2009 PGA Championship

2009 PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	August 13–16, 2009
Location	Chaska, Minnesota, U.S.
Course(s)	Hazeltine National Golf Club
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,674 yards (7,017 m)
Field	156 players, 80 after cut
Cut	148 (+4)
Prize fund	$7,500,000[1] €5,328,337
Winner's share	$1,350,000 €942,126
Champion
Yang Yong-eun
280 (−8)
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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.

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]

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:

• 7,360 yards (6,730 m), par 72 - 2002 PGA Championship
• 7,149 yards (6,537 m), par 72 - 1991 U.S. Open
• 7,151 yards (6,539 m), par 72 - 1970 U.S. Open

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)

• Trevor Immelman withdrew prior to the championship with a wrist injury.^[5]

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

• Robert Karlsson withdrew prior to the championship due to an eye injury.^[10]

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]

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

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

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

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

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]

• 2009 Official site
• Coverage on European Tour's official site
• Hazeltine National Golf Club

44°50′02″N 93°35′28″W / 44.834°N 93.591°W / 44.834; -93.591