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Sunday 17 May 2026PGA Tour · DP World TourYear in Review
Rai wins PGA Championship
Aronimink Golf Club, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 May 2026 · Aaron Rai’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $20,500,000 USD · 108th PGA Championship
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 16 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/10°C · wind 19 km/h WNW, gusts 43 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/9°C · wind 20 km/h NW, gusts 45 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/9°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 44 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/18°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 32 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Jon Rahm ESP · 274Birdied the first two holes to lead, bogeyed 3 and 7, closed 68; Rai pulled away with birdies at 11, 13, 16 and a 68-foot putt on 17 2026 PGA Championship (Wikipedia, oldid 1370641499)
- Alex Smalley USA · 27454-hole leader by two; double bogey on the 6th, closed 70 with a birdie on the last to tie for second 2026 PGA Championship (Wikipedia, oldid 1370641499)
156 started · cut +4, 82 made it
Same week
Men's major
PGA Championship
Aronimink Golf Club, Newtown Square
5 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jon Rahm, Alex Smalley
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 May 2026
He actually quit his job and started to focus on my golf from a really young age.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 May 2026
I'm very much a foreign player playing here in America, but their support for me was incredible.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 May 2026
I was just trying to focus on speed and get it close. It started to look really good line-wise with probably about 15 feet to go.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | 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 |
| T4 | Justin Thomas | 69 · 69 · 72 · 65 | 275 | −5 |
| T4 | Matti Schmid | 69 · 72 · 65 · 69 | 275 | −5 |
| T4 | Ludvig Åberg | 72 · 66 · 68 · 69 | 275 | −5 |
| T7 | Cameron Smith | 69 · 71 · 68 · 68 | 276 | −4 |
| T7 | Xander Schauffele | 68 · 73 · 66 · 69 | 276 | −4 |
| T7 | Rory McIlroy | 74 · 67 · 66 · 69 | 276 | −4 |
| T10 | Kurt Kitayama | 70 · 69 · 75 · 63 | 277 | −3 |
| T10 | Justin Rose | 70 · 73 · 65 · 69 | 277 | −3 |
| T10 | Chris Gotterup | 72 · 65 · 71 · 69 | 277 | −3 |
| T10 | Patrick Reed | 68 · 72 · 67 · 70 | 277 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1995-03-03, Wolverhampton, England; ENG; turned pro 2012; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 1; world No. 44 that week (OWGR rank entering the week (rankBefore 44 -> rankAfter 15), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
- Driver TaylorMade M6 9°, Aldila NV 2KXV Blue 70 TX
- Fairway Wood TaylorMade Qi10 15°, Fujikura Ventus Blue 8 X
- Fairway Wood TaylorMade Qi10 18°, Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 8 X
- Hybrid Titleist GT2 24°, Mitsubishi Tensei CK White 90 HY TX
- Irons TaylorMade P7TW 5-9, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S300
- Wedge Titleist Vokey Design SM9 44° (10° bounce, F grind), 49° (10° bounce, F grind), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S300
- Wedge Titleist Vokey Design SM11 54° (12° bounce, D grind), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S300
- Wedge Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks 60° (4° bounce, L grind), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S300
- Putter TaylorMade Spider Tour V
- Ball Titleist Pro V1
verified for this week