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Winning Wagers: Top five bets that hit at PGA Championship

With his win, Aaron Rai earns 750 FedExCup points and $3,690,000.

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Written by Rob Bolton

With his win, Aaron Rai earns 750 FedExCup points and $3,690,000.

With a record-setting logjam on the leaderboard for almost the entire PGA Championship, one of the last expectations, if one at all, was that the winner would run away with the victory and from the antepenultimate pairing at Aronimink Golf Club. But indeed, truth remains stranger than fiction.

Aaron Rai prevailed at the 108th edition of the major by three strokes over Jon Rahm and 54-hole leader Alex Smalley. Rai circled an eagle and six birdies to cover three bogeys en route to a 5-under 65 in his final round. He posted 9-under 271 across 72 holes.

In addition to the kinds of rewards worthy of a winner of a major, he pockets $3,690,000 – Rai’s bread, if you will – of a record prize fund of $20.5 million. More nuggets and details of the outcome outside Philadelphia below the table of the 82 golfers who cashed.

POSITIONGOLFERSCOREFEDEXCUP POINTSEARNINGS1Aaron Rai271 / -9750.000$3,690,000.00T2Jon Rahm274 / -6n/a (non-member)$1,804,000.00T2Alex Smalley274 / -6425.000$1,804,000.00T4Justin Thomas275 / -5300.000$843,866.67T4Ludvig Åberg275 / -5300.000$843,866.67T4Matti Schmid275 / -5300.000$843,866.67T7Cameron Smith276 / -4n/a (non-member)$637,050.00T7Rory McIlroy276 / -4225.000$637,050.00T7Xander Schauffele276 / -4225.000$637,050.00T10Kurt Kitayama277 / -3145.000$496,707.50T10Chris Gotterup277 / -3145.000$496,707.50T10Justin Rose277 / -3145.000$496,707.50T10Patrick Reed277 / -3n/a (non-member)$496,707.50T14Matt Fitzpatrick278 / -290.000$364,762.50T14Scottie Scheffler278 / -290.000$364,762.50T14Max Greyserman278 / -290.000$364,762.50T14Ben Griffin278 / -290.000$364,762.50T18Jordan Spieth279 / -156.250$229,128.75T18Stephan Jaeger279 / -156.250$229,128.75T18Padraig Harrington279 / -156.250$229,128.75T18David Puig279 / -1n/a (non-member)$229,128.75T18Harris English279 / -156.250$229,128.75T18Min Woo Lee279 / -156.250$229,128.75T18Joaquin Niemann279 / -1n/a (non-member)$229,128.75T18Maverick McNealy279 / -156.250$229,128.75T26Alex Noren280 / E37.000$125,523.33T26Cameron Young280 / E37.000$125,523.33T26Andrew Novak280 / E37.000$125,523.33T26Daniel Hillier280 / En/a (non-member)$125,523.33T26Tom Hoge280 / E37.000$125,523.33T26Sam Burns280 / E37.000$125,523.33T26Hideki Matsuyama280 / E37.000$125,523.33T26Bud Cauley280 / E37.000$125,523.33T26Nick Taylor280 / E37.000$125,523.33T35Christiaan Bezuidenhout281 / 123.083$78,805.56T35Patrick Cantlay281 / 123.083$78,805.56T35Ryo Hisatsune281 / 123.083$78,805.56T35Daniel Berger281 / 123.083$78,805.56T35Ryan Fox281 / 123.083$78,805.56T35Haotong Li281 / 123.083$78,805.56T35Aldrich Potgieter281 / 123.083$78,805.56T35Si Woo Kim281 / 123.083$78,805.56T35Martin Kaymer281 / 1n/a (non-member)$78,805.56T44Matt Wallace282 / 215.136$50,348.18T44Shane Lowry282 / 215.136$50,348.18T44Jhonattan Vegas282 / 215.136$50,348.18T44Denny McCarthy282 / 215.136$50,348.18T44Chandler Blanchet282 / 215.136$50,348.18T44Taylor Pendrith282 / 215.136$50,348.18T44Dustin Johnson282 / 2n/a (non-member)$50,348.18T44Nicolai Højgaard282 / 215.136$50,348.18T44Michael Kim282 / 215.136$50,348.18T44Kristoffer Reitan282 / 215.136$50,348.18T44Chris Kirk282 / 215.136$50,348.18T55Collin Morikawa283 / 310.500$34,186.00T55Corey Conners283 / 310.500$34,186.00T55Andrew Putnam283 / 310.500$34,186.00T55Brooks Koepka283 / 310.500$34,186.00T55Mikael Lindberg283 / 3n/a (non-member)$34,186.00T60Sami Valimaki284 / 48.300$29,218.00T60Sahith Theegala284 / 48.300$29,218.00T60Rico Hoey284 / 48.300$29,218.00T60Rickie Fowler284 / 48.300$29,218.00T60Brian Harman284 / 48.300$29,218.00T65Casey Jarvis286 / 6n/a (non-member)$26,900.00T65Jason Day286 / 67.000$26,900.00T65Rasmus Højgaard286 / 67.000$26,900.00T65Keith Mitchell286 / 67.000$26,900.00T65Sam Stevens286 / 67.000$26,900.00T70Luke Donald287 / 75.750$25,070.00T70Ryan Gerard287 / 75.750$25,070.00T70John Parry287 / 75.750$25,070.00T70William Mouw287 / 75.750$25,070.00T70Kazuki Higa287 / 7n/a (non-member)$25,070.00T75Elvis Smylie288 / 8n/a (non-member)$24,192.50T75Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen288 / 84.625$24,192.50T75Alex Fitzpatrick288 / 84.625$24,192.50T75Daniel Brown288 / 84.625$24,192.5079Johnny Keefer289 / 94.000$23,970.0080Ben Kern290 / 10n/a (non-member)$23,930.0081Michael Brennan291 / 113.500$23,910.0082Brian Campbell298 / 183.250$23,900.00

Golf fans have associated Rai to any number of calling cards. They include, but are not limited to three wins on the DP World Tour, a PGA TOUR title, the head covers on his irons, wearing two gloves, and most certainly as a world-class ball-striker. Now, of course, his convincing victory at Aronimink leaps to the top of the list as the career-defining achievement for the 31-year-old. A birdie conversion from outside 68 feet at the par-3 17th hole in the finale forever will serve as the signature moment.

Rai arrived in suburban Philly having survived the cut in the last eight majors, but he hadn’t cracked the top 15 in any of his 12 career appearances in the series. Now he’s the first first-time winner of a major since J.J. Spaun at the 2025 U.S. Open, and he’s the first breakthrough at the PGA Championship since Xander Schauffele in 2024. Additionally, the Brit not only ends the Americans’ run of 10 straight victories in the PGA Championship, but he also becomes only the second from England to capture the victory since Jim Barnes won the first two editions in 1916 and 1919.

Rai’s movement in the big picture also is substantial. With 750 FedExCup points, he rises 84 spots to 24th overall. He’ll also climb into the top 15 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time. He’s now exempt into the PGA Championship for life and into the next five editions of the other three majors. His PGA TOUR membership exemption gets bumped to the maximum of five years to 2031.

Elsewhere, defending champion Scottie Scheffler finished seven strokes back in a four-way share of 14th place. Masters champ Rory McIlroy was a stroke lower and among three at T7.

Ben Kern was the only PGA club professional to survive the cut. He finished 80th.

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