S Korean Yang takes first PGA Tour win

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- South Korean Yang Yong-eun took the first Asian victory in men's golf majors Sunday as he pushed aside 14-time major winner Tiger Woods in the U.S. PGA Championship.

Yang Yong-eun of South Korea poses with the Wanamaker trophy after winning the 2009 PGA Championship golf  tournament at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska,  Minnesota August 16, 2009.

Yang, ranked 110th in the world, fired a two-under-par 70 in the last round to finish first at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota with an eight-under 280.

Yang came from behind to snatch the lead for the first time in the par-four 14th before he upset the overwhelming favorite Woods who had to settle for the second with a total of 283.