Honorary Australian Amy Yang has choked back tears after running away with the Women's PGA Championship in Washington.
After knocking on the door for more than a decade, the former Gold Coast high school prodigy landed her maiden major championship with a three-stroke triumph over fellow South Korean Jin Young Ko, American world No.2 Lilia Vu and Japan's Miya Yamashita.
Yang started the final round with a two-shot buffer and stormed to a seven-stroke lead at one point, before settling for a closing even-par 72 at Sahalee Country Club, east of Seattle.
