Yang overtakes Woods, wins PGA title
CHASKA, Minn., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- South Korean Y. E. Yang surged past a faltering Tiger Woods Sunday and won the 91st PGA Championship at Minnesota's Hazeltine National by three strokes.
Yang closed with a 2-under par 70 for a score of 8-under 280 and a history-making victory.
The stunning win by the unheralded 37-year-old spoiled Woods's attempt to claim his 15th major title and made Yang the first Asian-born player to win a major.
Yang started the round two shots behind, stayed close and pitched in for an eagle at No. 14 to take the lead.
Woods, who had been 14-0 in majors when he had at least a share of the 54-hole lead, bogeyed five holes and finished at 3-over 75 and an overall score of 283.
The victory was Yang's second on the PGA Tour. He also won the Honda Classic in March.
"I tried to master the art of controlling my emotions throughout the small wins I had in my career," Yang said. "I think it turned out quite well today."
"It was a bad day at the wrong time," said Woods, a four-time winner of the event. "That's the way it goes."
Yang won $1,350,000.
England's Lee Westwood and 20-year-old Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland each shot a 70 and ended up at 285. U.S. Open winner Lucas Glover (74) was at 286 and three-time major winner Ernie Els (74) was in a group of four at 287.
Ireland's Padraig Harrington, who began the round tied with Yang for second place, two behind Woods, suffered a disastrous quintuple-bogey 8 on the par-3 eighth hole and carded a 78 for 288.
The 7,674-yard Hazeltine course was the longest in major championship history.
Vick vows to be good example for kids
NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick says he wants to become involved in the community once again as an example to young people.
"I'm going to still be involved in the community, because I still -- regardless of football -- have a voice that can have an impact on kids because I've been a living example of what not to do," Vick told CBS' "60 Minutes" Sunday in his first televised interview since getting out of prison.
Vick went to prison for his role in a large-scale dog-fighting ring based at his Virginia home. The case cost Vick his $130 million contract with the Atlanta Falcons and made him a pariah to animal lovers across the United States.
Vick told "60 Minutes" he blamed himself for his troubles and said he deserved to lose his Falcons contract because he failed to put a stop to the operation.
Vick this month signed on as a backup with the Eagles and has also become spokesman for the Humane Society of the United States.
"I'm going to let my actions speak louder than my words," he said.
NASCAR: Vickers wins CARFAX 400
BROOKLYN, Mich., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Brian Vickers sped past Jimmie Johnson with two laps to go Sunday and went on to win the CARFAX 400 NASCAR race at Michigan International Speedway.
Vickers, who had started on the pole for Toyota, held off Jeff Gordon by 1.4 seconds and earned his second career Sprint Cup Series victory.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished third, moving up from sixth place in the final 20 laps. Carl Edwards and Sam Hornish Jr. rounded out the top five.
Johnson had led for 134 laps but wound up in 33rd place after running out of gas on the fourth turn.
Bolt shatters his own world 100-meter mark
BERLIN, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Jamaica's Usain Bolt ran 100 meters in 9.58 seconds at the World Track Championships in Berlin Sunday, breaking his own world record.
Bolt cut .11 seconds from his previous mark, set at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
It was the biggest change in the 100-meter world record since electronic timing was introduced 41 years ago.
American Tyson Gay was second in 9.71 seconds, a record for a U.S. runner, and Asafa Powell of Jamaica was third in 9.84.
