2009 PGA Championship Winner and Scores
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 in men's golf.
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
What Happened at the 2009 PGA Championship
There was nothing surprising about the way the 2009 PGA Championship began: Tiger Woods held or shared the lead for each of the first three rounds. But there was something very surprising about the way this tournament ended: Tiger Woods lost that lead, and someone else won the tournament. That someone else was Y.E. Yang.Woods led Yang by one stroke entering the final round. Woods had taken a lead into the final round of 14 previous majors, and he won all 14 of those majors. And in most tournaments, major or otherwise, that Tiger led in his career to this point, his playing partner in the final round succumbed to the pressure and fell off the pace.
But not Yang. He caught Woods on the front nine of the final round, then fell one stroke behind again. But on the 14th hole, Yang chipped in for eagle and moved ahead of Woods. Woods had a couple opportunities over the last few holes, but his putting just wasn't on-beam throughout the final round.
On the last hole, with a one-stroke lead, Yang hit a 3-hybrid to within a few feet of the pin, then sank the birdie putt to achieve the final margin of victory.
It marked the second time Yang beat Woods down the stretch — he also topped Woods to win the 2006 HSBC Champions tournament in China. Yang, from South Korea, also achieved the distinction of being the first men's major championship winner born in Asia.
For Woods, it was his second PGA Championship played at Hazeltine, and the second time a relative unknown beat him down the stretch. Rich Beem held off Woods to win the 2002 PGA Championship at Hazeltine.
Defending champion Padraig Harrington was in the mix the whole week until the final day when he made a quintuple bogey on the par-3 No. 8 hole. Paul Azinger, winner of the 1993 PGA Championship, missed the cut in his final playing appearance at any of the four majors. Fred Couples tied for 36th place in his final PGA Championship start.
2009 PGA Championship 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 |
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