Summary Australia's Jason Day won the PGA Championship in historic fashion with a 20-under par total.
KOHLER (AFP) - Australia s Jason Day won the PGA Championship in historic fashion on Sunday, capturing his first grand slam title with a 20-under par total unprecedented in major championship history.
Day carded a five-under par 67 in the final round at Whistling Straits for a 20-under total of 268 -- breaking Tiger Woods s major-record low winning total of 19-under set at the British Open in 2000.
Day, who has endured a bevy of near-misses on golf s biggest stages, was never going to let this one slip away.
From his birdie from a bunker at the second hole, Day was off and running, leaving Masters and US Open champion Jordan Spieth and the rest of the field in the shade.
Spieth carded a four-under par 68 for 17-under 271, holding off England s Justin Rose and South African Branden Grace to finish second and seize the world number one ranking from Rory McIlroy.
His ascent to the top of the world rankings will be some consolation for his inability to join Ben Hogan and Tiger Woods as the only men to win three majors in one year.
Day s progress to the title was majestic. His 50-foot birdie putt at the seventh capped a burst of three straight birdies.
He finished with seven birdies on the day and two bogeys, twice reaching 20-under as his pursuers scrambled in his wake.
He reached 20-under for good with a two-putt birdie from the fringe at the par-five 16th.
At 18, he rolled his first putt from 45 feet to within a foot, and was already weeping as he tapped in for par and the win.
Grace applied the most pressure, moving within one stroke of Day s lead after a third straight birdie at the seventh.
But Day pulled away with his own birdie burst at five, six and seven, and his lead was never again less than two strokes.
Grace finished third after a 69 for 273, while Rose bogeyed 18 to fall to fourth with a 70 for 274.
