At Aronimink Golf Club, the final round of the PGA Championship arrives as a quiet test of nerve and legacy: Smalley holds the lead, but Jon Rahm — two strokes behind and seasoned by major championship pressure — stands ready to remind the sport why proximity to greatness is never merely a matter of arithmetic. For Rahm, a third major would not simply be a trophy; it would be a statement about where he belongs in the long story of the game's finest players.
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· May 16, 2026
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Smalley leads PGA Championship final round with Rahm two shots back
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