Yang, of South Korea, stunned Woods and electrified the golf world on Sunday at Hazeltine National by shooting a two-under-par 70 in the final round to win the P.G.A. Championship with a score of eight-under 280.
Woods finished three strokes back after a final-round 75, and Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy tied for third at 285.
In one of the biggest upsets in the sport’s history, Yang, 37, became the first Korean man to win one of golf’s four major championships. He was also the first golfer to overtake Woods in a major championship in which Woods had the lead going into the final round.
In a tense, head-to-head duel in the gusting winds, Yang took the lead at the 14th hole with a 75-foot pitch for eagle. On the final hole, he hit a towering shot from 197 yards with a hybrid club to set up his closing birdie.
When Yang holed the birdie putt, he broke into a brief victory dance, punching the air and with both fists, raising his arms over his head and high-fiving his caddie.
Woods, his face impassive, watched the celebration, then missed his final par putt — one of eight putts from inside 10 feet he missed on Sunday. He putted out for the 75, which tied his highest closing round as a professional in a major championship. The losing margin was a five-shot swing from the start of the day, which Woods entered leading by two.SOURCE: NYTIMES.COM
“You never know in life, this might be my last win as a golfer,” Yang, smiling, said through an interpreter. “But this is a great day. It’s going to be a great foundation for me to continue playing on the PGA Tour. It means the world right now. It hasn’t sunken in, but I do know the significance of it.”
