Gone are the gallery ropes. Gone are the crowds. Gone is the Goodyear blimp. Yes, the 2009 PGA Championship is over.

For almost a week, Chaska was the center of the golf universe as Hazeltine National Golf Club played host to many of the world’s best golf players, all in pursuit of the famed Wanamaker Trophy.

In the end, 37-year-old South Korean Y.E. Yang came from behind to take down Tiger Woods – golf’s most recognizable player – and become the first Asian-born man to claim the trophy.

As part of his duties overseeing the PGA grounds last week, Chaska Police Chief Scott Knight was assigned a golf cart – with his name on it.

However, after Y.E. Yang’s upset win over Tiger Woods, Knight was assisting with security when he received word that someone else was behind the wheel of his cart.

It has been taken by Woods. (Well, actually an assistant who was driving Woods, Knight said.)

Golf fans at the 2009 PGA Championship will be watching the skies on Sunday as much as the action on the course.

Rain is in the forecast, and there are contingency plans abound.

Download a PDF copy of the final-round pairings and hole locations below.

Here is some weather-related information from the daily PGA release after the third round of the PGA Championship on Friday, Aug. 15:

Official Weather Forecast for Saturday Night and Sunday: Showers and isolated thunderstorms will increase in coverage across the area this evening and are forecast to continue overnight.

Here are some scenes from Aug. 15, 2009, the third day of PGA tournament play at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska.

Included is a message from some Winnipeg fans; popular items at lost and found; some observations from the hole captain of No. 11; and Phil Mickelson supporters. (And more Tiger Woods, in case you haven't gotten enough.)

Entrepreneurs popped up earlier this week around the Hazeltine National Golf Club, most selling water and other beverages.

Established businesses across from the PGA Championship grounds, including Quizno’s, also experienced a bump in business from the tournament.

A number of parking options have popped up around Chaska for the PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club, for those who don’t want to take the shuttle bus from Shakopee.

Most involve parking a car and walking almost a mile to the entry gate (about a $20 or $25 fee) or parking a car and being shuttled to a location about a half a mile away from the entry gate (about $25).

Here are a few entrepreneurs involved in the temporary pay to park business in Chaska.