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Aaron Rai, a 31-year-old from Wolverhampton ranked 44th in the world and listed at 290-to-1 odds, shot a final-round 65 to win the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club by three strokes over Jon Rahm and Alex Smalley. The victory made Rai the first English-born golfer to win the PGA Championship since Jim Barnes in 1919, ending a 107-year drought and a streak of 10 consecutive American winners of the Wanamaker Trophy.