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Tiger Woods didn’t win Sunday, but when a winner was crowned, it was truly his day.

Y.E. Yang, of South Korea walked away with the win in the 91st PGA Championship at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn., Sunday, stunning the crowd.

Not only did the 37-year-old South Korean become the first Asian player to win one of golf’s majors — the Championship — he took down none other than Tiger Woods, the sport’s No. 1 guy, to do it.

Here are photos from Sunday’s competition.

Rich Beem signs autographs during a practice round for the 91st PGA Championship golf tournament at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn., Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

The weather was simply gorgeous for the first practice rounds of the 91st PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn., on Monday.

Padraig Harrington is the defending champion but the field includes 10 more former winners, including four-time champion Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh, who’s won two Wanamaker Trophies. Woods, by the way, hasn’t won a major yet this season but has 14 for his career and is coming off back-to-back victories in  the last two weeks.

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Sometimes a short headline can sum it all up. There’s palpable pleasure among golf fans this week, as, yes, Tiger Woods will play in his first PGA event since June 2008. His knee surgery has mended and Woods today went through a practice round in Arizona. And since it was Tiger, he drew a huge gallery (is it called a gallery in a practice round?).

Some contend there were just no interesting storylines in the PGA in the rest of the 2008 season and the start of this one. Tiger certainly galvanizes the sport and it’s fans, and he’s back, saying he’s rested and ready. How soon might he now catch Jack Nicklaus’ record 18 Slam wins?