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Champion: -9 Rai
Rai becomes eighth English player to win a major since World War II and first to win this title since 1919
Selected: -6 Rahm, Smalley; -5 Schmid, Thomas, Aberg; -4 Smith, Schauffele, McIlroy
-3 Rose, Reed; -2 Scheffler (69), M Fitzpatrick (65); -1 Spieth (68), Harrington (69)

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Twenty deep?published at 19:23 BST 17 May

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As ever, the crowds watching Rory McIlroy are vast.
You'll need to have height on your side to have much chance watching the double Masters champion hit shots this afternoon.
Lindberg derailed after promising startpublished at 19:22 BST 17 May
Lindberg +2 (8)

Major championship debutant Mikael Lindberg made some start to his final round at Aronimink.
The Swede knocked in two birdie putts from mid-range to move just three shots off the lead in a tie for seventh.
However, since then his round has been derailed, with five consecutive bogeys arriving before he picked up a par on the eighth.

Matsuyama drops backpublished at 19:22 BST 17 May
Matsuyama -3 (7)

A wild swipe off the tee sends Hideki Matsuyama on a bit of an adventure down the right side of seven.
He does well to leave his second on the fringe but takes three from there and that's a costly bogey.
Rahm could be man to beatpublished at 19:21 BST 17 May
Taylor -4, Rahm -4 (19:25 BST)

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Canadian Nick Taylor won his first PGA Tour event back in 2014 but had to wait six years to taste another victory. He's won a tournament the last three years in a row and today will play alongside Jon Rahm at the sharp end of a major Sunday.
Rahm looked in total control of his game for most of yesterday, just the two bogeys souring his round of 67 - and but for a few missed putts that would've been even lower.
The Spaniard has been the best in the field around the greens and second best tee-to-green and if he continues that form plus a few putts drop he'll be the man to beat today.
A Wanamaker Trophy would also give Rahm two thirds of the Grand Slam, needing just the Open Championship to complete the set.

McIlroy scrambles for parpublished at 19:20 BST 17 May
McIlroy -3, Schauffele -3 (1)

Rory McIlroy blocks his drive down the first and it leaves him in the thick stuff down the right.
He gives it an almighty thump but still can't reach the putting surface and comes up well short with the putter from off the front.
Nine feet for par on the first. This is big...and he drains it! Great save.
Xander Schauffele chases one up the front of the green from the left rough and two putts for a less stressful par.
Thomas birdies 15published at 19:20 BST 17 May
Thomas -4 (15)

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It went a bit quiet from Justin Thomas for three holes but he's just forced himself a little bit closer to the top.
A booming birdie from 22 and a half feet at the 15th takes him to -4, just two off the lead.
And a muted fist-pump to boot. JT still believes.

Scheffler struggling to make an impactpublished at 19:20 BST 17 May
Scheffler -2 (10)

Scottie Scheffler birdied the par-five ninth to turn in one under for his round and two under for the tournament.
He has an eight footer for another birdie on the 10th but he misses that one - as you'd expected for a man ranked 64th in the field in the putting stats.
The defending champion needs to find birdies quickly if he's to lay down any sort of challenge.
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Get Involvedpublished at 19:17 BST 17 May
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Where are the trees which would make this course more interesting? Come on US PGA - more attention needed to making this major interesting for spectators!
Gill, Brecon Beacons
That's been a big talking point this week, Gill.
The big trees on this course were cleared away over different renovations during the 2000s and 2010s, in theory to revert it back to what architect Donald Ross originally intended a hundred years ago.
Some of the players were vocal on it before play started and I take your point.
But I also think it's been a pretty interesting tournament so far!

Postpublished at 19:16 BST 17 May
Smith -4 (5)

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Cameron Smith knocks one straight down the banner at the par-three fifth, but he can't hole the nine-footer for birdie.
The Australian remains two adrift.
Final pair favourites?published at 19:15 BST 17 May
Smalley -6, Schmid -4 (19:35 BST)

A look through the stats shows that 11 of the last 14 US PGA Championship winners played in the final group on Sunday.
Alex Smalley and Matti Schmid are not exactly the top names in the field but that trend supports those that think one of the last pairing can bring home the Wanamaker.

Fast start for Maverickpublished at 19:14 BST 17 May
Reed -3, McNealy -4 (1)

A fast start for Maverick McNealy as he makes a birdie on the opening hole to step up to four under par and joins that expanding group of chasers behind Alex Smalley.
Ice cold Aberg... until the majorspublished at 19:13 BST 17 May
Aberg -4, Rai -4 (19:15 BST)

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Alongside Aaron Rai, the Swedish phenom Ludvig Aberg has looked a major champion-in-waiting since bursting onto the scene in 2023.
Only, it hasn't quite happened yet.
In contention on the back nine at The Masters in both 2024 and 2025, he made costly mistakes to drop away from contention.
And he's not even finished top 10 anywhere else.
Almost robotically good when he's flowing, he is field leader tee to green so far this week. Get his putter going and he will be really hard to beat.

