1 of 5 | Aaron Rai of England holds the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the 2026 PGA Championship on Sunday at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pa. Photo by Laurence Kesterson/UPI | License Photo
May 18 (UPI) -- Aaron Rai not only turned in progressively better rounds throughout the four-day 2026 PGA Championship, he also saved one of the best shots of the tournament for championship Sunday.
Rai electrified golf fans with a powerful, yet stoic finish at the second major of the season. He started the week as the No. 44 player in the Official World Golf Ranking and ended it by becoming one of the biggest long shots in decades to clinch a major title.
And he did so with a literal long shot, sinking a 68-foot putt on No. 17 on Sunday at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, N.J.
"That putt on 17 was incredible," Rai told reporters. "I was just trying to focus on speed and get it close."
