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Day is the fifth Australian to win the PGA title and the 12th to win a major championship — the first since Adam Scott in the 2013 Masters.

Jason Day has a good chance of heading into the third round of the PGA Championship with the lead. I saw that he was 16 under with four holes to go, thinking he could get to 17 pretty easily.

He did it, then raised both fists and buried his face in his caddie’s shoulder.

Jordan Spieth leads a group at 6 under.

Roger Federer, of Switzerland, bottom right, leaves a practice court as fans try for autographs at the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament, Sunday, August 16, 2015, in Mason, Ohio.

A rested Roger Federer tries for an unprecedented seventh title in Cincinnati this week while polishing his game for the U.S. Open.

(He) finished second to me at Congressional four years ago.

What it means: One of the most talented players in the game, Day had experienced nothing but frustration in seeking his first major.

As things stand, Lahiri would be an automatic selection for the Internationals team to take on holders the United States in Incheon, South Korea from October 8-11.

Second Andy Murray breezed to a 6-3 6-0 semi-final victory over Kei Nishikori on Saturday to set up a final with Novak Djokovic at the Rogers Cup in Montreal.

But even a compelling battle to win the 97th PGA Championship could not distract from the individual performance of Day, who exercised the demons from previous near-misses at numerous major championships to claim a belated victory. And now, his first career 54-hole lead in a...

Hole 17: Day (-15) made a 30-foot putt for birdie to stretch his lead to two.

Andy Murray was in a hurry to book his spot in his third Rogers Cup title match, routing Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-0 in Saturday’s semi-finals.

Ten holes into his round Saturday, Jordan Spieth was seething.

It howled with Olympian fury.