2010 Open Championship
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| Dates | 15–18 July 2010 |
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| Location | St Andrews, Scotland |
| Course(s) | Old Course at St Andrews |
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European Tour PGA Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,305 yards (6,680 m) |
| Field | 156 players, 77 after cut |
| Cut | 146 (+2) |
| Prize fund |
₤4,800,000 €5,713,920 $7,372,762 |
| Winner's share | ₤850,000 €1,011,840 $1,305,593 |
 Louis Oosthuizen
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| 272 (−16) | |
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The 2010 Open Championship was held 15–18 July over the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It was the 150th anniversary of the founding of The Open in 1860, and the 28th time The Open was played at St Andrews. While the tournament is usually branded with the edition of the championship (for example, the previous year's Open was branded as the "138th Open Championship"), due to the special anniversary the R&A branded this tournament as the "150th Anniversary Open Championship", instead of using what would have been the normal "139th Open Championship" branding. The standard branding returned the following year.
Louis Oosthuizen won his first major championship victory, with a 16-under-par total of 272, seven strokes clear of runner-up Lee Westwood. Paul Casey, Rory McIlroy and Henrik Stenson finished a further stroke behind.
St Andrews is considered to be the home of golf, and as such, the current Open Championship rota means that the Old Course plays host to the championship every five years. Given the course's standing, even more attention is given to The Open whenever it visits the historic links.
The previous two Opens at St Andrews, in 2000 and 2005, were both won by Tiger Woods, the first with a record 19-under-par total. The primary change to the course from 2005 was at the par-4 17th hole; a new tee extended the Road Hole to 495 yards (453 m), an increase of 40 yards (37 m). Although not altered, the measurement angle of the dogleg was revised for hole #7, resulting in a new length of 371 yards (339 m), a reduction of 19 yards (17 m).
Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):
Each year, around two thirds of The Open Championship field consists of players that are fully exempt from qualifying for the Open. The players who have already qualified for the 2010 Open Championship are listed below. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.
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