By Melanie Hauser, PGATOUR.COM Correspondent
AUGUSTA, GA. — He was two holes from a great round. And a tie for the lead.
But Y.E. Yang couldn’t hang on.
The former PGA champion bogeyed the last two holes to fall out of what would have been a share of the first round lead. Instead, he finds himself in an all-Korean share of second with K.J. Choi going into the second round.
Yang was 4-under on the front nine and, after dropping a shot at 10, he eagled the 13th to get to 5-under, then birdied 15 — two putts from 12 feet — and 16 — a 12-footer for birdie — to tie Rory McIlroy.
“I saw myself in the leaderboard tied with the leader,” he said. “I guess I got a little bit overzealous in the last two holes.”
On 17, he drove