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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSy.e. yangeXeMPt StAtUS: Winner, 2009 pga championship(through 2014)FULL nAMe: Yang Yong-eunHeiGHt: 5-9WeiGHt: 195BiRtHDAte: January 15, 1972BiRtHPLAce: Jeju-do, South KoreaReSiDence: Seoul, South Korea; Dallas, tXFAMiLY: Wife, Young Ju park; Hyeonwoo (1999), Isu(2000), Kyungmin (2005)SPeciAL inteReStS: Sports, fishingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1996Q ScHooL: 2007, 2008PGA toUR VictoRieS (2):2009 the Honda classic, pga championship.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (9):2002 SBS championship [Kor]. 2004 Sun chlorella classic[Jpn], asahi-ryokuken Yomiuri memorial [Jpn]. 2005 cocacolatokai classic [Jpn]. 2006 Suntory open [Jpn], Koreaopen [Kor], HSBc champions [Eur]. 2010 Volvo china open[Eur], Korea open [Kor].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:3—Waste management phoenix open; t8—masterstournament.2010 SeASon:reigning pga championship winner posted a pair of top-10finishes in 21 starts...Finished t3, thanks to a final-round,6-under 65, at the Waste management phoenix open. Finalround included three 2s, highlighted by an eagle at thepar-2 10th hole where he holed a 110-yard bunker shot.Held the lead until driving into the water on the par-4 17thhole and making bogey...Shot four rounds at par or better tofinish t8 at the masters. His first-round 67 was one strokeoff the lead...Shot a final-round, 1-under 71 for a two-strokevictory over Welshmen rhys Davies and Stephen Dodd inthe Volvo china open on the European tour...missed thecut in defense of pga championship at Whistling Straits...picked up his second title of the season at the Korea openin his homeland, the second time he’s won his country’snational open (2006). trailed third-round leader Noh Seungyulby 10 strokes entering the final round but shot a 5-under66 (six birdies and an eagle) to win by two strokes.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Enjoyed a career-defining year with two wins, includingthe Honda classic and pga championship. First asianbornplayer to claim a major championship title with hiswin at Hazeltine in the pga championship, beating thirdroundleader tiger Woods. also earned a spot on his firstInternational team in the presidents cup...Shot a final-round,2-under-par 68 to win the Honda classic by one stroke overJohn rollins for his first pga tour victory. took commandwith three straight birdies on the front nine. came to thepar-5 finishing hole with a one-stroke lead after a bogey onthe 17th. He two-putted for par from 50 feet to seal the winat 9-under 271. the victory qualified him for the followingweek’s World golf championships-ca championship atDoral and the 2009 masters...Bogey-free 67 in final roundof the Buick open earned a fifth-place finish, his best sincethe Honda victory...rallied past tiger Woods to win the pgachampionship with a series of spectacular shots on the backnine. Woods was 14-0 when he was atop the leaderboardgoing into the final round of a major. “It’s not like you’re in anoctagon where you’re fighting against tiger and he’s going tobite you or swing at you with his 9-iron,” Yang said through aninterpreter. “the worst that I could do was just lose to tiger.So I really had nothing much at stake.” trailed Woods bytwo entering the final round, then chipped in from 60 feet foreagle on the short par-4 14th to take the lead by one. clingingto a one-shot lead on the final hole, with a tree slightly blockinghis view of the flag and Woods in the fairway, hit the shotof his life. His 3-iron hybrid cleared a bunker and settled 12feet away where he made birdie to seal the win. He closedwith a 2-under 70 for a three-stroke victory over Woods, whoshot a final-round 75, his worst score ever in the final round ofthe major when he was in the last group. Finished at 8-under280 and won $1.35 million, along with a five-year exemptionon the pga tour and the majors. He became the first playersince John Daly in 1991 to win the pga championship aftergoing to Q-School the previous year. received a congratulatoryphone call from South Korea president Lee myung-bakand met former u.S. president george W. Bush the followingweek near his Dallas home...ranked No. 21 in the FedExcupstandings following the BmW championship to earn firstcareer trip to tHE tour championship presented by cocacola.Finished 23rd in the FedExcup...Joined charlie Wi inrepresenting South Korea at the omEga mission Hills Worldcup. 