# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yang-yong-eun
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:17:13.468Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yang-yong-eun"
name: "Yang Yong-eun"
slug: "yang-yong-eun"
description: "Yang Yong-eun, also called Y. E. Yang, is a South Korean professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He was previously a member of the PGA Tour, where he won twice, including most notably the 2009 PGA Championship when he came from behind to defeat Tiger Woods, thus winning the first major championship by a male player born in Asia. He is occasionally known by the nickname The Tiger Killer."
tagline: "Professional golfer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Y._E._Yang_-_2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
birthDate: "1972-01-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump