Golfing great Tiger Woods becomes first billion dollar sport starOctober 1st, 2009 LONDON - Golf star Tiger Woods has become the first billion-dollar athlete after just 13 years as a professional, according to US rich-list experts Forbes. The 6.2 million pound cheque he picked up on Sunday for winning the FedEx Cup took the 33-year-old's earnings past the one billion dollar mark, reports The Sun.
New USPGA champion almost became a bodybuilderAugust 18th, 2009 LONDON - Believe it or not, new USPGA champion Ye Yang was headed towards becoming a bodybuilder before golf caught his fancy. According to The Sun, South Korean Yang did not pick up a golf club before he was 19 because he grew up dreaming of imitating Arnold Schwarzenegger rather than Arnold Palmer.
It's Yang in front of Woods with 4 holes left at PGA ChampionshipAugust 17th, 2009 Yang takes lead from Woods at PGACHASKA, Minn. — Now it's Tiger's turn to chase.
Jeev finishes tied 67th at PGA ChampionshipsAugust 17th, 2009 HAZELTINE - Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh slipped down the leaderboard with a disappointing six-over 78 and to a lowly 67th place, but South Korean star Y.E. Yang upstaged Tiger Woods to become the first Asian to win a Major, when he grabbed the 91st PGA Championships.
Yang wins first major title, and he beats world's best player to do it at PGA ChampionshipAugust 17th, 2009 Yang takes down Tiger at PGACHASKA, Minn. — Y.E. Yang won his first major title at the PGA Championship on Sunday, and he took down Tiger Woods to do it.
Yang shatters the Tiger mystique in PGA, at last!August 17th, 2009 CHASKA, Minn. — The scene seemed surreal, mostly because somehow we never expected to see it.
Fans in golf-crazy South Korea celebrate Yang's historic PGA Championships win over WoodsAugust 17th, 2009 SKorean golfers celebrate Yang's historic PGA winSEOUL, South Korea — Fans in golf-crazy South Korea are celebrating Yang Yong-eun's historic PGA Championships win over Tiger Woods. The victory makes the 37-year-old the first Asian-born golfer, ranked 110th in the world, to win a major golf tournament.
It's Y.E. Yang in front of Tiger Woods with 4 holes left at PGA ChampionshipAugust 17th, 2009 Yang takes lead from Woods at PGA, 4 holes leftCHASKA, Minn. — Y.E. Yang has taken the lead from Tiger Woods at the PGA Championship.
Unheard South Korean golfer stuns Woods to win US P. G. A.August 17th, 2009 CHASKA - Y E Yang, an unheard of South Korean golfer electrified the golfing world on Sunday, by stunning World No 1 Tiger Woods to win the US P.G.A. Championship.
South Korea's Y.E. Yang wins PGA Championship, beating Tiger WoodsAugust 17th, 2009 Yang defeats Woods to win PGA ChampionshipCHASKA, Minn. — South Korea's Y.E.
Tiger's major championship streak brilliant, but some day it will be brokenAugust 16th, 2009 Could this be the one Tiger finally loses?CHASKA, Minn. — A gaggle of pretenders had come and gone by the time Tiger Woods stood on the 18th green muttering at yet another putt that had somehow escaped the hole.
Yang's surprising day earns him a date with Tiger in PGA's final roundAugust 16th, 2009 Yang surges to a date with TigerCHASKA, Minn. — If Y.E. Yang's hot pink pants and theatrics didn't get Tiger Woods' attention Saturday at the PGA Championship, his ball-striking and shot-making sure did.
13 Facts and figures for the PGA ChampionshipAugust 13th, 2009 CHASKA, Minn. — A brief look at the 91st PGA Championship, which starts Thursday (all times EDT):
Winner: Y.E.
Tiger Woods gets "thumped" by Jimmy Fallon on Wii golf gameJune 26th, 2009 NEW YORK - American professional golfer Tiger Woods was left embarrassed after he was beaten by comedian and NBC's show host Jimmy Fallon at his own game of golf on Nintendo Wii. Woods, 33, quit the game, played on June 25 at Times Square, before finishing the third and final hole.
Tiger Woods says his late dad still advises him while playing golfJune 22nd, 2009 NEW YORK - Tiger Woods has revealed that he hears his late father speak to him while playing golf. Woods says that whenever he has trouble playing the game, he concentrates with the help of his father, who died in 2006.
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