2008: made 17 cuts in 23 starts on the pga tour, hissecond year on tour. His best finish was a t9 at the at&tpebble Beach National pro-am...Earned full exemption for2009 via the 2008 pga tour Qualifying tournament wherehe successfully made it through the final two stages to earnhis card. at pga West in La Quinta, ca., posted five of sixrounds in the 60s to finish t18. He was one of 14 rookiesto come out of the 2007 pga tour Qualifying tournament.2007: tied for sixth in the pga tour Qualifying tournament.Had played in 14 tour events over the years and made eightcuts, including five of nine in 2007. Best finish was a t30at the masters. Had three top-25 finishes on the Europeantour, all t21s. 2006: posted asian tour victories at the Koreaopen in a field which included retief goosen and the HSBcchampions (co-sanctioned event with the European tour).the latter victory was worth a career-best $833,000 andcame by two strokes over tiger Woods. Win was worth fullstatus on the European tour and moved him into the top 40at the time in the official World golf ranking. Victory madehim just the second Korean player to win on the Europeantour, joining K.J. choi. Four-time winner on the Japan golftour, with his most recent victory coming at the 2006 Suntoryopen in September, thanks to a final-round 63. 2005: Won thecoca-cola tokai classic on the Japan golf tour. 2004: Wonthe Sun chlorella classic and the asahi-ryokuken Yomiurimemorial. First-round 66 had him one stroke off the lead inthe Shinhan Korea golf championship, a pga tour-affiliatedevent. third-round 80 dropped him out of contention. Finishedt11 behind winner arron oberholser. 1997: rookie of the yearon the Korean tour.PeRSonAL:Fourth of eight children and the son of vegetable farmers…once aspired to be a bodybuilder and own his own gym.a knee injury in his late teens ended that dream…Neverknew there was a sport called golf until the age of 19, whenhe started going to a small, local driving range in SouthKorea on a friend’s advice and learned the swing by watchinginstructional videos. Worked picking up practice ballsand would work on his game before the facility opened andlate at night after visitors went home. the range had facilitieswhere you could sleep and eat…as required, spentalmost two years in the South Korean military, stationedat his home at Jeju Island, south of South Korea, beginningat age 21. guarded naval port…traveled to New Zealandafter his military duty to pursue a golf career. practiced andplayed intensely there over a three-month period.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.03 (112)Driving Distance ...........................................288.6 (88)Driving accuracy percentage .......................64.31% (82)greens in regulation percentage ................65.95% (134)putting average ...........................................1.764 (49)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 65–2 times, most recent Worldgolf championships-ca championship/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 64–2008 Frys.com open/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,350,000–2009 pga championship/1career High official World Rank: after 2010 thememorial tournament presented by NationwideInsurance/19Section 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2004 1 12005 4 2 $22,856/2007 9 5 53,480/2008 29 17 1 3 145/1,701 461,726/1572009 23 19 2 4 12 565/23 3,489,516/102010 21 16 1 2 6 923/67 1,301,726/67total 87 60 2 1 7 21 5,329,304eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 10 6 1 2 3 $874,922* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters t30 cut t8u.S. open cut cutBritish open cut cut t60pga t47 cut 1 cuttHE pLaYErScut t34tour championship 18accenture match play championship t33 t17Bridgestone Invitational t56 t19 t46ca championship 64 t65 74 t30HSBc championst33 t51the Barclayst20 t47Deutsche Bank championship 67 t45BmW championship 65 t63nAtionAL teAMS: the presidents cup (1), 2009; World cup (1), 2009.pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-221