2009 PGA Championship
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| Dates | August 13–16, 2009 |
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| Location | Chaska, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Course(s) | Hazeltine National Golf Club |
| Organized by | PGA of America |
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PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,674 yards (7,017 m) |
| Field | 156 players, 80 after cut |
| Cut | 148 (+4) |
| Prize fund |
$7,500,000 €5,328,337 |
| Winner's share | $1,350,000 €942,126 |
 Yang Yong-eun
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| 280 (−8) | |
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The 2009 PGA Championship was the 91st PGA Championship, held August 13–16 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis.
Yang Yong-eun, more commonly referred to as "Y.E. Yang" in the U.S., won his first major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Tiger Woods, a four-time champion. It 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 Vijay Singh and Woods).
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.
Lengths of the course for previous majors:
The following were the qualification criteria that were used to select the field. Each player is listed according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses:
1. All former PGA Champions
Paul Azinger, Rich Beem, Mark Brooks, John Daly, Steve Elkington, Pádraig Harrington (4,6,8), Davis Love III (8,10), Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson (3,6,8,9,10), Vijay Singh (8,10), David Toms (6,8), Bob Tway, Tiger Woods (2,3,4,8,10)
(Eligible but not competing: Jack Burke, Jr., Dow Finsterwald, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Al Geiberger, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Hubert Green, Don January, John Mahaffey, Larry Nelson, Bobby Nichols, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nick Price, Jeff Sluman, , Hal Sutton, Lee Trevino, Lanny Wadkins)
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