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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.

(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.

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.

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

It howled with Olympian fury.

He ended up only two shots behind and poised to join Tiger Woods (2000) and Ben Hogan (1953) as the only players to win three majors in one season.

To his credit, Day faced his first test late on Saturday. I need to make this to have a chance within four of the lead.

Grace, whose highlight of the day occurred when he holed his bunker shot on the 18th for birdie, now sits at 12-under par for the championship and in a tie for third.

There, Lee picked off like the previous five holes hadn’t even occurred, shooting four birdies in his first five holes to make up for some of his early morning losses and leap back up the leaderboard.