Yang Yong-eun
| Yong-Eun YANG | |
|---|---|
| Nation: |
 South Korea
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| Career data | |
| Professional since: | 1996 |
| Current tour: | European Tour , PGA Tour |
| Tournament wins: | 12 |
| Major wins : | 1 (2009) |
| Korean spelling | |
|---|---|
| Hangeul | 양용은 |
| Hanja | 梁 容 銀 |
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Revised Romanization |
Yang Yong-eun |
|
McCune- Reischauer |
Yang Yongŭn |
Yang Yong-eun (born January 15, 1972 in Jeju-do , South Korea ) is a South Korean professional golfer .
Yang turned to golf at the age of 19 and began his career as a professional golfer five years later - in 1996. He played mainly on the Japan Golf Tour (four wins so far) and also on the Asian Tour . In 2006 he won the Korea Open and thus qualified for the highly endowed HSBC Champions Tournament in November 2006 in Shanghai , organized jointly by the European Tour and the Asian Tour . Yang won this tournament, which opened the 2007 season, against a very strong field (including Tiger Woods , Jim Furyk and all the tournament winners of the 2006 European Tour season). He was thus automatically eligible to start this major European tournament series.
The greatest success of his career he achieved in August 2009 when he won the PGA Championship , where he was able to defeat Tiger Woods, who was leading after three rounds with two strokes, by three strokes. It was the first major win for an Asian golfer.
Tournament victories
- 2002 SBS Championship (Korean Tour)
- 2004 Sun Chlorella Classic, Asahi-Ryokuken Yomiuri Memorial (both Japan Golf Tour )
- 2005 Coca-Cola Tokai Classic (Japan Golf Tour)
- 2006 Suntory Open (Japan Golf Tour), Korea Open ( Asian Tour )
- 2007 HSBC Champions Tournament (Asian Tour / European Tour , held November 2006, belongs to the 2007 season)
- 2009 Honda Classic ( PGA Tour ), PGA Championship
- 2010 Volvo China Open (European Tour / Asian Tour), Kolon Korea Open (OneAsia Tour)
- 2018 The Crowns (Japan Golf Tour)
(Major victories are in bold .)
Results at major championships
| competition | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | T30 | DNP | CUT | T8 | T20 | T57 | CUT | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| US Open | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | T3 | CUT | CUT | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | |
| The Open Championship | CUT | DNP | CUT | DNP | DNP | T60 | DNP | CUT | T32 | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | |
| PGA Championship | T47 | DNP | CUT | DNP | 1 | CUT | T69 | T36 | CUT | CUT | T48 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
DNP = did not play
WD = withdrawn
CUT = cut not made
"T" split placement ( tie )
Green background for victories
Yellow background for top 10.
Participation in team competitions
- Royal Trophy (for Asia): 2007, 2013 ( non playing captain )
- Presidents Cup (for the international team): 2009
- World Cup (for South Korea): 2009
Web links
- Player profile at the Japan Golf Tour (English) ( Memento from March 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Player profile at the PGA Tour (English) ( Memento from November 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Player profile on the European Tour
- Tournament results of the last two years on the Official World Golf Ranking Website (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yang, Yong-eun |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean golfer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th January 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jeju-do , South Korea |