The first Asian-born golfer to win a men’s major golf championship
Yang Yong-eun (Y.E. Yang), 37 of South Korea won the 91st PGA Championship [one of the 4 major championships in professional golf] on 16th August 2009, his first major championship, stunning world number one Tiger Woods.
Yang celebrating while Woods can be seen on the right:
Video of the moment of triumph:
Yang turned pro in 1996 and currently ranked a lowly 110th in the world.
With that achievement, he became the first Asian-born golfer to win a major championship. The previous best achievements by an Asian-born golfer were second place finishes:
(i) by Lu Liang-Huan in the 1971 Open Championship
(ii) by Isao Aoki in the 1980 U.S. Open
(iii) by Tze-Chung Chen in the 1985 U.S. Open.
His achievement would make him even more visible in web searches; it’s like listing his name in a paid web directory.
More remarkably, Yang’s playing partner was none other than Tiger Woods. That alone would affect a player’s composure. And he came into the final round with a two-shot deficit, but still managed to finish three strokes ahead of Woods, who finished second.
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