What happened at the pga championship live?
In a week when golf moved close to becoming an Olympic sport, the game’s final major pitted an American icon, an Irish champion and a Korean journeyman against each other in a gritty contest marked more by workmanlike pars than glittering birdies and eagles. When it was all over, Korea’s Y.E. Yang was left standing over the more celebrated Tiger Woods and Padraig Harrington following one of the all-time clutch shots in golf history: Yang’s 206-yard approach shot to 10 feet to beat Woods, who had never lost a major when he had the lead going into Sunday. 7:20 p.m. OK, closing down the Live Blog for 2009 majors. No offense to our deserving champions, but this year will be remembered for what could have been instead of what was: Tiger vs. Phil at Augusta, Phil and Duval at Bethpage, Watson at Turnberry and now Woods gunning for his 15th major a year after major reconstructive knee surgery. So it goes. We like sports because there’s no script. Thanks to Golf Mag Top 100 Teachers Brady Rigg
n a week when golf moved close to becoming an Olympic sport, the game’s final major pitted an American icon, an Irish champion and a Korean journeyman against each other in a gritty contest marked more by workmanlike pars than glittering birdies and eagles. When it was all over, Korea’s Y.E. Yang was left standing over the more celebrated Tiger Woods and Padraig Harrington following one of the all-time clutch shots in golf history: Yang’s 206-yard approach shot to 10 feet to beat Woods, who had never lost a major when he had the lead going into Sunday. 7:20 p.m. OK, closing down the Live Blog for 2009 majors. No offense to our deserving champions, but this year will be remembered for what could have been instead of what was: Tiger vs. Phil at Augusta, Phil and Duval at Bethpage, Watson at Turnberry and now Woods gunning for his 15th major a year after major reconstructive knee surgery. So it goes. We like sports because there’s no script. Thanks to Golf Mag Top 100 Teachers Brady Riggs
Tiger Woods blew a final-round lead for the first time at a major golf tournament, as Y.E. Yang of South Korea used a late eagle to win the PGA Championship by three shots in a historic moment for Asian golf. Yang, 37, is the first Asian-born man to claim one of the sport’s four majors. Yang finished at 8-under par at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, to deny Woods his 15th major title and fifth win at the tournament. Woods had won all 14 previous times he held or shared the lead entering the final round of a major championship. The No. 1 player in the Official World Ranking blew a two-stroke advantage today by shooting a 3-over-par 75. Yang closed with a 2-under 70 and took the outright lead for good by chipping in for eagle at the par-4 14th hole. Sources: bloomberg.
