Australian Jason Day won his first major title with a record score of 20 under par at the US PGA Championship.
Day, 27, shot a closing 67 at Whistling Straits on Sunday to record the lowest total at one of golf’s four majors.
The world number five saw off a chasing pack that included Masters and US Open champion Jordan Spieth, who finished three shots back in second place.
That was enough to ensure the American, 22, replaces Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy, 26, as world number one.
South African Branden Grace was third on 15 under and Justin Rose of England finished fourth on 14 under after his challenge faded with a double bogey on the 13th, reports the BBC.
McIlroy closed with a 69 to end his first tournament back from an ankle injury at nine under par.
Day had previously recorded nine top-10 finishes in the majors, six of them in the top four, but held his nerve superbly to finally get his hands on one of golf’s leading trophies.
His final score of 20 under par broke Tiger Woods’s major record of 19 under at the 2000 Open Championship.
The Queenslander began the final day with a two-stroke lead and made four birdies before the first blip came at the eighth hole.
Despite the ominous presence of Spieth alongside him in the final group, Day recovered from a desperate mishit on the ninth to pick up further birdies on the 11th and 14th.
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