U.S. Open officials defend Congressional and applaud McIlroy

2011-06-19T08:00:06Z

BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. Golf Association officials tipped their cap to the brilliance of U.S. Open runaway leader Rory McIlroy put his Masters misery firmly behind him Thursday, firing a superb six-under 65 for a three-stroke lead in the first round of the 111st US Open at Congressional Country Club.

The previous round of major golf for the...

Korean Yang joins the leaders at the Masters

2011-04-08T08:00:48Z

AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - South Korea's Yang Yong-eun, the first Asian man to win a golf major, surged into a tie for the Masters lead with a string of three birdies early in the second round on Frida...

Defending champ Yang flying under the radar at PGA Championship

2010-08-11T17:15:20Z

Yang Yong-eun's shocking upset over Tiger Woods in the 2009 PGA Championship made him the first Asian to win a major title and elevated him to rock-star status in his native South Korea.

Case in point is the reception he received when he returned to his hometown o...

Golfers Noh, Khan among special invitees to PGA Championship

2010-08-02T15:15:36Z

England's Simon Khan, South Korean Noh Seung-Yul and Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castro were among players who received special invitations on Monday into next week's PGA Championship.

The Yang Yong-Eun, the South Korean who became Asia's first major men's golf champion by winning last year's PGA Championship, showed top form Thursday in the first round of the British Open.

The 38-year-old from Seoul f...

Well, well, well, look who's back near the top

2010-06-12T05:02:19Z

PGA Champion Yang is in fine form again at year's first major

PGA champion Y.E. Yang won't let himself think about winning back-to-back majors even though he is back atop the leaderboard again.

The winner of last year's final major is one stroke off the lead at the

Asia's first major champion in the hunt at Augusta

2010-04-08T18:15:38Z

Yang Yong-Eun, who won last year's PGA Championship for Asia's first major men's golf title, fired a five-under par 67 to stand one stroke off the first-round lead at the Masters.

The 38-year-old South Korean, displaying the form he used to outduel Tiger Woods over the final ho...

Asia's first major champion grabs share of Masters lead

2010-04-08T15:15:55Z

Yang Yong-Eun, who won last year's PGA Championship for Asia's first major men's golf title, fired a five-under par 67 on Thursday to grab a share of the first-round lead at the 74th Masters.

The 38-year-old South Korean, displaying the form he used to outduel Tiger Woods over ...

Wife lovelier but PGA win no guarantee of more Yang success

2010-06-12T05:02:04Z

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Yang Yong-eun's major triumph last year made his wife look lovelier and his children sweeter but was no guarantee of future success, the South Korean said ahead of this week's U.S. Masters.

Yang out-dueled Tiger Woods to win the

US PGA champion Yang eyes Masters glory

2010-06-12T05:02:04Z

Asia's first major winner Yang Yong-Eun said Monday his victory in last year's PGA Championship had increased the pressure on his shoulders as he prepares for this week's Masters.

South Korea's Yang held off world number one Tig...

Major success taking its toll, says golfer Yang

2010-04-16T09:14:24Z

South Korea's Yang Yong-Eun admitted Wednesday that he was starting to feel the strain of being Asia's first ever Major winner.

The 37-year-old became a household name in Asia after holding off Tiger Woods to win at US Open champion Lucas Glover fired a five-under 66 to easily win the 1.35-million-dollar PGA Grand Slam of Golf by five strokes on Wednesday.

American Glover earned 600,000 dollars in prize money by posting a two-day total of 131 at the Port Royal Golf Club ...

Woods proves perfect man to seal US Presidents Cup win

2010-04-16T09:53:15Z

Tiger Woods capped a perfect Presidents Cup performance by providing the clinching point Sunday in America's 19.5-14.5 triumph over the International team.

Woods's 6 and 5 triumph over South Korean Yang Yong-Eun - the man who beat Woods for the PGA Championship title - gave the Americans an unbeatable lead in the bie...

Tiger Woods seals US triumph in Presidents Cup

2010-04-16T09:53:16Z

Tiger Woods delivered the clinching point Sunday as the United States defeated the Internationals 19.5-14.5 in the eighth Presidents Cup match play golf tournament.

