Y E Yang
He plays mainly on the Japan Golf Tour, where he has won four tournaments.
In 2006 he won the Korea Open, an Asian Tour event, and this victory gained him entry into the HSBC Champions Tournament in November 2006. He won the tournament, beating a strong field including Tiger Woods who was second.
This victory earned him membership of the European Tour and moved him into the top forty of the Official World Golf Rankings. He won his first event on the PGA Tour at the 2009 Honda Classic in his 46th career start in the United States.
With this win, Yang became only the second Korean to win on the PGA Tour along with K.J. Choi.
Professional wins (9)
PGA Tour wins (1)
2009 Honda Classic
European Tour wins (1)
2006 HSBC Champions (co-sanctioned with the Asian, Australasian and Sunshine Tours)
Japan Golf Tour wins (4)
2004 Sun Chlorella Classic, Asahi-Ryokuken Yomiuri Memorial
2005 Coca-Cola Tokai Classic
2006 Suntory Open
Asian Tour wins (2)
2006 Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open, HSBC Champions (co-sanctioned with the European, Australasian and Sunshine Tours)
Korean Tour wins (2)
2002 SBS Championship
2006 Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open (co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour)
Results in major championships
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins.