Y E YANG WINS PGA CHAMPIONSHIP.

Yong-eun Yang became the first Asian born golfer to lift a major golf title when he won the PGA CHAMPIONSHIP at HAZELTINE in MINNESOTA by beating the Worlds No1 golfer,Tiger Woods by 3 shots after they went head to head in the final round.

Starting the day 2 shots back from Woods,Yang took advantage of a poor day by Woods to shoot a 2 under par 70 and a -8 total of 280,while Woods made more records by losing his first Major when leading,in fact it was the first time he lost in America when holding a 54 hole lead.

The break through came when Yang chipped in for an eagle 2 at the 14th and Woods holed his only putt of the day for birdie to stay only one behind.Everybody including Yang were expecting something special from Woods but it never happened.In fact it was Yang who produced the"special shot" at the 18th from behind a tree.He hit a hybird No3 iron into 15 feet and holed for a birdie to give him a 3 shot victory as Tiger flew the green and took a bogey 5 for a round of 75.

37 year old Yang started the year in 478th in the World.He won the Honda Classic and moved to 110th in the World before the PGA and now he can relax as his win gives him a 5 year exemption,a cheque for $1.35 million and a jump into No34 in the World.

It was a great tournament for the Irish.Defending champion Padraig Harrington was only one shot behind Yang and Woods when he took an 8 at the 8th after visiting the water twice.He held on bravely to finish on Par 288 and joined Graeme McDowell in a share of 10th.

It was 20 year old Rory McIlroy who stole the show.He started the day with a double bogey,but recovered with birdies at the 3rd,4th,5th,9th and 14th with one other bogey at the 12th to share 3rd place with Lee Westwood after both returned -2 rounds of 70 for a total of -3,285.
It has been a great year for Rory as in his first full year playing all 4 Majors,he finished 20th in the Masters,46th in the Open championship,10th in the US Open and now 3rd in the PGA.
He is now 22nd in the World and 3rd in the Race to Dubai with 1,678,227 Euros.