On July 30, 2009, Northern Irish golfer Graeme McDowell turned 30. On June 20, 2010, he won the 110th edition of the U.S. Open Championship, also known as the U.S. Open.
The prize fund was $7,500,000. As the winner, McDowell won $1,350,000.
Runner-up to McDowell was Grégory Havret. The latter received $810,000.
In third place was Ernie Els. He received $480,687.
On October 17, 2009, Els turned 40. Born in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, he made his professional golf debut in 1989.
On November 25, 2009, Havret turned 33. Born in La Rochelle, France, he made his professional golf debut in 1999.
Els is 6’3″ tall and Havret is 6’2″ tall. McDowell is 5’11” tall.
2010 US Open
- sport: golf
- event: U.S. Open
- edition: 110th
- dates: June 17-20, 2010
- venue: Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California, United States
WINNERS
| RANK | GOLFER, AGE, COUNTRY | SCORE |
| 1 | Graeme McDowell, 30, Northern Ireland | 71-68-71-74=284 |
| 2 | Grégory Havret, 33, France | 73-71-69-72=285 |
| 3 | Ernie Els, 40, South Africa | 73-68-72-73=286 |
| T4 | Phil Mickelson, 40, USA | 75-66-73-73=287 |
| T4 | Tiger Woods, 34, USA | 74-72-66-75=287 |
| T6 | Matt Kuchar, 32, USA | 74-72-74-68=288 |
| T6 | Davis Love III, 46, USA | 75-74-68-71=288 |
| T8 | Alex Čejka, 39, Germany | 70-72-74-73=289 |
| T8 | Dustin Johnson, 25, USA | 71-70-66-82=289 |
| T8 | Martin Kaymer, 25, Germany | 74-71-72-72=289 |
| T8 | Brandt Snedeker, 30, USA | 75-74-69-71=289 |
Graeme McDowell
Born in Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, McDowell is Uel Loughery‘s nephew. When McDowell was young, he was coach at the Rathmore Golf Club in Portrush by Loughery.
As a teenager, McDowell attended Coleraine Academical Institution in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. He studied engineering at Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland before transferring to the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
In 2002, McDowell made his professional golf debut. In 2008, he won the Ballantine’s Championship at Pinx Golf Club on Jeju Island, South Korea and the Barclays Scottish Open in Glasgow, Scotland.
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