pettersen | 73 · 71 · 72 · 69 | 285 | +1 |
| 4 | In-Kyung Kim | 74 · 71 · 73 · 68 | 286 | +2 |
| T5 | Brittany Lang | 69 · 74 · 75 · 69 | 287 | +3 |
| T5 | Jiyai Shin | 76 · 71 · 72 · 68 | 287 | +3 |
| T5 | Amy Yang | 70 · 75 · 71 · 71 | 287 | +3 |
| T8 | Christina Kim | 72 · 72 · 72 · 73 | 289 | +5 |
| T8 | Inbee Park | 70 · 78 · 73 · 68 | 289 | +5 |
| T10 | Lexi Thompson | 73 · 74 · 70 · 73 | 290 | +6 |
| T10 | Yani Tseng | 73 · 76 · 73 · 68 | 290 | +6 |
| T10 | Sakura Yokomine | 71 · 71 · 76 · 72 | 290 | +6 |
The golfer
born 1986-08-05, Mountain View, California; USA; turned pro 2004; tour wins to date: 9; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
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