Niemann slips backpublished at 19:12 BST 17 May
Niemann -3 (3)

A bit of a mess from Joaquinn Nieman at the third. A duffed chip leaves him with a 15-footer for a bogey, but he keeps his cool to knock it in.
Momentum killer after that hot start.
Postpublished at 19:11 BST 17 May
Rose -3 (3)

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That's pretty close from Justin Rose, whose lengthy birdie putt from over 50 feet just misses the cup on the right.
The Englishman holes out for par but was let down off the tee on the third, with his ball heading into the rough on the left, on a day when finding fairways will be crucial.

Rai of lightpublished at 19:11 BST 17 May
Aberg -4, Rai -4 (19:15 BST)

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Wolverhampton's Aaron Rai was on a heater yesterday, firing six birdies in a round of 67 to leap up the leaderboard.
His best finish in a major is tied 19th and, weirdly, he's done that at The Open 2021, US Open 2024 and last year's US PGA.
This is uncharted territory for the 31-year-old, who has yet to make a Ryder Cup squad but is a PGA Tour stalwart.
And he wears two gloves - as he's been doing since he was eight years old.
Maybe that's where I'm going wrong.
Smith making movespublished at 19:09 BST 17 May
Smith -4 (4)

Cameron Smith missed six consecutive cuts in majors coming into this week, but he's recaptured something like the form that catapulted him to the 2022 Open at St Andrews.
Two birdies in his first four holes and he's in that logjam at four under, two back.

Major pedigreepublished at 19:05 BST 17 May
McIlroy -3, Schauffele -3 (19:05 BST)

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Few would be surprised if the winner came from this two-ball.
Rory McIlroy is chasing his second straight major and seventh overall, while Xander Schauffele is hoping to add to his US PGA and Open Championship triumphs in 2024.
Interestingly, these two played together in the final round of the BMW Championship at this course in 2018.
They both fell short to Keegan Bradley on that occasion. A happier outcome for one of them at Aronimink this evening?
Get Involved: Vote for the winnerpublished at 19:03 BST 17 May

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We can't fit everyone on, as there are contenders everywhere!
But who do you think will win out of this lot? If your pick isn't below then let us know using the Get Involved feedback form.

Postpublished at 19:00 BST 17 May
Matsuyama -4 (6)

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Ooooh, that's a big chance missed for Hideki Matsuyama. A missed putt from seven feet for a third straight birdie and he remains two back.
The first third of this course is giving up a lot of birdies today. A crucial stretch in building a score.
Niemann nears leadpublished at 18:58 BST 17 May
Niemann -4 (2)

Don't sleep on Joaquinn Niemann, folks.
The Chilean's major record may not be the prettiest - just one top-10 in 26 starts - but he's tucked away seven LIV Golf wins and clearly means business today, starting birdie-birdie to move within two.

154th Open Championship

Date:: 16 - 19 July 2026
Course:: Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Par:: 70
Yards:: 7,223
Prize Money:: $17,750,000