Woods's 6 and 5 triumph over South Korean Yang Yong-Eun - the man who beat Woods for the PGA Champi...

Asian stars can't stop Woods-Stricker juggernaut

2010-04-16T09:53:44Z

Asian sensations Yang Yong-Eun and Ryo Ishikawa couldn't stop America's powerhouse pair of Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker, but at least they managed to slow them down for a few holes Saturday.

Yang, who becam...

Internationals seek to reverse foursomes fortunes

2010-04-16T09:55:23Z

The eighth edition of the Presidents Cup got underway Thursday with the International team hoping to generate some heat in the cool, foggy weather at Harding Park Golf Course.

The event, which pits the United States against an International team drawn from all parts of the globe except Europe, opens with six foursomes matches.

The spotlight was squarely on the fifth match - b...

Presidents Cup latest stop on Yang's 'joyful ride'

2010-04-16T09:56:33Z

Yang Yong-Eun didn't have the Presidents Cup on his radar heading into 2009, but thanks to a pioneering PGA Championship triumph the South Korean is poised to play a key role in the global match play showdown.

"I never thought about coming here at the beginning of the year. My objective for this year was to maintain my card," said Yang, who three-shot victory over

The man who beat Tiger

2010-06-11T18:37:10Z

A true underdog, Yang stuns Woods and the world at the PGA Championship

South Korean Y.E. Yang earned a name for himself and a spot in history Sunday, beating Tiger Woods to capture the PGA Championship.

YangÕs upset victory, the first major title for a golfer from Illinois (Reuters) - International captain Greg Norman does not buy into the notion his team will go into this year's Presidents Cup as underdogs, despite losing five times to the U.S. in the previous seven editions.

The Americans won the most rec...

Ishikawa hopes to emulate Yang's major glory

2010-04-16T10:46:22Z

Japan's teenage star Ryo Ishikawa said Tuesday he would try to emulate South Korean Yang Yong-Eun's success at the US PGA Championship to blaze the trail for Asian golfers.

"I believe his victory changed people's views of Asian golfers," th...

Yang's stunning win underlines game's global strength

2010-06-12T04:51:45Z

CHASKA, Minnesota (Reuters) - Yang Yong-eun's landmark victory at the PGA Championship, where he deprived Tiger Woods of a widely expected 15th major title, highlig...

Yang victory redefines `global golf'

2010-06-11T18:37:19Z

Yang's major victory over Woods could inspire hope across Asia

For years, Asian countries could only boast about growth and potential in men's golf. Success was measured by a half-dozen players who had cracked the top 50 in the world rankings over the last decade.

It took Y.E. Yang and his stunning victory over Tiger Woo...

Yes indeed, Tiger Woods is human after all

2010-04-16T10:48:08Z

Y.E. Yang shatters the Tiger Woods mystique, proving that the great one is human after all

The scene seemed surreal, mostly because somehow we never expected to see it. Tiger Woods had been so great for so long that the idea of anyone — much less the late-blooming son of South Korean vegetable farmers — coming from behind to beat him when it really mattered bord...

Yang books Presidents Cup date, Glover just misses

2010-04-16T10:48:07Z

South Korea's Yang Yong-Eun booked himself a spot on the Internationals team for the Presidents Cup matches as a result of his groundbreaking triumph at the 91st PGA Championship.

But US Open champion L...

Yang, O'Hair to get first 'Cup' experience

2010-06-11T18:37:19Z

Yang earns a spot on International Presidents Cup team; Glover narrowly misses US spot

U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover needed a birdie over the final three holes to secure a spot on the Presidents Cup team, and he knew it. He finished with a bogey, instead, and now has to wait.

"I've...

Tiger's invincible aura shattered by unheralded Korean

2010-06-12T04:51:50Z

The aura of invincibility Tiger Woods has enjoyed in the final rounds of major golf tournaments was shattered, perhaps for all time, by humble Yang Yong-Eun at the 91st PGA Championship.

The 37-year-old South Korean became Asia's first major champion Sunday with a three-stroke ...

