USPGA history

A decade-by-decade look at the key moments in USPGA Championship history.

We take a decade-by-decade look at the key moments in USPGA Championship history. 2009: YE Yang becomes the first Asian male to win a major as he overhauls final round playing partner Tiger Woods to pull off a huge upset. Woods had looked certain to claim his 15th major having opened up a four-shot at the halfway point and, despite not being at his best, still looked in control as he started the final round two clear. But the world number one would go on to lose a major for the first time having led after 54 holes, Yang moving ahead after chipping in for eagle at the 14th. Woods could not respond as his putter failed him time and again and his Korean rival wrapped up victory with a memorable 200-yard approach to the 18th that set up a closing birdie. 2008: Padraig Harrington clinches his second consecutive major title with a two-shot victory Oakland Hills Country Club and in the process becomes the first European to win the tournament in 78 years, following in the footsteps of Scottish-born Tommy Armour who triumphed at Fresh Meadows in 1930. The Dubliner showed his trademark fighting qualities down the stretch to once again edge out Sergio Garcia who bogeyed two of his last three holes. The Spaniard ended as the bridemaid once again in a major, finishing tied for second with Ben Curtis. 2007: Tiger Woods makes a mockery of the claim that Southern Hills doesn't suit him as a two-shot triumph bags him a 13th major title. Woods takes a stranglehold with a second round 63, equalling the lowest round in major championship history, and holds off late charges from Woody Austin and Ernie Els to get his hands on the Wanamaker Trophy for the fourth time. 2006: Tiger Woods puts on another masterclass to win his third USPGA crown and 12th major in all. The world number one finishes five shots clear of 2003 winner Shaun Micheel and his -18 total matches the lowest under par score in the history of majors. Sergio Garcia finishes third alongside Luke Donald and Adam Scott. It's Tiger's second USPGA win at Medinah following his 1999 triumph at the Illinois track. 2005: A birdie at the final hole gives Phil Mickelson his second major title to end the hopes of Dane Thomas Bjorn and 1995 USPGA winner Steve Elkington. The left-hander gets up and down from thick greenside rough at the par five 18th at Baltusrol to clinch the win while Tiger Woods finishes tied fourth after giving himself too much to do following a first round 75. 2004: Vijay Singh stumbles over the line at Whistling Straits to win his third major title after almost blowing his victory chances with a fourth round 76 - the highest winning round in a major since Reg Whitcombe in the 1938 Open. Justin Leonard's bogey at the 18th means he, Singh and Chris DiMarco contest a three-man three-hole play-off and it's the Fijian who holds his nerve to win the trophy for the second time. 2003: Shaun Micheel produces the shot of a lifetime to make his first win on the US Tour a major. The American, ranked 169th in the world, hits a 174-yard seven iron to three inches of the cup at the final hole and taps in for a two-shot victory over Chad Campbell. Oak Hill is also the scene of Tiger Woods' worst performance as a pro in a major - tied 39th. 2002: Little-known Rich Beem holds off a charging Tiger Woods to complete a fairytale win at Hazeltine. Woods birdies the final four holes for a 67 but Beem's monster putt on 16 keeps him in the driving seat and allows him to bogey the last for a one-shot victory. Justin Leonard leads by three going into the final round but blows his chances with a closing 77. 2001: David Toms denies Phil Mickelson a first major by holing a 10 foot putt for par on the fiendishly tough 18th hole at Atlanta Athletic Club. Boosted by a hole-in-one in round three, Toms closes with a 69 for a 15 under aggregate of 265 - the lowest total in major championship history. Mickelson, two back after day three, draws level with Toms three times in the final round but a three-putt at the 16th ultimately costs him and it's Toms rather than the left-hander who joins the major winners club. 2000: Tiger Woods is taken to a play-off in a thrilling David and Goliath clash with fellow Californian Bob May at Valhalla before becoming only the second man in history to win three majors in a season. Woods and the unfancied but inspired May both break the event's record by finishing 18 under par before Woods wins the three-hole play-off to become the first man since Densmore Shute in 1937 to make a successful defence of the trophy. 1990s: The USPGA really cements it's reputation for producing first-time major winners. Wayne Grady, John Daly, Nick Price, Paul Azinger, Steve Elkington, Mark Brooks, Davis Love and Vijay Singh all make the big breakthrough with Daly's win at Crooked Stick the most unlikely. 'Wild Thing' gets in as ninth alternate, drives through the night to make his start time and, without the benefit of a practice round, blasts his way to a three-shot win. The decade ends with Tiger Woods holding off a running and jumping Sergio Garcia to win at Medinah. 1980s: Jack Nicklaus kicks off a decade of total domination for the Americans by powering to a seven-shot win over Andy Bean at Oak Hill. Larry Nelson wins twice (1981 and 1987) while Ray Floyd's win at Southern Hills in 1982 comes 13 years on from his first USPGA win in Ohio. Lee Trevino, aged 44, also rolls back the years at Shoal Creek to record his sixth major win - 10 years on from number five. Bob Tway produces one of the shots of the decade by holing out from a bunker at Inverness Club in Ohio to defeat Greg Norman. 1970s: Oakland Hills in Michigan - this year's venue - hosts two USPGAs in the 70s. The first (1972) goes to Gary Player, who captures the sixth of his nine major titles while the second (1979) sees Aussie David Graham lift the trophy by beating Ben Crenshaw in a play-off after double bogeying the final hole in regulation play. Outside of Oakland Hills, the other eight championships are won by Americans. Jack Nicklaus dominates the decade by winning in 1971 (PGA National), 1973 (Canterbury) and 1975 (Firestone) while Dave Stockton is a dual winner - at Southern Hills in 1971 and at Congressional in 1976. 1960s: Bobby Nichols becomes the first wire-to-wire winner of the USPGA by holding off both Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer. Nicklaus has already put his name on the Wanamaker trophy by winning at Dallas Athletic Club the year before but Palmer ends his career without a single USPGA triumph. In 1968, aged 48, Julius Boros becomes the oldest ever winner of a major by capturing the title at Pecan Valley. It's a record that stands to this day. 1950s: Played as a matchplay event between 1916 and 1957, the first winner of the strokeplay era is Dow Finsterwald at Llanerch in Pennsylvania. Sam Snead holds a two-shot leading going into the final round but Finsterwald, a runner-up 12 months earlier in the final matchplay USPGA, comes through for a two-shot win. Bob Rosburg wins the only other strokeplay event of the 1950s although the 1959 tournament is also remembered for producing a nine-way tie for the lead after the opening day.