New PGA Champ Has Muni Golf Roots

The new PGA Champ learned to play on a practice range

New PGA Champion Y.E. Yang, who outdueled Tiger Woods in the final round at Hazeltine on Sunday, has muni golf roots. After a knee injury forced him to give up pursuing a career as a bodybuilder, Yang was introduced to golf at age 19 when he worked picking up golf balls on the practice range at a country club in his native South Korea. He would stay after the golfers had left and work on his swing late into the night. After a mandatory two-year stint in the Korean military, Yang and his self-taught swing moved to New Zealand to pursue a career in professional golf.