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.