The USA PGA Golf Championship is played annually in North America and has seen 91 glorious tournaments since its inception in Jan. 17, 1916. This was ironically started by a Scotsman. However, an Englishman named Jim Barnes won the first 5 titles before an American player even joined the ranks. The tournament is part of the PGA Tour and is conducted by the PGA (Professional Golf Association of America). One of the four major championships it is the golf season’s final major nicknamed “Glory’s last shot” The PGA is usually played in mid-August and is a huge money spinner with a purse that runs into millions of dollars. PGA players are automatically invited to the three other majors which are the Masters, US Open and the British Open. The PGA Championship is followed avidly by millions of fans throughout the world and has enormous media coverage.In line with the other majors, winning "The PGA" gives a golfer several privileges which make his career much more secure, if he is not already one of the elite players of the sport. PGA champions are automatically invited to play in the other three majors (Masters, U.S. Open, and British Open) for the next five years, and are exempt from qualifying for the PGA Championship for life. They also receive membership on the PGA Tour for the following five seasons and invitations to The Players Championship for five years.Tiger Woods is the world renowned golfer whose name has become synonymous with the USA PGA Championships because of his consistent winning of the PGA Championship. He is exempt from qualifying for the PGA Championship for life and is automatically invited to all three of the other majors. He has consistently won in his field and is notorious for his burning desire to win and hold up the trophy for the world to see. Yang Yong-eun’s win against Tiger Woods in the US PGA has shocked the golfing world as it has become an expected norm for the champion to win not for fame or for money but for the thrill of the kill. Tiger Woods has been known throughout his golfing career to be a totally focused, powerful player and an overall winner. YE Yang won the US PGA championship beating Tiger Woods by three strokes. The four-time champion has never lost the lead of a major and has won the Bridgestone Invitational seven times in 10 starts. This time around the worlds No1 golfer acceded the final round lead to a self taught virtually unknown South Korean player After leading 54 holes, the defending champion missed a few putts because of poor distance control, giving his playing partner the perfect opportunity to take the lead to win the competition by three strokes.
