Y.E. Yang wins PGA Championship

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Pga Championship 2009 August 16th Y_E_ Yang Holes in an Eagle

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Y.E. Yang has out-dueled Tiger Woods in the final round to win the 2009 PGA Championship.

Rather than fold under the final round pressure, and being paired with Tiger Woods, Yang fired a final round 70, matching the best round of the day. His 2 under-par score was a full 5 strokes better than Tiger +3 on the day. In fact Y.E. Yang was even with or better than Tiger for the final three days at Hazeltine, bettering Woods by 9 strokes on the final weekend to earn the title.

Padraig Harrington delivered biggest drop amongst the contenders at the beginning of the day dropping 8 places on the leader board on Sunday, helped in large part by a quintuple bogey on the 8th hole, finishing 6-over for the day.

Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy both matched Yang's Sunday best -2 moving both in to a tie for 3rd.

Final Top 10 of the 91st PGA Championship

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• 1. Y.E. Yang
• 2. Tiger Woods
• T3. Lee Westwood
• T3. Rory McIlroy
• 5. Lucas Glover
• T6. Martin Kaymer
• T6. Ernie Els
• T6. Soren Kjeldsen
• T6. Henrik Stenson
• T10. John Merrick
• T10. Dustin Johnson
• T10. Zach Johnson
• T10. Graeme McDowell
• T10. Francesco Molinari
• T10. Padraig Harrington