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2009 PGA Championship

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.

2009 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 13–16, 2009
LocationChaska, Minnesota, U.S.
Course(s)Hazeltine National Golf Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,674 yards (7,017 m)
Field156 players, 80 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Prize fund$7,500,000[1]
€5,328,337
Winner's share$1,350,000
€942,126
Champion
South Korea Yang Yong-eun
280 (−8)
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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).[2]

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 up to that time for a major at 7,674 yards (7,017 m) (the 2012 and 2021 PGA Championships and 2017 U.S. Open all surpassed it). The average elevation of the course is approximately 940 feet (287 m) above sea level.[3]

Course layout

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The 2009 PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yardage n/a 490 431 633 210 448 405 572 176 432 3,797 452 606 518 248 352 642 402 182 475 3,877 7,674
Par 4 4 5 3 4 4 5 3 4 36 4 5 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 36 72

Lengths of the course for previous majors:

Field

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The following were the qualification criteria that were used to select the field.[4] Each player is listed according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses:

1. All former PGA Champions
Paul Azinger, Rich Beem, Mark Brooks, John Daly, Steve Elkington, Pádraig Harrington (4,6,8), Davis Love III (8,10), Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson (3,6,8,9,10), Vijay Singh (8,10), David Toms (6,8), Bob Tway, Tiger Woods (2,3,4,8,10)
(Eligible but not competing: Jack Burke Jr., Dow Finsterwald, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Al Geiberger, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Hubert Green, Don January, John Mahaffey, Larry Nelson, Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nick Price, Jeff Sluman, Dave Stockton, Hal Sutton, Lee Trevino, Lanny Wadkins)

2. Last five U.S. Open Champions
Ángel Cabrera (3,8), Michael Campbell, Lucas Glover (8), Geoff Ogilvy (8,10)

3. Last five Masters Champions
Zach Johnson (8,10)

4. Last five British Open Champions
Stewart Cink (8,9,10)

5. Current Senior PGA Champion
Michael Allen

6. 15 low scorers and ties in the 2008 PGA Championship
Stuart Appleby (8), Aaron Baddeley, Ben Curtis (8,9), Ken Duke, Steve Flesch, Alastair Forsyth, Sergio García (8), Graeme McDowell, Prayad Marksaeng, Andrés Romero, Justin Rose, Jeev Milkha Singh, Henrik Stenson (8,10), Camilo Villegas (8,10), Charlie Wi (8)

  • Paul Casey (8,10) withdrew prior to the championship due to a rib injury.[6]

7. 20 low scorers in the 2009 PGA Professional National Championship
Sam Arnold, Ryan Benzel, Greg Bisconti, Keith Dicciani, Brian Gaffney, Bob Gaus, Scott Hebert, Todd Lancaster, Eric Lippert, Mitch Lowe, Mike Miles, Lee Rinker, Kevin Roman, Steve Schneiter, Mark Sheftic, Mike Small, Chris Starkjohann, Grant Sturgeon, Craig Thomas, Tim Weinhart

8. Top 70 leaders in official money standings from the 2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and Legends Reno-Tahoe Open to the 2009 Buick Open
Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames, Woody Austin, Briny Baird, Cameron Beckman (10), Chad Campbell (9), K. J. Choi, Tim Clark, Ben Crane, Brian Davis, Luke Donald, Jason Dufner, Ernie Els, Jim Furyk (9), Brian Gay (10), Mathew Goggin, Retief Goosen (10), Paul Goydos, J. J. Henry, Charley Hoffman, Charles Howell III, Dustin Johnson (10), Jerry Kelly (10), Anthony Kim (9), Justin Leonard (9), Hunter Mahan (9), John Mallinger, Steve Marino, John Merrick, Kevin Na, Sean O'Hair (10), Jeff Overton, Pat Perez (10), Kenny Perry (9,10), Carl Pettersson (10), Ian Poulter, Brett Quigley, John Rollins (10), Rory Sabbatini (10), John Senden, Kevin Streelman, Steve Stricker (9,10), Kevin Sutherland, D. J. Trahan, Bo Van Pelt (10), Scott Verplank, Nick Watney (10), Bubba Watson, Mike Weir, Lee Westwood, Mark Wilson (10), Yang Yong-eun (10)

