Aaron Rai becomes first English golfer to win US PGA Championship since 1919

The Guardian is reporting Aaron Rai becomes first English golfer to win US PGA Championship since 1919. Rai shoots 65 including 68-foot birdie putt on 17thLast Englishman to triumph was Jim Barnes 107 years agoThere’s never been a PGA Championship quite like the one that’s played out at Aronimink this week. At the start of the last day, there were 21 players within four shots of the lead, and eight major winners among them, every one of them sure that they had a shot at winning the Wanamaker Trophy.There was the six-time major champion Rory McIlroy, the 2022 Open champion, Cam Smith, the 2017 and 2022 PGA champion, Justin Thomas, the 2021 US Open and 2023 Masters champion, Jon Rahm, and on, and on, and on, all the way down the leaderboard, past Hideki Matsuyama, Justin Rose, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Reed and plenty of other contenders too. Continue reading...

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