2009 PGA Championship: Y.E. Yang wins at Hazeltine National Golf Club
Y.E. Yang won the 2009 PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota with 280 (−8), by 3 strokes over Tiger Woods.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 2009 in Wanamaker Avenue, the PGA Championship room, or every year on the PGA Championship winners list.
- Dates
- August 13, 2009 to August 16, 2009
- Course
- Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota
- Edition
- 91st PGA Championship
- Format
- stroke play
- Par
- 72 · 7,674 yards
- Field
- 156
- Made the cut
- 80 (cut at 148)
- Purse
- $7,500,000 · winner's share $1,350,000
- Champion
- Y.E. Yang · age 37 · South Korea · born Seogwipo, Jeju, South Korea
- Champion's title
- 1st PGA Championship
- World ranking
- No. 110
- Winning score
- 73-70-67-70 = 280 (−8) · won by 3 strokes
- Runner-up
- Tiger Woods
- 54-hole leader
- Tiger Woods (208) · Y.E. Yang was 2 strokes back
- Caddie
- A.J. Montecinos
- Low club professional
- Greg Bisconti (301)
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Y.E. Yang | 73 | 70 | 67 | 70 | 280 | −8 |
| 2 | Tiger Woods | 67 | 70 | 71 | 75 | 283 | −5 |
What happened at the 2009 PGA Championship
Yang chipped in for eagle at the par-4 14th to take the lead from Tiger Woods for the first time.
Woods had won all 14 of his previous majors when leading after 54 holes, and Yang became the first Asian-born men's major champion.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's PGA Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: pga.json (the PGA Championship room's data: Tables 1A–1H).