9. Members of the 2008 United States Ryder Cup team
J. B. Holmes, Boo Weekley

10. Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the 2008 PGA Championship
Michael Bradley, Nathan Green, Will MacKenzie, Ryan Palmer, Marc Turnesa

11. The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above[7]
Darren Clarke, Fred Couples, Nick Dougherty, Johan Edfors, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Ross Fisher, Hiroyuki Fujita, Richard Green, Anders Hansen, Søren Hansen, Peter Hanson, Ryuji Imada, Ryo Ishikawa,[8] Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Brendan Jones, Shingo Katayama, Martin Kaymer, Søren Kjeldsen, Tom Lehman,[9] Thomas Levet, Rory McIlroy, Francesco Molinari, Colin Montgomerie, Louis Oosthuizen, Rod Pampling, Corey Pavin, Álvaro Quirós, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott, Michael Sim, David Smail, Brandt Snedeker, Richard Sterne, Thongchai Jaidee, Anthony Wall, Steve Webster, Oliver Wilson, Chris Wood

12. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings)[7]

  1. Scott McCarron (72) – took spot reserved for WGC-Bridgestone Invitational winner (Tiger Woods already eligible)
  2. Matt Kuchar (73) – took spot reserved for Legends Reno-Tahoe Open winner (John Rollins already eligible)
  3. Bob Estes (75) – replaced Trevor Immelman[5]
  4. Michael Letzig (78) – withdrew from alternate list[11]
  5. Tim Petrovic (79) – replaced Paul Casey[6]

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Tiger Woods had the outright lead after a 67 on the first round, which included 5 birdies and no bogeys. Defending champion Pádraig Harrington, who played in the same group as Woods, was in second place after a 68. David Toms, 2001 champion, also started well. He made many long birdie putts and par saves to shoot a 69, placing him in a group of six tied for third place that also included two-time champion Vijay Singh.[12] World number two Phil Mickelson struggled slightly, shooting a 2-over par 74. John Daly, 1991 champion, withdrew after posting a 78, citing a back injury.[13]

Place Player Score To par
1   Tiger Woods 67 −5
2   Pádraig Harrington 68 −4
T3   Robert Allenby 69 −3
  Mathew Goggin
  Hunter Mahan
  Álvaro Quirós
  Vijay Singh
  David Toms
T9   Michael Bradley 70 −2
  Ben Crane
  Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
  Paul Goydos
  Søren Kjeldsen
  Graeme McDowell
  Thongchai Jaidee
  Lee Westwood

Second round

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Friday, August 14, 2009

Tiger Woods broke away from the pack with a run of three straight birdies on the back nine, finishing the round with a four-shot lead. It is his largest margin after two rounds at a major since the 2005 British Open at St Andrews, when he led by five.[14] Conditions on the second day were tough, with strong winds playing with putts and uneven greens.[14] Vijay Singh, Lucas Glover and Brendan Jones, who moved up the leaderboard into second place, all played in the morning. The other two in the group tied for second place, Pádraig Harrington and Ross Fisher, had to cope with the fierce afternoon winds.[14]

Place Player Score To par
1   Tiger Woods 67-70=137 −7
T2   Ross Fisher 73-68=141 −3
  Lucas Glover 71-70=141
  Pádraig Harrington 68-73=141
  Brendan Jones 71-70=141
  Vijay Singh 69-72=141
T7   Ian Poulter 72-70=142 −2
  Lee Westwood 70-72=142
T9   Ernie Els 75-68=143 −1
  Martin Kaymer 73-70=143
  Søren Kjeldsen 70-73=143
  Yang Yong-eun 73-70=143

Third round

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Saturday, August 15, 2009

Tiger Woods played a safe round, avoiding throwing away shots. His lead was halved to two shots over Pádraig Harrington and 2009 Honda Classic winner Yang Yong-eun.[15] Henrik Stenson, winner of that year's Players Championship, scored a round of 68 and was tied for fourth place along with U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover.[15] Ernie Els was as close as one shot from the lead but finished with three straight bogeys.[15]

Place Player Score To par
1   Tiger Woods 67-70-71=208 −8
T2   Pádraig Harrington 68-73-69=210 −6
  Yang Yong-eun 73-70-67=210
T4   Lucas Glover 71-70-71=212 −4
  Henrik Stenson 73-71-68=212
T6   Ernie Els 75-68-70=213 −3
  Søren Kjeldsen 70-73-70=213
T8   Ross Fisher 73-68-73=214 −2
  Brendan Jones 71-70-73=214
  Martin Kaymer 73-70-71=214
  Álvaro Quirós 69-76-69=214
  John Rollins 73-73-68=214

