Tiger Woods got off to a shaky start in search of his 15th major as Y E Yang piled pressure on the overnight leader in the final round of the US PGA Championship.

Overnight rain softened the long Hazeltine National course as Tiger Woods prepared to defend a two-shot lead in the final round of the US PGA Championship.

Top seed and defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium became the highest-seeded player at this year’s US Open to lose as she was knocked out by Russia’s Nadia Petrova.