2009 PGA Championship pin flag Hazeltine National Golf Club Y.E. Yang open ryder

Description

The
2009 PGA Championship
was the 91st
PGA Championship
, held August 13–16 at
Hazeltine National Golf Club
in
Chaska, Minnesota
, a suburb southwest of
Minneapolis
.
Yang Yong-eun
, more commonly referred to as "Y.E. Yang" in the U.S., won his first
major
title, three strokes ahead of runner-up
Tiger Woods
, a four-time champion. It marked the first time that Woods had failed to win a major he had led after 54 holes. Yang also became the first
Asian
-born player to win a men's major championship (although the third of Asian descent, after
Vijay Singh
and Woods).
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It was the fourth major championship held at the course; it previously hosted the PGA Championship in
2002
, won by
Rich Beem
, and two
U.S. Opens
(
1970
,
1991
). The 2009 course was the longest to date for a major at 7,674 yards (7,017 m). The average
elevation
of the course is approximately 940 feet (287 m)
above sea level
.