We continue our look back at 2009 today, as this time around, I want to ask you about your favorite golf moment of 2009. There were certainly a lot of moments that were newsworthy, but some of them just stood out as great moments in the year of golf.

Before we start focusing on the week’s upcoming tournaments, with the Solheim Cup for the ladies and the JELD-WEN Tradition for the champions tour taking center stage, let’s take a quick look back at the 2009 major championships for the PGA.
It was a year for the underdog at the major championships, and each tournament had something very intriguing that made it unique.
Now keep in mind, I am ranking these tournaments as a whole tournament. Not just the final round, or the last two days. The tournament as a complete entity. Everyone ranks their enjoyment of a tournament in certain ways, [...]

The golf world is still reeling from the events of yesterday evening at Hazeltine, as the 110th-ranked player in the world, Y.E. Yang, took down the best player in the world, Tiger Woods, in the 91st playing of the PGA Championship.
Yang became the first player to knock off Woods in a situation where Woods had the lead after 54 holes (14 for 14 until yesterday), and ignited a whirlwind of questions in the process.
The biggest question of all: Did Tiger Woods choke?

In what could only be called a stunning finish to the PGA Championship at Hazeltine, the winner of the tournament turned out to be someone other than Tiger Woods.
Woods, who led the tournament by a comfortable margin for most of the time, found himself in trouble for most of the day today, and allowed Y.E. Yang to take advantage and win his first ever major championship.
Yang did what others have been unable to do here recently, and that’s take advantage of Tiger’s mistakes.
Oh, and a chip-in eagle at the par four 14th helped quite a bit too.

It was yet another interesting day of action at the PGA Championship today, with a few guys making a run at current leader, Tiger Woods.
Woods shot a 1-under 71 for the day, and seemed to kind of go back and forth the entire today. While he wasn’t losing shots or anything like that, he just didn’t really have the same chances to score low that he did the previous two days of action.
As for the rest of the field, some guys who were chasing faded, and others made the best of an average day for Tiger.

Did you really think anyone would come blazing towards the top of the leaderboard, and overtake Tiger Woods as the leader of the PGA Championship after the second round?
If you did, well, it didn’t happen.
Woods had a pretty decent day by his standards. He finished with a 2-under 70, bogeying his first hole of the day, and his last.

The first round of the PGA Championship has concluded at Hazeltine, with Tiger Woods currently in the lead at 5-under par for the championship.
Who is behind him on the leaderboard? That’s right, none other than Padraig Harrington, who is one shot off the lead at 4-under.
It would be a great scene for golf if these two are battling it out once again come Sunday afternoon. I would love to see these two go back and forth one more time, but without being rushed this time by a rules official.

With the television coverage about to get started on TNT in about a half hour, I wanted to give everyone an update as to what has taken place at Hazeltine today.
AS OF 1:25 ET:
Tiger Woods is tied atop the leaderboard at 4-under par with Robert Allenby, Alvaro Quiros, and Michael Bradley.
No surprise that Tiger is at the top of the leaderboard, though it is a little surprising to see him there this quickly. Usually it takes him a round or two to get going, but obviously not the case today.

It’s just about time for the PGA Championship to kick off at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota.
With the world’s best playing this week for the season’s final major championship, it should be yet another intriguing week of pro golf action.
And in case you haven’t checked out the blog in the last few days, here’s a few preview pieces heading into the tournament:

We’re getting closer and closer to the year’s final major, as the PGA Championship kicks off tomorrow morning at Hazeltine.
And you know what that means: it’s time for predictions!
Last week’s predictions were good for the most part, but hey, that’s what happens when you pick the best player in the world to win. You’re right more often than not.
But without further ado, here are the 2009 PGA Championship predictions!

We’re going full speed ahead here at Pro Golf Now this week, in preparation for the PGA Championship that begins on Thursday at Hazeltine.
In today’s preview, we’re going to take a look at some of my sleeper picks heading into the tournament, and why you should take them seriously when it comes to making your tournament predictions.
And please note, there isn’t a perfect definition for what a “sleeper” is. I just like to think of a sleeper as a guy who isn’t as well-known, and isn’t a household name so-to-speak.
With that in mind, let us begin!