Super Y.E. Yang

At the 2009 PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn., Y.E. Yang did what Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia, Bob May, Rocco Mediate, Phil Mickelson, Colin Montgomerie and Vijay Singh couldn't — wrestle a major title from Woods on Sunday afternoon. 

How did the unheralded 37-year-old Korean who barely touched a club until he had finished high school pull off one of golf's greatest upsets? With gutsy shotmaking, clutch putting, and the will to ignore the 300-pound elephant in the red shirt. According to Yang's interpreter, "I just forgot that I was dealing with Tiger altogether." 

"Probably until the 18th green, when I acknowledged that Tiger could make a miraculous comeback. I just played my game. " 

"Try to finish top 10 — that's my biggest expectation. Finishing top 10 in a major for me would be a great feat in itself. I've played 50 or 60 tournaments in the U.S. and I've only made the top 10 five times, including my two wins. Not until I made the chip for eagle on 14 [on Sunday] did I just vaguely think, I might have a chance. " 

Yang's caddie said that  Yang was the mentally toughest player he's ever seen. However, Y.E. Yang didn't think that was toughness, but a will to block out everything peripheral and just concentrate on his strategy. "Thus I become oblivious to any and all pressure, or at least I try to", Yang said. 

Actually, Y.E. Yang didn't start playing golf until he was 19. And he even didn't know about golf back then. But once he found out about golf he wanted to learn more about it. Before 19 Yang probably touched a few golf balls but that's about it. He didn't know what a golf club would look like and how the game was played. 

 

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