Minnesota golf's got Seoul: A look back at Yang, Woods and the 2009 PGA Championship at Hazeltine National

So much for the supposedly provincial Middle West, so long to "flyover country," sayonara to Hazeltine National's unearned rep. as a ho-hum layout. Y.E. Yang's unlikely win in the 2009 PGA Championship plastered his likeness on front pages from Seoul to Shanghai, brought down a Tiger and put Asian and Midwestern golf - those two unlikely and equally underrated bedfellows - firmly back on the global map.

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Hazeltine National golf course - Hole 18

The epic battle between Y.E. Yang and Tiger Woods put Hazeltine National back on the golf map.

Credits: Courtesy of the PGA of America