2010 U.S. Open (golf)

2010 U.S. Open

Tournament information
Dates	June 17–20, 2010
Location	Pebble Beach, California United States
Course(s)	Pebble Beach Golf Links
Tour(s)	PGA Tour PGA European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	7,040 yards (6,437 m)
Field	156, 83 after cut
Cut	149 (+7)
Prize fund	$7,500,000
Winner's share	$1,350,000
Champion
Graeme McDowell
284 (Even)

The 2010 United States Open Championship, the 110th U.S. Open, was played June 17–20 in Pebble Beach, California. This was the fifth U.S. Open to be played at Pebble Beach Golf Links (2000, 1992, 1982, 1972). The Championship was won by Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland, the first European to win the U.S. Open in forty years; Tony Jacklin of England won in 1970.

Course layout

See also: Pebble Beach Golf Links

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yardage	380	502	404	331	195	523	109	428	505	3,377	495	390	202	445	580	397	403	208	543	3,663	7,040
Par	4	4	4	4	3	5	3	4	4	35	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	5	36	71

Field

About half the field each year consisted of players who are fully exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open. The players who qualified for the 2010 U.S. Open are listed below. Each player was classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.

1. Last 10 U.S. Open Champions
Ángel Cabrera (3,9,10,17), Michael Campbell, Jim Furyk (9,10,12,13,17), Lucas Glover (8,9,10,17), Retief Goosen (9,10,17), Geoff Ogilvy (9,10,11,17), Tiger Woods (4,5,8,9,10,13,17)

2. Top two finishers in the 2009 U.S. Amateur
An Byeong-hun (a), Ben Martin (a)

3. Last five Masters Champions
Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson (9,10,17), Phil Mickelson (5,8,9,10,12,13,17)

4. Last five British Open Champions
Stewart Cink (9,10,17), Pádraig Harrington (5,9,10,11,17)

5. Last five PGA Champions
Y.E. Yang (9,10,17)

6. Last three Players Champions
Tim Clark (9,12,17), Sergio García (8,11,17), Henrik Stenson (8,17)

7. The U.S. Senior Open Champion
Fred Funk

8. Top 15 finishers and ties in the 2009 U.S. Open
Stephen Ames, Ricky Barnes, Matt Bettencourt, David Duval, Ross Fisher (11,17), Søren Hansen, Rory McIlroy (11,12,17), Hunter Mahan (9,10,17), Ryan Moore, Mike Weir (9,10)

9. Top 30 leaders on the 2009 PGA Tour official money list
Paul Casey (11,14,17), Brian Gay (10), Dustin Johnson (10,12,17), Jerry Kelly (10), Matt Kuchar (12,17), Justin Leonard, Kevin Na (10,17), Sean O'Hair (10,17), Kenny Perry (10,17), Ian Poulter (11,14,17), John Rollins, Rory Sabbatini, John Senden (10), Steve Stricker (10,12,13,17), David Toms (10), Nick Watney (10,17)

10. All players qualifying for the 2009 edition of The Tour Championship
Luke Donald (17), Jason Dufner, Ernie Els (11,12,13,14,17), Marc Leishman, Steve Marino, Heath Slocum, Scott Verplank

11. Top 15 on the 2009 European Tour Race to Dubai
Simon Dyson, Martin Kaymer (17), Søren Kjeldsen, Ross McGowan, Francesco Molinari (17), Lee Westwood (14,17), Oliver Wilson (17)

12. Top 10 on the 2010 PGA Tour official money list through May 24, 2010 (the HP Byron Nelson Championship)
Robert Allenby (17), Camilo Villegas (17)
(Anthony Kim (17) did not play after undergoing thumb surgery.)

13. Winners of multiple PGA Tour events between the end of the 2009 U.S. Open and the start of the 2010 U.S. Open

14. Top 5 from the 2010 European Tour Race to Dubai through May 24, 2010 (the BMW PGA Championship)
Charl Schwartzel (17)

15. Top 2 on the 2009 Japan Golf Tour official money list, provided they are within the top 75 point leaders of the Official World Golf Rankings at the end of 2009
Yuta Ikeda (17), Ryo Ishikawa (17)

16. Top 2 on the 2009 PGA Tour of Australasia official money list, provided they are within the top 75 point leaders of the Official World Golf Rankings at the end of 2009
Michael Sim (17) (Alistair Presnell, ranked 376th, did not qualify)

17. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list as of May 24, 2010
K.J. Choi, Ben Crane, Peter Hanson, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Robert Karlsson, Graeme McDowell, Edoardo Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen, Álvaro Quirós, Adam Scott, Thongchai Jaidee

18. Special exemptions selected by the USGA
Vijay Singh, Tom Watson

Sectional qualifiers
Europe: Gary Boyd, Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Rhys Davies, Rafael Echenique, Grégory Havret, Mikko Ilonen, Rikard Karlberg, Jean-François Lucquin, Pablo Martín, Gareth Maybin, James Morrison
Japan: Hiroyuki Fujita, Paul Sheehan, Toru Taniguchi, Kaname Yokoo
U.S.: Stephen Allan, Jason Allred (L), Stuart Appleby, Arjun Atwal, Eric Axley, Aaron Baddeley, Rich Barcelo, Craig Barlow, Bennett Blakeman (a,L), Joseph Bramlett (a,L), Alex Čejka, Erik Compton (L), Jon Curran (L), Ben Curtis, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Kent Eger (L), Bob Estes, Harrison Frazar, David Frost, Bobby Gates, Jason Gore, Paul Goydos, Mathias Grönberg, Travis Hampshire (L), Russell Henley (a,L), J. J. Henry, Jim Herman, Morgan Hoffmann (a), Kent Jones, Erick Justesen (L), Kenny Kim (L), Derek Lamely, Scott Langley (a,L), Tom Lehman, Hugo Leon (L), Davis Love III, John Mallinger, Alex Martin (a,L), Dan McCarthy (L), Shaun Micheel, Noh Seung-yul, Deane Pappas, Blaine Peffley (L), Kevin Phelan (a,L), Terry Pilkadaris, Jason Preeo (L), Andrew Putnam (a,L), Matthew Richardson (L), Mark Silvers (L), Jerry Smith (L), Brandt Snedeker, Chris Stroud, Daniel Summerhays (L), Hudson Swafford (a,L), Ty Tryon (L), Bo Van Pelt, Charles Warren, Steve Wheatcroft, Gary Woodland

Alternates
Note: alternates are drawn from the sectional qualifiers.

1. Azuma Yano – replaced Anthony Kim (thumb surgery).
2. Simon Khan – took spot reserved for the Memorial Tournament winner. If the Memorial had been the winner's second PGA Tour victory in the year preceding the U.S. Open, that golfer would have received a U.S. Open invitation. However, since the Memorial was Justin Rose's first career PGA Tour win, that left a spot available for another golfer.
3. Rocco Mediate – took spot reserved for the winner of the St. Jude Classic, for the same reason as noted above with respect to the Memorial Tournament. However, since St. Jude Classic winner Lee Westwood was already qualified for the U.S. Open by three different criteria, that spot was also available for another golfer.

• (a) denotes amateur
• (L) denotes player advanced through local qualifying

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Ernie Els	South Africa	1994, 1997	73	68	72	73	286	+2	3rd
Tiger Woods	United States	2000, 2002, 2008	74	72	66	75	287	+3	T4
Jim Furyk	United States	2003	72	75	74	71	292	+8	T16
Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	2007	75	72	74	72	293	+9	T22
Tom Watson	United States	1982	78	71	70	76	295	+11	T29
Lucas Glover	United States	2009	73	73	77	76	299	+15	T58
Retief Goosen	South Africa	2001, 2004	75	74	76	74	299

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Geoff Ogilvy	Australia	2006	79	71	150	+8
Michael Campbell	New Zealand	2005	78	83	161	+19

Summary of rounds of play

First round

The 110th U.S. Open began on a sunny cool day on the Monterey Peninsula. Phil Mickelson a heavy favorite going into the tournament struggled to a +4 (75). Paul Casey, Shaun Micheel, and Brendon de Jonge all shot a -2 (69) to lead after 18 holes. De Jonge holed out for eagle at the very difficult par-5 14th hole. The 2009 and 2010 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am winner Dustin Johnson shot an even par 71. Rafael Cabrera-Bello, K. J. Choi, Alex Čejka, Ryo Ishikawa, Mike Weir, and Ian Poulter all shot -1 (70). Tiger Woods who won the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach by 15 strokes in 2000 shot a birdie free +3 (74). This was the first time since the 1st round of the 2003 Masters where both Woods and Mickelson did not make a birdie in a round of a major championship.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Paul Casey	England	69	-2
	Brendon de Jonge	Zimbabwe	69
	Shaun Micheel	United States	69
T4	Rafael Cabrera-Bello	Spain	70	-1
	Alex Čejka	Germany	70
	K. J. Choi	South Korea	70
	Ryo Ishikawa	Japan	70
	Ian Poulter	England	70
	Mike Weir	Canada	70
T10	Luke Donald	England	71	E
	Dustin Johnson	United States	71
	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	71
	David Toms	United States	71

