2010 in golf explained
This article summarizes the highlights of professional and amateur golf in the year 2010.
Men's professional golf
Major championships
World Golf Championships
FedEx Cup playoff events - see 2010 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Other leading PGA Tour events
- 6–9 May: The Players Championship - South African Tim Clark, who had previously more money than anyone else on the PGA Tour without ever winning a tournament, took the championship by one shot over Australian Robert Allenby. Prior to his victory, Clark had played in 206 PGA Tour events without ever winning.
- 19–22 August: Wyndham Championship – In the final event before the FedEx Cup playoffs, Arjun Atwal made history by becoming the first Indian-born player ever to win on the PGA Tour, as well as the first Monday qualifier to win on tour since 1986.
For a complete list of PGA Tour results see 2010 PGA Tour.
Other leading European Tour events
For a complete list of European Tour results see 2010 European Tour.
Team events
- 1–4 October: Ryder Cup - Europe win 14½-13½ after an unprecedented Monday finish following a weather affected tournament at Celtic Manor.
Tour leaders
- PGA Tour - Matt Kuchar (US$4,910,477)
- This total does not include FedEx Cup bonuses.
- European Tour - Martin Kaymer (€4,461,011)
- This total includes the bonus of US$1.5 million (€1,092,418) earned for winning the Race to Dubai.
- Japan Golf Tour - Kim Kyung-tae (¥181,103,799)
- Asian Tour - Noh Seung-yul (US$822,361.03)
- PGA Tour of Australasia - Geoff Ogilvy (A$459,900.00)
- Sunshine Tour - Charl Schwartzel (R5,097,913.58)
- OneAsia Tour - Liang Wenchong (US$560,736.57)
Awards
Other tour results
Other happenings
Women's professional golf
LPGA majors
Ladies European Tour major (in addition to the Women's British Open)
- 22–25 July: Evian Masters - Korean Jiyai Shin won her seventh career LPGA Tour title by one shot and reclaimed the top spot in the world rankings from Japan's Ai Miyazato.
For a complete list of Ladies European Tour results see Ladies European Tour.
Additional LPGA Tour events
For a complete list of LPGA Tour results see 2010 LPGA Tour.
Money list leaders
- LPGA Tour – Na Yeon Choi ($1,871,166)
- LPGA of Japan Tour - Ahn Sun-ju (¥145,073,799)
- Ladies European Tour – Lee-Anne Pace (€339,517.77)
- LPGA of Korea Tour - Lee Bo-mee (₩557,376,856)
- Ladies Asian Golf Tour - Lee-Anne Pace ($88,330)
- ALPG Tour - Karrie Webb (A$132,000) (2009/2010 season)
- Duramed Futures Tour - Cindy LaCrosse ($94,578)
Awards
Other happenings
- 23 April – Lorena Ochoa, the world's top-ranked player, announced her retirement. The 28-year-old Ochoa, with two majors and 25 other LPGA tour wins, indicated that she wanted to raise a family and work with her charitable foundation. Her last regular event was the Tres Marias Championship, although she also said she would play in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, the tournament she hosts, in November in her hometown of Guadalajara.
- 2 May – Jiyai Shin claimed the World Number One Ranking, surpassing Lorena Ochoa who had held the position for the previous 158 weeks. Shin's ascension came after she won the Cyber Agent Ladies event on the Japan LPGA Tour. It was her seventh victory worldwide in the previous two years, including three wins on the LPGA Tour. Ochoa, playing in her last LPGA tournament before her announced retirement would have had to finish in fourth place or higher to retain the Number One position; she finished sixth.
- 9 May – The body of 25-year-old LPGA player and former University of Arizona standout Erica Blasberg was found in her Henderson, Nevada home with a plastic bag over her head. On 24 August, the Clark County Coroner ruled her death a suicide. The primary cause of death was asphyxia, with toxic levels of several prescription drugs a contributing factor.
- 20 June – Jennifer Song, the current U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and U.S. Women's Amateur Golf champion, won her first tournament as a professional, the Futures Tour major Tate & Lyle Players Championship.
- 21 June – Ai Miyazato took over the number 1 position in the Women's World Golf Rankings, succeeding Jiyai Shin who had held the title for the previous seven weeks. Miyazato won four of the first nine official LPGA tournaments in 2010.
- 28 June - Cristie Kerr took over the number 1 position in the Women's World Golf Rankings after winning the LPGA Championship by 12 strokes. She became the first American to hold the top spot since rankings began in 2006.
- 19 July - Miyazato reclaimed the number 1 position in the Women's World Golf Rankings.
- 26 July - Shin took back the number 1 position in the Women's World Golf Rankings after her win in the Evian Masters.
- 16 August - Kerr reclaimed the number 1 position in the Women's World Golf Rankings.
- 23 August – Miyazato returned to number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings after winning the Safeway Classic.
- 25 October - Kerr again regained her number 1 position in the Women's World Golf Rankings after Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia.
- 1 November - Shin took back her number 1 position in the Women's World Golf Rankings after LPGA Hana Bank Championship.
- 21 November - Korean Ahn Sun-ju clinched the season money leader in LPGA of Japan Tour regardless of the outcome of the last remaining tournament, the Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup. She is the only non-Japanese golfer to be the season money leader after Taiwanese Ai-Yu Tu in 1991.
Senior men's professional golf
Senior majors
Full results
Money list leaders
Awards
Amateur golf
The Hall inducted no class in 2010. On 22 July, it announced that it would move future induction ceremonies to May, on the Monday before The Players Championship. The next class would be inducted on 9 May 2011.[2]
Table of results
This table summarizes all the results referred to above in date order.
The following biennial events will next be played in 2011:
Solheim Cup,
Presidents Cup,
Seve Trophy,
Mission Hills World Cup,
Walker Cup.
Notes and References
- News: Ryo Ishikawa shoots 58 to win Japan Tour event . Associated Press . PGA Tour . 2 May 2010 . 2 May 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100505131237/http://www.pgatour.com/2010/r/05/02/ishikawa-58.ap/index.html . 5 May 2010 . dead . dmy-all .
- World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Moves to May 2011 . World Golf Hall of Fame . 22 July 2010 . 23 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604062512/http://www.worldgolfhalloffame.org/media/press_release.php?pr=hof69 . 4 June 2011 . dead . dmy-all .