2009 PGA Championship

The 2009 PGA Championship was the 91st PGA Championship and was played from August 13–16 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis. It was the fourth major championship held at the course; it previously hosted the PGA Championship in 2002, won by Rich Beem, and two U.S. Opens (1970, 1991). The 2009 course was the longest to date for a major at 7,674 yards (7,017 m). The average elevation of the course is approximately 940 feet (287 m) above sea level.

Yang Yong-eun, more commonly referred to as "Y.E. Yang" in the U.S., won his first major by three strokes over four-time champion Tiger Woods, which marked the first time that Woods had failed to win a major he had led after 54 holes. Yang also became the first Asian-born player to win a men's major championship (although the third of Asian descent, after Woods and Vijay Singh).