Second round

Graeme McDowell shot a -3 (68) to take the 36-hole lead at -3. Paul Casey shot a +2 (73) to move back to even par. Brendon de Jonge would also shoot a +2 (73) to move back to even par. Shaun Micheel would shoot a +6 (77). He double hit a chip shot on the 1st hole which got his round started. Tiger Woods still struggled to a +1 (72) to move to +4 on the tournament. Ernie Els shot a -3 (68) to move to -1. Dustin Johnson shot a -1 (70) to move to -1. Ryo Ishikawa continued to play well with a E (71) which would put him at -1. Phil Mickelson had a front nine charge with birdies at 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8. He shot a -5 (66) to move to -1 also. Notable players who missed the cut were Rory McIlroy, Hunter Mahan, and two-time heart transplant survivor Erik Compton who was playing in his first major.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	71-68=139	-3
T2	Ernie Els	South Africa	73-68=141	-1
	Ryo Ishikawa	Japan	70-71=141
	Dustin Johnson	United States	71-70=141
	Phil Mickelson	United States	75-66=141
T6	Paul Casey	England	69-73=142	E
	Alex Čejka	Germany	70-72=142
	Brendon de Jonge	Zimbabwe	69-73=142
	Jerry Kelly	United States	72-70=142
T10	K. J. Choi	South Korea	70-73=143	+1
	Søren Kjeldsen	Denmark	72-71=143
	Ian Poulter	England	70-73=143

Amateurs (a): Langley (+2), Henley (+5), Hoffman (+8), Swafford (+8), Bramlett (+11), An (+12), Putnam (+12), B. Martin (+13), Phelan (+16), A. Martin (+21), Blakeman (+24).

Third round

Dustin Johnson stormed to a 3 shot lead over Graeme McDowell after a 5 under 66. Johnson eagled the drivable 4th hole to go with birdies on 17 and 18. Tiger Woods shot a back nine 31 including birdies on the last three holes the get back in contention at -1. Frenchman Grégory Havret and Ernie Els both finished at even par, six shots back of Johnson. Phil Mickelson double bogeyed the 9th hole and struggled to a 2 over 73.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Dustin Johnson	United States	71-70-66=207	-6
2	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	71-68-71=210	-3
3	Tiger Woods	United States	74-72-66=212	-1
T4	Ernie Els	South Africa	73-68-72=213	E
	Grégory Havret	France	73-71-69=213
6	Phil Mickelson	United States	75-66-73=214	+1
T7	Alex Čejka	Germany	70-72-74=216	+3
	Tim Clark	South Africa	72-72-72=216
	Ryo Ishikawa	Japan	70-71-75=216
T10	Martin Kaymer	Germany	74-71-72=217	+4
	Davis Love III	United States	75-74-68=217
	Sean O'Hair	United States	76-71-70=217

Final round

Overnight leader Dustin Johnson quickly dropped out of contention with a triple-bogey on the 2nd hole and a double on the 3rd hole. Ernie Els was tied for the lead at a part of the round, but fell back eventually. Grégory Havret remained closely in contention, but Graeme McDowell ground out a round of 74 to win his first major championship.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
1	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	71-68-71-74=284	E	1,350,000
2	Grégory Havret	France	73-71-69-72=285	+1	810,000
3	Ernie Els	South Africa	73-68-72-73=286	+2	480,687
T4	Phil Mickelson	United States	75-66-73-73=287	+3	303,119
	Tiger Woods	United States	74-72-66-75=287
T6	Matt Kuchar	United States	74-72-74-68=288	+4	228,255
	Davis Love III	United States	75-74-68-71=288
T8	Alex Čejka	Germany	70-72-74-73=289	+5	177,534
	Dustin Johnson	United States	71-70-66-82=289
	Martin Kaymer	Germany	74-71-72-72=289
	Brandt Snedeker	United States	75-74-69-71=289

Amateurs: Henley (+8), Langley (+8)

External links

• U.S. Open.com - official site

Preceded by 2010 Masters

Major Championships

Succeeded by 2010 Open Championship