Yang Yong-eun
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Yang Yong-eun (Korean: 양용은; born 15 January 1972), also called Y. E. Yang, is a South Korean professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He was previously a member of the PGA Tour, where he won twice, including most notably the 2009 PGA Championship when he came from behind to defeat Tiger Woods, thus winning the first major championship by a male player born in Asia. He is occasionally known by the nickname The Tiger Killer.[2]
Professional career
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In 2006, Yang won the
On 16 August 2009, Yang won the
In April 2010, Yang won the
The following week Yang was in contention for his 3rd PGA Tour title at
Yang reached a career high OWGR ranking of 19th in 2010, but a string of bad finishes and missed cuts in 2013 and 2014 plummeted the former major winner to 638th at the end of 2014, the final year of his PGA Tour exemption after winning the 2009 PGA Championship. A poor 2014 saw Yang finish well outside the top 150 in the FedEx Cup, which limited him to the Past Champions category for 2015. Yang spent much of 2015 playing on the
In 2021, Yang was disqualified from 103rd PGA Championship at The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island Resort, in South Carolina for signing an incorrect scorecard following the second round.[7]
In February 2022, after turning 50, Yang joined the PGA Tour Champions.
Personal life
Yang was born in the island province of
On conclusion of his service, he moved to New Zealand, where he pursued a professional career in golf. He turned semi-pro on 21 July 1995 and pro on 22 August 1996. Yang is married to Young-Joo Park and has three sons. He is an active owner of an indoor golf range in the Koreatown section of Dallas.[13] He currently resides in Southlake, Texas, near fellow South Korean PGA player K. J. Choi.[13]
Professional wins (12)
PGA Tour wins (2)
Legend |
Major championships (1) |
Other PGA Tour (1) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 8 Mar 2009 | The Honda Classic
|
−9 (68-65-70-68=271) | 1 stroke | John Rollins |
2 | 16 Aug 2009 | PGA Championship | −8 (73-70-67-70=280) | 3 strokes | Tiger Woods |
European Tour wins (3)
Legend |
Major championships (1) |
Other European Tour (2) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 12 Nov 2006 (2007 season) |
HSBC Champions 1
|
−14 (66-72-67-69=274) | 2 strokes | Tiger Woods |
2 | 16 Aug 2009 | PGA Championship | −8 (73-70-67-70=280) | 3 strokes | Tiger Woods |
3 | 18 Apr 2010 | Volvo China Open2 | −15 (68-66-68-71=273) | 2 strokes | Rhys Davies, Stephen Dodd |
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour, Sunshine Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia, but unofficial money event.
2Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour
Japan Golf Tour wins (5)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 8 Aug 2004 | Sun Chlorella Classic | −13 (67-70-69-69=275) | 3 strokes | David Smail, Yeh Wei-tze |
2 | 7 Nov 2004 | Asahi-Ryokuken Yomiuri Memorial | −17 (69-78-69-65=271) | 2 strokes | Shingo Katayama |
3 | 9 Oct 2005 | Coca-Cola Tokai Classic
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−18 (66-72-65-67=270) | 4 strokes | Taichi Teshima |
4 | 10 Sep 2006 | Suntory Open | −14 (67-68-68-63=266) | 6 strokes | Hidemasa Hoshino, Toru Taniguchi |
5 | 29 Apr 2018 | The Crowns | −12 (67-67-67-67=268) | 4 strokes | Hwang Jung-gon, Anthony Quayle |
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2006 | ABC Championship
|
Shingo Katayama | Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
Asian Tour wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 24 Sep 2006 | Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open 1
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−14 (65-67-68-70=270) | 3 strokes | Kang Ji-man |
1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour
OneAsia Tour wins (2)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 18 Apr 2010
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Volvo China Open1 | −15 (68-66-68-71=273) | 2 strokes | Rhys Davies, Stephen Dodd |
2 | 10 Oct 2010 | Kolon Korea Open 2
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−4 (74-71-69-66=280) | 2 strokes | Choi Ho-sung, Kim Bi-o |
1Co-sanctioned by the
2Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour
OneAsia Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2012
|
Nanshan China Masters | Liang Wenchong | Lost to birdie on fifth extra hole |
Korean Tour wins (3)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 3 Nov 2002 | SBS Oriental Fire Cup | −11 (70-69-68-70=277) | Playoff | Choi Sang-ho, Park No-seok |
2 | 24 Sep 2006 | Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open 1