Yang topples Tiger in the PGA

2010-06-11T18:37:28Z

Yang pulls off a shocker, beats Tiger Woods at PGA Championship

Y.E. Yang shook his fists and shouted with joy over a victory felt around the world. Equally stunning was the sight of Tiger Woods, standing over the final putt of the PGA Championship with nothing at stake.

The final major of the...

Yang stuns Woods to become first Asian major champion

2010-07-21T13:38:44Z

South Korea's Yang Yong-Eun became the first Asian to capture a major championship, doing the unthinkable by rallying past Tiger Woods for one of the biggest upsets in golf history.

The 37-year-old fired a two-under par 70 to win the 91st PGA Championship by three...

Yang takes down Tiger to win PGA Championship

2010-06-12T04:52:01Z

Y.E. Yang wins first major title, beats world's best player to do it at PGA Championship

In a year of spoilers at the majors, Y.E. Yang was the biggest of all. He toppled the mighty Tiger Woods.

Yang became the first Asian-born player to win a major Sunday with a stunning performance in the PG...

Yang stuns Tiger to win PGA, claim Asia's first major title

2010-04-16T10:48:21Z

South Korean Yang Yong-Eun won the 91st PGA Championship on Sunday, becoming the first Asian to capture a major title by outdueling Tiger Woods down the stretch in one of golf's most shocking upsets.

Tiger Woods's quest for his first major title of the season and fifth PGA Championship crown got underway as he teed off with a two-shot lead in Sunday's final round.

Woods and South Korean Yang Yong-Eun were paired together in the last group of the 91st PGA Championship, the year's final major tourn...

Woods is on track for wire-to-wire PGA win

2010-04-16T10:48:35Z

World number one Tiger Woods is on the cusp of his 15th major championship as he heads into the fourth round of the 91st PGA Championship having led in all three rounds.

Woods is trying to become the first to register a wire-to-wire win in the season's final major since doing it in 2000, by beating Bob May in a playoff.<...

Cautious Tiger leads PGA, faces stiff competition

2010-04-16T10:48:47Z

A cautious Tiger Woods saw his lead trimmed to two strokes after Saturday's third round of the PGA Championship, but remained the player to beat as he chased a 15th career major crown.

Woods, who began the day with a four-stroke edge, fired a one-under par 71 to stand on eight-under 208 through 54 holes while defending champion Yang's surprising day earns him a date with Tiger in PGA's final round

If Y.E. Yang's hot pink pants and theatrics didn't get Tiger Woods' attention Saturday at the PGA Championship, his ball-striking a...

Y.E. Yang gets breakthrough win at Honda Classic

2010-06-11T18:49:47Z

First to finish, then finishing first: Y.E. Yang gets breakthrough win at Honda Classic

Y.E. Yang said winning the Honda Classic is more significant to him than beating Tiger Woods three years ago.

His reward? Facing Woods again.

Staying alone in the lead the whole way Sunday, Yang sho...

Yang gets breakthrough at Honda Classic

2010-06-11T18:49:49Z

First to finish, then finishing first: Yang gets breakthrough win at Honda Classic

Y.E. Yang was first to finish at last year's Honda Classic.

This time, he finished first.

Alone in front before a harried finish, Yang shot a 2-under 68 Sunday to end up one shot ahead of John Rollins ...

Bridgestone Invitational Golf

2010-08-07T01:15:48Z

Y.E. Yang of South Korea ,lines up his putt on the 16th green during the second round of the Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Y.E. Yang of South Korea, hits off the 18th tee during the Byron Nelson Pro-Am golf tournament Wednesday, May 19, 2010, in Irving, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

APTOPIX Masters Golf

2010-04-09T00:30:26Z

Tiger Woods tees off at the 12th hole during the first round of the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga., Thursday, April 8, 2010. Far right is Y.E. Yang of Korea. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Masters Golf

2010-04-08T20:01:32Z

Y.E. Yang of Korea reacts to a missed birdie putt on the 18th green during the first round of the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga., Thursday, April 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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Accenture Match Play Golf

2010-03-27T13:39:20Z

Y.E. Yang rubs his head as he removes his visor while losing his match to Ben Crane on the 16th hole during the second round of the Match Play Championship golf tournament Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, in Marana, Ariz. (AP Photo/Nam Y. H...

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