20 years till an Asian becomes golf #1, says YangDespite becoming Asia's first Major winner, South Korea's Yang Yong-Eun Yang Yong-eun (family name Yang; born 15 January 1972) is a South Korean golfer. He plays mainly on the Japan Golf Tour, where he has won four tournaments. In 2006 he won the Korea Open, an Asian Tour event, and this victory gained him entry into the HSBC Champions believes it will be another 20 years before a player from the region becomes world number one. The 37-year-old posted one of the biggest upsets in golf history when he defeated Tiger Woods  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. by three strokes to win the US PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used.(2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. last month. His victory was seen as a huge breakthrough for Asian golf, but Yang is not getting carried away. "There's still a long time before a male Asian player will top the golf world," he told the Straits Times. "We're probably two decades away from the time that Asian players will have as much of a foothold as their female counterparts have." Asian women are well represented in the upper echelons of the sport, with nine of the current world's top 20 from the region. In contrast, there are only three Asian men in the top 50 -- Yang at 33, India's Jeev Milkha Singh Jeev Milkha Singh (born 15 December 1971) was the first Indian golfer to become a member of the European Tour. Jeev is the highest ranked Indian golfer in the world, breaking into the top 100 in October 2006. He is the son of the famous Indian athlete Milkha Singh. at 43 and Japan's Shingo Katayama Shingo Katayama (片山 晋呉; born 31 January 1973) is a Japanese golfer. Katayama was born in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture. He turned professional in 1995 and has played full time on the Japan Golf Tour since 1997. at 49. Yang said Asian men had come close to clinching Majors before and put his breakthrough down to good fortune. "There have been lots of attempts at the Majors," he said. "From Isao Aoki (runner-up at the US Open in 1980) to Shigeki Maruyama to KJ Choi to SK Ho, with a few who have been on the brink of winning. "It doesn't mean I'm any different from my peers in Asia. The thing is, good fortune came my way." Asian fans have the chance to watch Yang go up against Woods once again at the HSBC Champions in Shanghai in November, an event the South Korean won Noun 1. South Korean won - the basic unit of money in South Korea won South Korean monetary unit - monetary unit in South Korea chon - 100 chon equal 1 won in South Korea three years ago by beating the American world number one. 
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