2026 PGA Championship: Aaron Rai wins at Aronimink Golf Club
Aaron Rai won the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania with 271 (−9), by 3 strokes over Jon Rahm and Alex Smalley.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 2026 in Wanamaker Avenue, the PGA Championship room, or every year on the PGA Championship winners list.
- Dates
- May 14, 2026 to May 17, 2026
- Course
- Aronimink Golf Club, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
- Edition
- 108th PGA Championship
- Format
- stroke play
- Par
- 70 · 7,394 yards
- Made the cut
- 82 (cut at 144)
- Purse
- $20,500,000 · winner's share $3,690,000
- Champion
- Aaron Rai · age 31 · England · born Wolverhampton, West Midlands (historically Staffordshire), England
- Champion's title
- 1st PGA Championship
- World ranking
- No. 44
- Winning score
- 70-69-67-65 = 271 (−9) · won by 3 strokes
- Runners-up
- Jon Rahm, Alex Smalley
- 54-hole leader
- Alex Smalley (204) · Aaron Rai was 2 strokes back
- Caddie
- Jason Timmis
- Low club professional
- Ben Kern (290)
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron Rai | 70 | 69 | 67 | 65 | 271 | −9 |
| T2 | Jon Rahm | 69 | 70 | 67 | 68 | 274 | −6 |
| T2 | Alex Smalley | 67 | 69 | 68 | 70 | 274 | −6 |
What happened at the 2026 PGA Championship
Rai holed a 40-foot eagle putt at the 9th and a 68-foot birdie putt at the 17th on the way to a closing 65.
Rai became the first Englishman to win the PGA Championship since Jim Barnes in 1919.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's PGA Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: pga.json (the PGA Championship room's data: Tables 1A–1H).
Sources
- PGA of America history
- Golf Compendium 2026
- Today's Golfer purse history
- Salarysport prize-money history
- PGA Tour 2026 course stats
- Covers cut history
- PGA Tour 2026 payouts
- GolfMagic, Rai perks
- GolfMagic, first English winner since 1919
- Spokesman-Review (AP) 2026
- Plugged In Golf 2026 recap
- Irish Times 2026
- KSTP/AP 2026