{"id":47294,"date":"2026-05-17T22:01:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T02:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/pga-championship-overview\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T22:01:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T02:01:27","slug":"pga-championship-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/pga-championship-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA Championship Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) \u2014 PGA Championship final round summary:<\/p>\n<p>Winner: Aaron Rye had six birdies over the last 10 holes and shot a 5-under 65 to win by three strokes at 9-under 271.<\/p>\n<p>The spoils: Rai won $3,690,000. He can play in the PGA Championship for the rest of his career, with five-year exemptions to the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Silver Medal: Jon Rahm (68) and Alex Smalley (70) were tied for second place.<\/p>\n<p>Condolence Prize: Smalley moves up from No. 78 to No. 42 in the world and is exempt from the U.S. Open. His runner-up appearance at the Masters meant he was ranked 42nd, staying within the top 50 and ensuring he would be exempt from qualifying for the British Open.<\/p>\n<p>Key moments: Rye hit seven consecutive one-putt greens midway through the round, including a 40-foot eagle putt on the ninth, a 10-foot save for par on the 10th and a 6-foot birdie putt on the 13th to take a commanding lead.<\/p>\n<p>BONUS SHOT: Rye made a 70-foot birdie putt on the 17th green to move ahead by four strokes with one hole left.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Key stats: The only two players to win a major by shooting at least 6 under over the past 10 holes were Cameron Smith at St. Andrews in 2022 and Jack Nicklaus at the Masters in 1986.<\/p>\n<p>Notable points: Rye is the first English player to win the PGA Championship since Jim Barnes in 1919.<\/p>\n<p>Quote: \u201cBeing here is definitely beyond my imagination.\u201d \u2014 Rai.<\/p>\n<p>Next year: PGA Fields Ranch East in Frisco.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP Golf: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/golf<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) \u2014 PGA Championship final round summary: Winner: Aaron Rye had six birdies over the last 10 holes and shot a 5-under 65 to win by three strokes at 9-under 271. The spoils: Rai won $3,690,000. He can play in the PGA Championship for the rest of his career, with five-year exemptions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[17],"class_list":{"0":"post-47294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}