August 16: Korea's Yang Yong-eun fired a superb five-under-par 67 to give himself a shot at creating golf history at the US PGA Championship on Saturday.
Yang, who has won twice on the Asian Tour, moved into tied second place after the third round to lie two strokes back from world number one Tiger Woods of the United States at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota.
Title holder Padraig Harrington of Ireland is also joint second going into the final round.
Yang's quest to deliver Asia's first Major title will be a challenging one as Woods, who has won his last two tournaments, has never been beaten in the Majors when he has held the 54-hole lead.
However, the powerful Korean will remember that he had beaten Woods to win the HSBC Champions in Shanghai in 2006.
"You never know in the world of sports and the game of golf. So I'll just try to make every shot, just focus on every shot that I have. And then tomorrow, I may end up inside the top 10, top three and even win the PGA Championship. You never know. And that experience (in Shanghai) will certainly help," said Yang, who won the Honda Classic on the PGA Tour this year.
“I’m nervous, but I've been looking forward to it," added Yang, whose lone bogey came at the par-3 13th hole, which he followed up with three consecutive birdies. “And I've thought about this, playing with Tiger recently, and it came true so fast.”
His card included six birdies against a lone bogey which left him standing at 210 for the tournament.
"I didn't really have much confidence in winning over those big names (in Shanghai) so I just went for broke and somehow I won the tournament. But with Woods, he's won 70 times now (on the PGA Tour). I've only won once so it's sort of 70-to-1 odds. Yeah, I might as well go for broke tomorrow," said Yang.
Asian Tour honorary member Vijay Singh slipped out of contention after a 75, which left him in a share of 18th place while Japan's Hiroyuki Fujita and another Korean, K.J. Choi carded 73s for tied 26th place on 218.
Thai star Thongchai Jaidee, the current Asian Tour Order of Merit leader, also carded a 73 which included four birdies, for joint 39th position while India's Jeev Milkha Singh shot a 74 to lie a further stroke back in 49th place. Korea's Charlie Wi is equal 65th after a 75.
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