A
u
g
The PGA Championship was first
u
s
Remember this?
played in 1916, and for its first 39 years, it
t
1
Is this a great game or what?
was contested at match play, as were the 2
–
U.S. and British Amateurs—considered
Korea’s Y.E. Yang went into the final round of
1
5
the PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf
major championships at that time.
Club paired in the last group with Tiger Woods.
“Long Jim” Barnes won the first two
P
G
The 37-year-old Yang, who had made it to the
PGA Championships (the tournament
A
TOUR through the 2008 Qualifying School,
C
had one TOUR victory to his credit, The Honda
wasn’t played in 1917 and 1918 because h
Classic in March.
a
of World War I), but it really wasn’t until m
Tiger Woods is, well, Tiger Woods. For starters,
1921 that the championship ascended to
p
i
coming into the tournament he had 70 TOUR
o
the status it enjoys today owing to Walter
n
victories, had won four PGA Championships, and s
was 14-0 in major championships he led going Hagen, who combined a brilliant game
h
i
into the final round.
p
with a showman’s sense of theatrics.
Yet when it was all said and done on Sunday, it
Hagen won five PGA Championships
was Yang who came away with the Wanamaker
Trophy, becoming the first Asian player to win
between 1921 and 1927, including four
any of the four professional majors.
in a row from 1924 to 1927. In doing so,
Go figure.
the “Great Haig” elevated both the game
If Yang was the least bit awed by his prospects,
and the fledgling PGA of America in the
it didn’t show.
public’s consciousness. By a happy
“It’s not like you’re in an octagon where you’re
fighting against Tiger and he’s going to bite you,
coincidence, his great friend and rival,
or swing at you with his 9-iron,” said Yang. “The Gene Sarazen, won two of his three
worst that I could do was just lose to Tiger. So I
really had nothing much at stake.”
PGAs in that stretch.
Another popular player of that time
Sure. Plenty of other guys have lost to him, but
not that day.
Tiger Woods reacts to his was Paul Runyan, who was known as
poor tee shot on the 17th hole
during the final round of the
The first key point in their mano-a-mano duel PGA Championship.
“Little Poison” for his diminutive size
came on No. 14 when, with Woods in position to
coupled with a sensational short
make a birdie, Yang chipped in for an eagle to
take the lead. Then, on 18, he did what Woods
is best-known for: he hit a career shot under
intense pressure. With a one-stroke lead, Yang
faced an approach shot that forced him to deal
Course insight
M
with a large tree that was between him and the
click to show/hide
A
G
E
.
C
O
putting surface. All he did was rip a 3-iron hybrid
I
R
E
I
M
to 12 feet. Yang made the putt for birdie and a
I
D
T
/
W
2-under-par 70, good enough for a three-stroke
win over Woods, who finished with his worst
T
R
S
C
H
M
H
E
S
S
E
score in a major when he was in the final group,
M
E
a 70. More than anything else, the cause of
Woods’ discontent was his indifferent putting.
Y
A
G
E
S
;
A
.
E
I
M
T
Y
“In all the other 14 major championships I’ve
A
R
R
E
/
G
E
T
won, I’ve putted well for the entire week,” Woods
said. “And today, that didn’t happen.”
A
S
Q
U
I
I
E
H
What did happen was one of the greatest upsets
E
D
,
J
A
M
O
O
in golf history.
A
E
N
W
D
G
R
E
“This might be my last win as a golfer,” Yang
2
S
A
M
said. “But it sure is a great day.”
0
©
1
0
www.pgatour.com
PGA TOUR OFFICIAL ANNUAL 2010 167
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112 |
Page 113 |
Page 114 |
Page 115 |
Page 116 |
Page 117 |
Page 118 |
Page 119 |
Page 120 |
Page 121 |
Page 122 |
Page 123 |
Page 124 |
Page 125 |
Page 126 |
Page 127 |
Page 128 |
Page 129 |
Page 130 |
Page 131 |
Page 132 |
Page 133 |
Page 134 |
Page 135 |
Page 136 |
Page 137 |
Page 138 |
Page 139 |
Page 140 |
Page 141 |
Page 142 |
Page 143 |
Page 144 |
Page 145 |
Page 146 |
Page 147 |
Page 148 |
Page 149 |
Page 150 |
Page 151 |
Page 152 |
Page 153 |
Page 154 |
Page 155 |
Page 156 |
Page 157 |
Page 158 |
Page 159 |
Page 160 |
Page 161 |
Page 162 |
Page 163 |
Page 164 |
Page 165 |
Page 166 |
Page 167 |
Page 168 |
Page 169 |
Page 170 |
Page 171 |
Page 172 |
Page 173 |
Page 174 |
Page 175 |
Page 176 |
Page 177 |
Page 178 |
Page 179 |
Page 180 |
Page 181 |
Page 182 |
Page 183 |
Page 184 |
Page 185 |
Page 186 |
Page 187 |
Page 188 |
Page 189 |
Page 190 |
Page 191 |
Page 192 |
Page 193 |
Page 194 |
Page 195 |
Page 196 |
Page 197 |
Page 198 |
Page 199 |
Page 200 |
Page 201 |
Page 202 |
Page 203 |
Page 204 |
Page 205 |
Page 206 |
Page 207 |
Page 208 |
Page 209 |
Page 210 |
Page 211 |
Page 212 |
Page 213 |
Page 214 |
Page 215 |
Page 216 |
Page 217 |
Page 218 |
Page 219 |
Page 220 |
Page 221 |
Page 222 |
Page 223 |
Page 224 |
Page 225 |
Page 226 |
Page 227 |
Page 228