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Aaron Rai made history at Aronimink Golf Club, shooting a final round sixty-five to win the PGA Championship and become the first English-born golfer to lift the Wanamaker Trophy since nineteen nineteen. Rai pulled away from a stacked leaderboard with composure and precision, winning by five shots in a performance that will be talked about for years.
That five-shot margin tells you exactly where Rory McIlroy left the tournament on the table. The Masters champion opened with a seventy-four and spent the rest of the week chasing, firing three straight rounds in the sixties but never getting close enough. McIlroy pointed to the par fives as the difference, and the numbers back him up. He finished tied for seventh, his best PGA result since his second title in twenty fourteen, but close only counts in horseshoes.
Meanwhile in the NBA playoffs, the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers are going to war in a Game Seven Eastern Conference semifinal tonight, with a date against the New York Knicks on the line. Detroit has been one of the feel-good stories of this postseason, and Cleveland does not want to be the team that lets them through. Winner takes all, loser goes home.
That's your play-by-play. Sports Desk, back to the booth.
