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The 2026 US PGA Championship: By the numbers
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The 2026 US PGA Championship: By the numbers

A look at some standout numbers following the 2026 US PGA Championship at Aronimink.

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Nobody in the 156-player field managed to card four rounds under par, highlighting the challenge at Aronimink

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Aaron Rai is the first Englishman to win the US PGA Championship since Jim Barnes won the first two editions, in 1916 and 1919.

With rounds of 70-69-67-65, Rai becomes the first US PGA Championship winner in history to lower his score in each round

He also ended a streak of ten consecutive American victories at the US PGA Championship - a run that started with Jimmy Walker at Baltusrol in 2016

European golfers have won the first two majors of the year for the first time ever in the four-majors era (since 1934)

Alex Smalley was the only player in the field to record rounds in the 60s over the opening three days

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Stephan Jaeger became just the second player in the last ten years to have 18 pars in one Major Championship round. Sepp Straka also did that at last year's Open Championship

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The number of DP World Tour members to make the cut on their US PGA Championship debuts (Daniel Hillier, Kristoffer Reitan, Mikael Lindberg, Casey Jarvis, Daniel Brown, Alex Fitzpatrick)

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There were seven players tied for the lead after the first round - the second most after any round at the US PGA Championship in the stroke-play era (since 1958). There were nine after the first rounds in 1959 and 1969

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Rai's new career-high world ranking after his win in Pennsylvania

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There were 22 players within four shots of the lead entering today's final round — a new US PGA Championship record, eclipsing the mark of 18, set in 1993 at Inverness Club.

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Rory McIlroy carded his 25th Major Championship round of 66 or better in the third round, Only Tiger Woods (28) has more.

After scores of 65 and 69 over the weekend, Justin Rose registered his 25th top-ten finish in a major

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The number of players who began the final round within six shots of the lead - the most after 54 holes in men's Major Championship history

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After his tie for third at the Masters in April, Rose is the first player age 45 or older to finish in the top ten in a season's first two majors since Jack Nicklaus in 1986

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At 54 years, 259 days old, Pádraig Harrington became the third player age 54 or older to finish in the top 20 at the US PGA Championship. The other two were Sam Snead and Gene Sarazen.

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Kurt Kitayama tied the Major Championship record for the lowest score in a final round. The American is just the second player to do it in the US PGA Championship, joining Brad Faxon in 1995.

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The number of players in the top 100 on the Official World Golf Rankings that teed it up in the first round

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