Aug 16, 2009
Tiger Woods had never lost going into the final day of a major with the lead - until the 2009 PGA Championship. Y.E. Yang shot -13 over the final 49 holes and ended up cruising to a three shot victory.
Yang, who was born in South Korea and took up the game at age 19, had been ranked 110th. He was the first Asian born player to win a major.
Complete List of PGA Championship Winners
Golf Winners
*** PGA Majors ***
Masters
US Open
British Open
PGA Championship
*** Other PGA Tournaments ***
Accenture Match Play
Arnold Palmer Invitational
Buick Invitational
Honda Classic
Memorial Tournament
Mercedes Championship
Players Championship
PGA Player of the Year
*** Former PGA Tournaments ***
AT&T Classic (BellSouth)
Ford Championship at Doral
2009 PGA Championship Leaderboard
1
Y.E. Yang
280
-8
2
Tiger Woods 283
-5
3
Rory McIlroy
285
-3
Lee Westwood
285
-3
5
Lucas Glover
286
-2
6
Martin Kaymer
287
-1
Henrik Stenson
287
-1
Ernie Els 287
-1
Soren Kjeldsen
287
-1
10
Dustin Johnson
288
E
Graeme McDowell
288
E
Padraig Harrington
288
E
Zach Johnson 288
E
John Merrick
288
E
Francesco Molinari
288
E
16
Hunter Mahan
289
+1
Vijay Singh
289
+1
Tim Clark
289
+1
19
Ross Fisher
290
+2
Oliver Wilson
290
+2
Michael Allen
290
+2
Ian Poulter
290
+2
Corey Pavin
290
+2
24
Robert Allenby
291
+3
Alvaro Quiros
291
+3
John Rollins
291
+3
Brendan Jones
291
+3
Stephen Ames
291
+3
Ben Curtis
291
+3
K.J. Choi
291
+3
Scott McCarron
291
+3
Y.E. Yang Awards and Accomplishments
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