| Yang Yong-eun | |||||
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 Yang in 2016 | |||||
| Personal information | |||||
| Full name | Yang Yong-eun | ||||
| Nickname | The Tiger Killer | ||||
| Born | 15 January 1972 Sindo-ri, Daejeong-eup, Seogwipo-si Jeju-do, South Korea | ||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb; 13.9 st) | ||||
| Sporting nationality |  South Korea | ||||
| Residence | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | ||||
| Career | |||||
| Turned professional | 1996 | ||||
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions | ||||
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour | ||||
| Professional wins | 13 | ||||
| Highest ranking | 19 (16 May 2010)[1] | ||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||
| PGA Tour | 2 | ||||
| European Tour | 3 | ||||
| Japan Golf Tour | 5 | ||||
| Asian Tour | 1 | ||||
| PGA Tour Champions | 1 | ||||
| Other | 2 | ||||
| Best results in major championships (wins: 1) | |||||
| Masters Tournament | T8: 2010 | ||||
| PGA Championship | Won: 2009 | ||||
| U.S. Open | T3: 2011 | ||||
| The Open Championship | T16: 2011 | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
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Yang Yong-eun (Korean: 양용은; born 15 January 1972), also called Y. E. Yang, is a South Korean professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He was previously a member of the PGA Tour, where he won twice, including most notably the 2009 PGA Championship when he came from behind to defeat Tiger Woods, thus winning the first major championship by a male player born in Asia. He is occasionally known by the nickname The Tiger Killer.[2]
- ^ "Week 20 2010 Ending 16 May 2010" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Quiet Yang is the Tiger Killer".