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−14 (65-67-68-70=270) | 3 strokes | Kang Ji-man |
3 | 10 Oct 2010 | Kolon Korea Open 2 (2)
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−4 (74-71-69-66=280) | 2 strokes | Choi Ho-sung, Kim Bi-o |
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour
Korean Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2002 | SBS Oriental Fire Cup | Choi Sang-ho, Park No-seok | Won with eagle on first extra hole |
Major championships
Wins (1)
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
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2009 | PGA Championship | 2 shot deficit | −8 (73-70-67-70=280) | 3 strokes | Tiger Woods |
Results timeline
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Masters Tournament | T30 | CUT | |||
U.S. Open | CUT | ||||
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | |||
PGA Championship | T47 | CUT | 1 |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Masters Tournament | T8 | T20 | T57 | CUT | CUT | ||||
U.S. Open | CUT | T3 | CUT | CUT | CUT | ||||
The Open Championship | T60 | T16 | CUT | T32 | CUT | ||||
PGA Championship | CUT | T69 | T36 | CUT | CUT | T48 | CUT | CUT | CUT |
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | |||||
PGA Championship | CUT | DQ | CUT | CUT | |
U.S. Open | |||||
The Open Championship | NT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
DQ = disqualified
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Summary
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
PGA Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
Totals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 13 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2011 Masters – 2012 Masters)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2009 PGA – 2010 Masters)
Results in The Players Championship
Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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The Players Championship | CUT | T34 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Match Play
|
R64 | R32 | QF | R32 | |||||
Championship
|
64 | T65 | 74 | T30 | T39 | 59 | |||
Invitational
|
T56 | T19 | T46 | T53 | T36 | ||||
Champions | T33 | T51 |
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Team appearances
Professional
- Royal Trophy (representing Asia): 2007, 2012 (winners)
- Presidents Cup (International team): 2009, 2011
- 2009
See also
- 2007 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
- 2008 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
- 2016 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
- List of men's major championships winning golfers
References
- OWGR. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Quiet Yang is the Tiger Killer".
- ^ Dorman, Larry (16 August 2009). "Y. E. Yang Shocks Woods to Win at P.G.A." The New York Times. Archived from the original on 17 December 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
- ^ "Yang catches Woods for USPGA win". BBC Sport. 16 August 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
- ^ "Yang beats Tiger and becomes first Asian major winner". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 August 2009.
- ^ "Yang eases the pressure with victory". The Irish Times. The Irish Times Limited. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ^ Morse, Ben (21 May 2021). "Y.E. Yang, the man who beat Tiger Woods to win the 2009 PGA Championship, is disqualified". CNN. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Y. E. Yang". PGA Tour. 2014. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014.
- ^ "Yang slightly nervous about playing on home soil". Golf.com. 20 April 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014.
- ^ "Yang's life changed forever with win over Tiger". NBC Sports. Associated Press. 17 August 2009. Archived from the original on 18 August 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- The Golf Channel. Archived from the originalon 22 February 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
- ^ "PGA Championship, 'Wild' Woods". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 17 August 2009. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
- ^ a b Nichols, Bill (8 April 2010). "Since historic win, Korean golfer finds balance with family in Southlake, at Dallas driving range". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011.
External links
- YE Yang at the Korean Tour official site (in Korean)
- Y E Yang at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Y.E. Yang at the PGA Tour official site
- Y.E. Yang at the European Tour official site
- Y.E. Yang at the Asian Tour official site
- Y.E. Yang at the Official World Golf Ranking official site