Y.E. Yang

South Korea · born January 15, 1972, Seogwipo, Jeju, South Korea

1major championship

PGA Championship1 win

Summary

First major 2009 PGA Championship

Wins

2009 PGA Championship Hazeltine National Golf Club · 280 (-8) · by 3 strokes from Tiger Woods

Moments

2009 PGA Championship Yang chipped in for eagle at the par-4 14th to take the lead from Tiger Woods for the first time.
2009 PGA Championship 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.

Records and firsts

2009 PGA Championship First PGA champion from: South Korea

Results by championship

Best day

2009 PGA Championship

Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota · 280 (-8) · by 3 strokes from Tiger Woods

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.

Record: South Korea

Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 2009.

Career line, 2009–2009

PGA Championship

2009 PGA Championship: won

20092010

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Major win

Y.E. Yang was born on January 15, 1972, in Seogwipo, Jeju, South Korea. Yang won one major championship: the 2009 PGA Championship.

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The record

Wins in the majors (1)

2009 PGA Championship Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota · 280 (-8) · by 3 strokes from Tiger Woods

Records and firsts

Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

2009 PGA Championship First PGA champion from: South Korea

Sources

Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.