TABLE OF
CONTENTS
OFFICIAL SOUVENIR PROGRAM
92ND PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Whistling Straits, Kohler, Wisconsin
GOVERNOR’S WELCOME................................................................................ 8
A message from Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WELCOME ....................................................... 10
A message from Sheboygan County Chamber Executive Betsy Alles, Manitowoc Area Visitor & Convention Bureau President Kathleen Galas
PGA OF AMERICA WELCOME....................................................................... 12
A message from PGA President Jim Remy
WHISTLING STRAITS WELCOME ................................................................. 14
A message from Kohler Co.’s Herbert V. Kohler Jr.
PGA OFFICERS................................................................................................. 16
PGA BOARD OF DIRECTORS........................................................................ 20
PGA EXECUTIVE STAFF ...................................................................... 22
THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP: GLORY’S LAST SHOT........................... 24 Whistling Straits again plays host to a major championship that began in 1916
PLAYERS TO WATCH............................................................................ 32
2010 PGA Championship photo gallery is comprised of the World Golf Ranking’s top 20
GOLF IS GOING GLOBAL .................................................................... 46 Y.E. Yang’s victory at the 2009 PGA Championship placed an exclamation point on the game’s worldwide growth
HISTORY AT HAZELTINE ..................................................................... 48 Y.E. Yang became the first Asian-born male golfer to win a major in classic David vs. Goliath shootout with Tiger Woods at the 2009 PGA Championship
THIS OR THAT?...................................................................................... 54
Q&A with defending PGA Champion Y.E. Yang
TRADING IN PIGSKINS FOR GOLF CLUBS ....................................... 56
Packers players such as Aaron Rodgers, Mason Crosby, A.J. Hawk and Donald Driver also
pursue golf with a passion
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4 THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF THE 2010 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP