England’s Aaron Rai clinched his first major championship with a stunning victory at the PGA Championship as Rory McIlroy’s final-day challenge sizzled at times without ever catching fire. The 31-year-old emerged from a chasing pack littered with major champions at Aronimink Golf Club to become the first English winner of the event in over a century.
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Alex Smalley birdied the final hole to seize a two-shot lead after the third round of the PGA Championship on Saturday, while struggling Scottie Scheffler said the tightly packed leaderboard at Aronimink was unlike anything he had seen before. Smalley recovered from a shaky start to card a two-under-par 68 and move to six under overall, with 43 players within five shots of the lead before Sunday’s final round.
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An unexpected duo of Maverick McNealy and Alex Smalley hold a one stroke lead over the chasing pack at the PGA Championship at Aronimink after a second round that saw some high profile casualties and criticism from defending champion Scottie Scheffler. Rory McIlroy bounced back from a poor opening round to keep his hopes of back to back major wins alive heading into the weekend in Pennsylvania.
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Defending champion Scottie Scheffler is part of a seven-way tie for the first-round lead after plotting a three-under round of 67 while as Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau made nightmare starts at Aronimink Golf Club. Shane Lowry is a among a group of seven one stroke behind the leading pack heading into the second round in Pennsylvania.
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An emotional Scottie Scheffler held off the rejuvenated Jon Rahm to convert his 54-hole lead into a maiden US PGA Championship title. While the winning margin of five strokes suggests his third major was a formality, a different story threatened to unfold at Quail Hollow. World number one Scheffler began three shots ahead and five clear of Rahm, but it became a two-way duel for the Wanamaker Trophy.
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