YE Yang Tops Tiger Woods for PGA Betting Victory at Hazeltine
By Adam Markowitz • Aug 16th, 2009 • Category: GOLF
Courtesy of a miraculous chip in at #14 and a cool and calm nature that most cannot show when paired with Tiger Woods on a Sunday in the final pairing, little known Korean golfer, YE Yang captured the 2009 PGA Championship at Hazeltine.
Woods, a sizeable +165 favorite coming into the event was lined as high as -400 before the final day started to capture the title coming into Sunday’s PGA betting affair. He had never lost a major in which he had led after 54 holes.
But Yang would not be denied. He had erased the two-shot deficit through nine holes, and proved that he could stand shot for shot with arguably the greatest golfer of all-time. Yang had an opportunity to put Woods down on the 17th hole, but after watching Tiger bogey from a similar line, Yang’s par put lipped out and he had to settle for a bogey of his own. He responded with a fantastic approach shot on the 18th. Tiger found the rough on his approach, and Yang was able to finish the deal with a birdie.
Most sportsbooks did not have golf betting odds posted on Yang at the outset of the tournament.
Woods was shutout from winning a major tournament in 2009.
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Adam Markowitz is a Sports Writer in his third year writing for North Shore Sports, INC. A graduate of Florida State University in 2007, you can always catch him screaming at the television sporting his garnet and gold.
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I’m sooo happy for Yang!!! God Bless him and his family!! I’m an American but had tears in my eyes during the entire final round. That was indeed a MAJOR accomplishment.