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He became the first Korean to win the PGA Tour at the Yang won 3 victories on the Korea Tour and won the PGA
2002 New Orleans Compact Classic, and in the same Championship, a major tournament in 2009, and the
year he won the Tampa Bay Classic. Since then, the Honda Classic on the PGA Tour.
Greensboro Chrysler, Memorial Tournament, AT&T Yang finished the tournament in a tie for 12th (6 under-
National, Hawaii Open, and Players Championship have par 210) by hitting 1-over-par 73 in the final three rounds
won eight PGA Tour victories. of his Champions Tour debut, the PGA Tour Champions
KJ Choi, who turned 50, a bogey with 5 birdies in Chub Classic.
Round 3 of the PGA Champions Tour Pure Insurance
Championship ($2.2 million total prize money) held at In general, when entering the Champions Tour from the
Pebble Beach Golf Links (par 72) in Monterey, California, PGA Tour, it is common to win in the first few years.
USA on September 27, 2021 With one shot, he recorded This is also because young players who are just over 50
his first Champions Tour title with a 4-under 68. have more opportunities to achieve good results than
Yong-eun Yang, also born in January 1972, turned 50 older players.
in January of this year and started working on the In the senior tournament where there were no Korean
Champions Tour. players in the meantime, Korean players finally
After graduating from high school, a friend introduced participated, so the Korean players were all over the
him to a part-time job of picking up balls at a golf driving three series of the PGA Tour, both in name and reality.
range in Je-ju City, and then formed a relationship with
golf. It is said that he learned to play golf by himself We are looking forward to more activities on the PGA
while looking over his shoulder and asking questions. He Champions Tour, where KJ Choi and Yong-eun Yang, who
devoted himself to golf practice from sunset until late at are leading men's golf in Korea, are active.
night.

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