Y.E. Yang
Seoul, South Korea

Height: 5 ft, 9 in

Weight: 195

Turned Pro: 1996

DOB: 1/15/1972

Bio: 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. Never knew there was a sport called golf until the age of 19, when he started going to a small, local driving range in South Korea on a friend's advice and learned the swing by watching instructional videos. Worked picking up practice balls and would work on his game before the facility opened and late at night after visitors went home. The range had facilities where you could sleep and eat. As required, spent almost two years in the South Korean military, stationed at his home at Jeju Island, south of South Korea, beginning at age 21. Guarded naval port. Traveled to New Zealand after his military duty to pursue a golf career. Practiced and played intensely there over a three-month period. (Bio information from Golfweek research and pgatour.com)

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Note: In compiling our archives, some information, such as earnings or relation to par, was unavailable. If information is missing, such as earnings, it does not necessarily mean that no money was earned and should not be interpreted as such.

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Fantasy Tip Sheet: Travelers Championship

In a field that includes Justin Rose and Lee Westwood, it is Hunter Mahan, Rickie Fowler and Bubba Watson that are receiving love at the Travelers Championship.

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U.S. Open: Updated second-round tee times

With two weather delays on Thursday forcing a Friday finish of the first round at the U.S. Open, all second-round tee times were pushed back by three hours. Check out the updated schedule.

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Rude: Reflecting on 75 straight majors

All the miles walked, notes taken and cheap cigars give our Jeff Rude reason to look back on 75 straight major championships.

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U.S. Open tee times: Storm delays Thursday groups

Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott, the top three-ranked players in the world, respectively, will play together for the first two rounds of the U.S. Open, which will begin Thursday at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa.

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U.S. Open: A look at the field at Merion

A look at the 150 players in the the 113th U.S. Open, to be played June 13-16 at Merion Golf Club. There are still six spots remaining, which will be settled with the OWGR on June 10.

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Open qualifier Smith connects with New Hampshire

Nothing on his resume mentioned even a whisper of golf ability, but Jesse Smith figured he had to seize the moment.

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Toy Box: Weekley wields graphite iron shafts

Graphite iron shafts received a boost at the Crowne Plaza Invitational as Boo Weekley won with Aldila RIP Tour prototype graphite shafts in his Cleveland irons.

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Fantasy Tip Sheet: Crowne Plaza Invitational

Defending champion Zach Johnson, perennial contender Jim Furyk, 2011 Masters champion Charl Schwartzel and unheralded Chris Kirk are all players to watch this week.

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Tee times: Second round, HP Byron Nelson

A look at the second-round tee times at the HP Byron Nelson Championship.

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How it happened: Bradley takes three-shot lead

Keegan Bradley set the early pace with a 60 and no one could chase him down, giving Bradley a three-shot lead after the first round of the HP Byron Nelson Championship. See how it all happened.

Tee times: First round, HP Byron Nelson

A look at the first-round tee times at the HP Byron Nelson Championship.

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Fantasy Tip Sheet: HP Byron Nelson Championship

Jason Day and Jordan Spieth have had success at the Byron Nelson Championship and register as favorites this week by our fantasy panel. Check out their predictions!

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How it Happened: Castro's 63 leads at Players

Roberto Castro tied the course record with a 9-under 63, while Rory McIlroy (66) and Tiger Woods (67) are within striking distance at the Players Championship. See how it all happened!

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Players blog: Yang's caddie takes title

James Walton, who caddies for Y.E. Yang, stuck his tee shot to 4 1/2 feet on No. 17 to win the closest-to-the-pin caddie competition Wednesday at TPC Sawgrass.

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Fantasy Tip Sheet: The Players Championship

Luke Donald is the most popular pick, mostly due to his short-game prowess. Lee Westwood and Phil Mickelson also register as favorites at this week's Players Championship.

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The Players Championship: Tee times, round 1, 2

Tee times and pairings for the first- and second-round of The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

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U.S. Open sees record 9,860 entrants

The number of entries for this year's U.S. Open at Merion significantly eclipses the previous record for the 2009 Open at Bethpage.

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Masters odds: After Round 1, Tiger still favorite

Tiger Woods is still the favorite, but not by as much as when Thursday’s first round started moving from 3/1 to 7/2 after a 2-under, 70, four shots off the lead of Marc Leishman and Sergio Garcia at the 77th Masters.

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2013 Masters: Second-round tee times

Here are the tee times and pairings for the second round of the Masters at Augusta National.

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Masters Tracker: Par 3 Contest at Augusta National

Celebrities, wives and children played caddie Wednesday for the Par-3 Contest at Augusta National, and stole the show! That included tennis star and girlfriend of Rory McIlroy, Caroline Wozniacki. There were also two hole-in-ones. Oh, and Nick Watney and Ernie Els were co-medalists. See how it all unfolded!

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WGC Match Play Championship

Martin Kaymer and Luke Donald will face off in the Accenture Match Play Championship on Sunday.

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Tiger, Phil play Chinese chess in Shanghai

Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia and Y.E. Yang were in Shanghai for a photo opt and press conference.

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Major Moments 2009: PGA Tour: The best stories of 2009

Tom Watson at the British Open . . . Tiger Woods' dominance . . . Y.E. Yang's shocker at the PGA Championship. What was the best story of 2009?

Major Moments 2009: PGA Championship: Final wrap

Tiger never got it going, and Y.E. Yang came out victorious. Hear Alex Miceli's final thoughts on the 91st PGA Championship.