2009 PGA Championship Winner, Scores: Yang Stymies Woods
The 2009 PGA Championship was the 91st time the tournament was played. Y.E. Yang outdueled Tiger Woods to become the first Korean major winner.
Winner: Y.E. Yang, 280
Where it was played: Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minn.
Tournament dates: August 13-16, 2009
Leader after first round: Tiger Woods, 67
Leader after second round: Tiger Woods, 137
Leader after third round: Tiger Woods, 208
Notable Notes: Tiger Woods held the lead for three days, but lost it on the fourth and final day to Y.E. Yang. Woods led Yang and Padraig Harrington by two strokes entering the final round. Harrington skied to a 78 and was never a factor.
But Yang took the lead away from Woods on the 14th-hole with a chip-in birdie, and wound up shooting 70 to Woods' 75. It marked the first time that Woods had ever lost a 54-hole lead in a major.
Final Scores
| Y.E. Yang | 73-70-67-70—280 |
| Tiger Woods | 67-70-71-75—283 |
| Lee Westwood | 70-72-73-70—285 |
| Rory McIlroy | 71-73-71-70—285 |
| Lucas Glover | 71-70-71-74—286 |
| Martin Kaymer | 73-70-71-73—287 |
| Ernie Els | 75-68-70-74—287 |
| Soren Kjeldsen | 70-73-70-74—287 |
| Henrik Stenson | 73-71-68-75—287 |
| John Merrick | 72-72-74-70—288 |
| Dustin Johnson | 72-73-73-70—288 |
| Zach Johnson | 74-73-70-71—288 |
| Graeme McDowell | 70-75-71-72—288 |
| Francesco Molinari | 74-73-69-72—288 |
| Padraig Harrington | 68-73-69-78—288 |
| Hunter Mahan | 69-75-74-71—289 |
| Vijay Singh | 69-72-75-73—289 |
| Tim Clark | 76-68-71-74—289 |
| Ian Poulter | 72-70-76-72—290 |
| Oliver Wilson | 74-72-72-72—290 |
| Michael Allen | 74-71-72-73—290 |
| Corey Pavin | 73-71-71-75—290 |
| Ross Fisher | 73-68-73-76—290 |
| Robert Allenby | 69-75-75-72—291 |
| K.J. Choi | 73-72-73-73—291 |
| Ben Curtis | 73-72-73-73—291 |
| Scott McCarron | 75-72-71-73—291 |
| Stephen Ames | 74-71-70-76—291 |
| Brendan Jones | 71-70-73-77—291 |
| John Rollins | 73-73-68-77—291 |
| Alvaro Quiros | 69-76-69-77—291 |
| Jeff Overton | 72-74-75-71—292 |
| Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | 70-77-73-72—292 |
| Kevin Sutherland | 73-72-74-73—292 |
| Steve Flesch | 74-73-69-76—292 |
| Soren Hansen | 72-76-74-71—293 |
| Fred Couples | 74-74-73-72—293 |
| Woody Austin | 73-73-73-74—293 |
| Thongchai Jaidee | 70-76-73-74—293 |
| Miguel Angel Jimenez | 75-73-71-74—293 |
| Boo Weekley | 74-74-71-74—293 |
| David Toms | 69-75-72-77—293 |
| Geoff Ogilvy | 71-73-78-72—294 |
| Kenny Perry | 74-70-78-72—294 |
| Rich Beem | 71-76-75-72—294 |
| Luke Donald | 71-77-73-73—294 |
| Chad Campbell | 74-73-73-74—294 |
| Kevin Na | 73-75-71-75—294 |
| Charl Schwartzel | 76-70-72-76—294 |
| Ben Crane | 70-75-72-77—294 |
| Thomas Levet | 72-75-76-72—295 |
| Michael Sim | 73-75-76-71—295 |
| Camilo Villegas | 73-73-76-73—295 |
| Anthony Kim | 73-74-71-77—295 |
| Retief Goosen | 77-71-70-77—295 |
| Ryo Ishikawa | 74-74-76-72—296 |
| Charlie Wi | 72-76-75-73—296 |
| Bob Tway | 72-76-74-74—296 |
| Hiroyuki Fujita | 71-74-73-78—296 |
| Tom Lehman | 72-74-76-75—297 |
| Richard Green | 75-73-74-75—297 |
| John Mallinger | 73-71-76-77—297 |
| J.J. Henry | 72-73-80-73—298 |
| Nathan Green | 72-75-76-75—298 |
| Angel Cabrera | 76-70-76-76—298 |
| Jim Furyk | 73-75-73-77—298 |
| Paul Goydos | 70-78-78-73—299 |
| David Smail | 75-73-75-76—299 |
| Rory Sabbatini | 74-70-78-77—299 |
| Jeev Milkha Singh | 74-73-74-78—299 |
| Justin Leonard | 73-75-73-78—299 |
| Stewart Cink | 73-73-72-81—299 |
| Phil Mickelson | 74-74-76-76—300 |
| Greg Bisconti | 75-72-78-76—301 |
| Sean O'Hair | 74-73-82-73—302 |
| Bob Estes | 74-74-77-78—303 |
| Grant Sturgeon | 73-71-80-79—303 |
| Chris Wood | 74-73-77-79—303 |
| Alastair Forsyth | 73-75-75-82—305 |