Rank	Player	Total	Total	Thru	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 4	Strokes
1	Ryan Fox	10 under par	10 under par	finished	72	68	62	68	68	270
2	Cameron Young	9 under par	9 under par	finished	67	67	73	64	64	271
3	Sam Burns	8 under par	8 under par	finished	73	62	65	72	72	272
4	Scottie Scheffler	7 under par	7 under par	finished	68	68	70	67	67	273
4	Tommy Fleetwood	7 under par	7 under par	finished	69	67	69	68	68	273
6	Si-Woo Kim	6 under par	6 under par	finished	68	67	67	72	72	274
6	Casey Jarvis	6 under par	6 under par	finished	73	67	68	66	66	274
6	Lucas Herbert	6 under par	6 under par	finished	70	62	71	71	71	274
9	Adam Scott	5 under par	5 under par	finished	72	66	71	66	66	275
9	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	5 under par	5 under par	finished	72	66	67	70	70	275
9	Russell Henley	5 under par	5 under par	finished	70	71	68	66	66	275
9	Ryan Gerard	5 under par	5 under par	finished	67	67	69	72	72	275
9	Ludvig Aaberg	5 under par	5 under par	finished	71	66	67	71	71	275
14	Hideki Matsuyama	4 under par	4 under par	finished	72	67	67	70	70	276
14	Sung-Jae Im	4 under par	4 under par	finished	66	72	69	69	69	276
14	Bryson DeChambeau	4 under par	4 under par	finished	67	68	69	72	72	276
14	Corey Conners	4 under par	4 under par	finished	71	67	71	67	67	276
18	Jordan Smith	3 under par	3 under par	finished	68	70	70	69	69	277
18	Xander Schauffele	3 under par	3 under par	finished	71	69	66	71	71	277
18	Kristoffer Reitan	3 under par	3 under par	finished	69	71	68	69	69	277
18	Marco Penge	3 under par	3 under par	finished	72	68	69	68	68	277
18	Alexander Noren	3 under par	3 under par	finished	71	69	69	68	68	277
18	Collin Morikawa	3 under par	3 under par	finished	68	70	70	69	69	277
18	Chris Gotterup	3 under par	3 under par	finished	70	68	72	67	67	277
18	Rickie Fowler	3 under par	3 under par	finished	71	69	71	66	66	277
18	Bud Cauley	3 under par	3 under par	finished	68	68	73	68	68	277
18	Daniel Brown	3 under par	3 under par	finished	66	71	69	71	71	277
28	Victor Perez	2 under par	2 under par	finished	68	69	73	68	68	278
28	Jackson Suber	2 under par	2 under par	finished	65	69	70	74	74	278
28	John Parry	2 under par	2 under par	finished	71	68	73	66	66	278
28	Robert MacIntyre	2 under par	2 under par	finished	67	69	71	71	71	278
28	Shane Lowry	2 under par	2 under par	finished	69	68	69	72	72	278
28	Brooks Koepka	2 under par	2 under par	finished	70	71	69	68	68	278
28	Kazuma Kobori	2 under par	2 under par	finished	70	69	67	72	72	278
28	Cameron John	2 under par	2 under par	finished	70	67	69	72	72	278
28	Max Homa	2 under par	2 under par	finished	71	69	67	71	71	278
28	Pierceson Coody	2 under par	2 under par	finished	67	70	72	69	69	278
28	Patrick Cantlay	2 under par	2 under par	finished	71	68	71	68	68	278
28	Jacob Bridgeman	2 under par	2 under par	finished	70	69	68	71	71	278
40	Michael Thorbjornsen	1 under par	1 under par	finished	70	68	71	70	70	279
40	Matt Wallace	1 under par	1 under par	finished	69	67	72	71	71	279
40	J. J. Spaun	1 under par	1 under par	finished	70	67	73	69	69	279
40	Rory McIlroy	1 under par	1 under par	finished	72	67	69	71	71	279
40	Kurt Kitayama	1 under par	1 under par	finished	69	71	70	69	69	279
40	Thomas Detry	1 under par	1 under par	finished	67	69	74	69	69	279
46	Matthew Southgate	level par	level par	finished	69	69	76	66	66	280
46	Patrick Reed	level par	level par	finished	72	66	71	71	71	280
46	Jon Rahm	level par	level par	finished	69	67	70	74	74	280
46	Francesco Molinari	level par	level par	finished	67	69	72	72	72	280
46	Hennie Du Plessis	level par	level par	finished	70	69	69	72	72	280
46	Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra	level par	level par	finished	70	70	71	69	69	280
46	Jose Luis Ballester	level par	level par	finished	71	70	66	73	73	280
53	Sahith Theegala	1 over par	1 over par	finished	71	69	68	73	73	281
53	Alex Smalley	1 over par	1 over par	finished	67	73	67	74	74	281
53	Shaun Norris	1 over par	1 over par	finished	69	70	70	72	72	281
53	Ryo Hisatsune	1 over par	1 over par	finished	68	73	71	69	69	281
53	Eric Cole	1 over par	1 over par	finished	76	64	66	75	75	281
53	Michael Brennan	1 over par	1 over par	finished	72	68	70	71	71	281
59	Aldrich Potgieter	2 over par	2 over par	finished	69	72	71	70	70	282
59	Johnny Keefer	2 over par	2 over par	finished	70	68	71	73	73	282
59	Nick Taylor	2 over par	2 over par	finished	68	71	72	71	71	282
59	Min-Woo Lee	2 over par	2 over par	finished	70	71	71	70	70	282
59	Naoyuki Kataoka	2 over par	2 over par	finished	73	68	70	71	71	282
59	Ben Griffin	2 over par	2 over par	finished	69	70	74	69	69	282
65	Peter Uihlein	3 over par	3 over par	finished	73	68	72	70	70	283
65	Justin Thomas	3 over par	3 over par	finished	70	69	68	76	76	283
67	Sepp Straka	4 over par	4 over par	finished	68	70	74	72	72	284
67	Nicolas Echavarria	4 over par	4 over par	finished	71	67	69	77	77	284
69	Andy Sullivan	5 over par	5 over par	finished	70	69	73	73	73	285
69	Tyrrell Hatton	5 over par	5 over par	finished	69	68	74	74	74	285
71	Alex Fitzpatrick	6 over par	6 over par	finished	69	67	73	77	77	286
71	M. J. Daffue	6 over par	6 over par	finished	67	72	72	75	75	286
71	Laurie Canter	6 over par	6 over par	finished	69	71	74	72	72	286
74	Marcus Plunkett	7 over par	7 over par	finished	70	71	71	75	75	287
74	Kazuki Higa	7 over par	7 over par	finished	73	68	72	74	74	287
74	Keegan Bradley	7 over par	7 over par	finished	69	72	74	72	72	287
77	Jack McDonald	8 over par	8 over par	finished	70	71	73	74	74	288
78	Jesper Svensson	9 over par	9 over par	finished	73	66	77	73	73	289