Final round

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Sunday, August 16, 2009

Struggling with his putting all day, Tiger Woods was in jeopardy of losing a major for the first time when leading after 54 holes. The only player who was able to take advantage of this was Woods' playing partner, Yang Yong-eun. Defending champion Pádraig Harrington was in contention early, but made a quintuple-bogey 8 on the par-3 8th, causing him to fall from tied for 2nd to tied for 10th. Lucas Glover also reached contention, but faded with 4 bogeys in a span of 7 holes. Tied on the short par-4 14th, Yang chipped in for eagle from just off the green. The eagle gave Yang the lead which he did not relinquish. Yang sealed the victory by drawing a 210-yard (192 m) approach around a tree to within ten feet (3 m) on the final hole, setting up a birdie against Woods' closing bogey and a winning margin of three strokes.[16][17]

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Yang Yong-eun 73-70-67-70=280 −8 1,350,000
2   Tiger Woods 67-70-71-75=283 −5 810,000
T3   Rory McIlroy 71-73-71-70=285 −3 435,000
  Lee Westwood 70-72-73-70=285
5   Lucas Glover 71-70-71-74=286 −2 300,000
T6   Ernie Els 75-68-70-74=287 −1 233,125
  Martin Kaymer 73-70-71-73=287
  Søren Kjeldsen 70-73-70-74=287
  Henrik Stenson 73-71-68-75=287
T10   Pádraig Harrington 68-73-69-78=288 E 150,633
  Dustin Johnson 72-73-73-70=288
  Zach Johnson 74-73-70-71=288
  Graeme McDowell 70-75-71-72=288
  John Merrick 72-72-74-70=288
  Francesco Molinari 74-73-69-72=288

Source:[18]
Complete leaderboard

Scorecard

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Final round

Hole   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18 
Par 4 4 5 3 4 4 5 3 4 4 5 4 3 4 5 4 3 4
  Yang −6 −6 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8
  Woods −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −7 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −6 −5
  McIlroy +1 +1 E −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3
  Westwood −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3
  Glover −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −5 −5 −4 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2
  Stenson −4 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −1 −1
  Harrington −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −1 −1 −1 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 E E E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[19][20]

References

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  1. ^ The 91st PGA Championship – Prize Money Breakdown
  2. ^ "Yang outplays Woods for USPGA win". BBC Sport. August 16, 2009. Archived from the original on August 17, 2009. Retrieved August 17, 2009.
  3. ^ "Topographic map". mapper.acme.com. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
  4. ^ 2008 PGA Championship Eligibility Archived 2008-08-16 at the Wayback Machine – no changes for 2009
  5. ^ a b "Injured Immelman to miss a 3rd straight major". Archived from the original on 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  6. ^ a b Citing injury, England's Casey pulls out of PGA Championship
  7. ^ a b 91st PGA Championship Entry List as of August 9, 2009
  8. ^ Ishikawa gets PGA Championship invite
  9. ^ Minnesotan Tom Lehman gets exemption into PGA Championship
  10. ^ Karlsson out of PGA Championship
  11. ^ Notebook: Irish drums highlight Harrington's Champions dinner – Divots
  12. ^ "Woods lays down gauntlet in USPGA". BBC Sport. August 13, 2009. Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved August 17, 2009.
  13. ^ Daly withdraws from PGA Championship
  14. ^ a b c Armour, Nancy (August 14, 2009). "Woods builds a 4-shot lead in the PGA". Yahoo Sports. Associated Press. Archived from the original on August 17, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2009.
  15. ^ a b c Ferguson, Doug (August 15, 2009). "Tiger claws out a 2-shot lead at the PGA". Yahoo Sports. Associated Press. Archived from the original on August 17, 2009. Retrieved August 16, 2009.
  16. ^ Yang stuns Tiger to become 1st Asian to win major
  17. ^ Allen, David (August 17, 2009). "Yang Tames Tiger with Help of 3-Hybrid". Golf Channel. Archived from the original on August 20, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
  18. ^ "2009 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
  19. ^ "2009 PGA Championship leaderboard". Yahoo! Sports. August 16, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  20. ^ "2009 PGA Championship leaderboard". ESPN. August 16, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
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