England's Aaron Rai becomes golf's newest major champion at the PGA.

Playing the last 10 holes in five-under-par, England's Aaron Rai burst out of a tightly packed leader board to win his first major championship in the 14th year of his professional career, prevailing by three shots on Sunday at the 108th PGA Championship. 

With an eagle on the 10th hole of his final round over the Aronimink Golf Club, and three birdies on the back nine, Rai won by three shots over Jon Rahm and Alex Smalley to become the first Englishman to win the title. 

In the post-match press conference, Rai was asked: "Were you aware that it's been 109 years since somebody's won this thing, and how proud are you - an English player has won this thing, and how proud are you to be that person to finally end that?"

AARON RAI: "I wasn't actually aware of it until yesterday. I think in this room yesterday it was mentioned, which was the first of my knowledge.

"But yeah, extremely, extremely proud. There's a lot of incredible and historic English players over those hundred years who have gone on to achieve incredible things and had phenomenal careers, but to win this event and then to be the person that's the first one to have won it in a long time from England is an amazing thing and something to be extremely proud of."

Question: "Can you just describe your emotions as you're playing those final few holes, on 17 and that amazing putt there. How did you manage to keep so calm and just produce the kind of golf that you did?"

AARON RAI: "I think firstly the golf course really demands it. It was a true major championship setup in terms of how difficult it was, how penalizing it was, but it also rewarded you for good play.

"So I think the nature of the course and the nature of the shots that are required over the last few holes just require a lot of attention and a lot of focus.

"Yeah, that putt on 17 was incredible. I was just trying to focus on speed and get it close. It started to look really good line-wise with probably about 15 feet to go. Slowed up really nicely as well. So it just kind of conspired all together for that ball to go in the hole. But an incredible putt and a real bonus to see that one go in."

Question: "Aaron, two shots prior to that putt that I thought really stood out on that back nine were the bunker shot on 13 and then your approach on 16. Could you walk us through what you were thinking about on both of those and kind of how you executed those and how pleased you were to pull off those shots in that moment?"

AARON RAI: Those were two really good shots. The bunker shot on 13 was on a slight upslope, which in a way helped to stay really aggressive on it. But the upslope also made it difficult because it was such a long bunker shot. It was probably 40 yards or so.

"But just stayed really committed with that and really tried to trust the strike, and it came out extremely well. I was actually trying to hit that probably 12 feet short, and it came out probably a little fast, but it worked out extremely well.

"And the shots on 16, hit a great tee shot to hold the fairway there. That was a really hard fairway to hit, and it was a great number for a 5-iron. The wind was off the left. The ball was slightly below. So it kind of just suited a shot that was falling off the wind.

"Yeah, hit it very well, started great, great strike, and kind of worked its way down there to 15, 18 feet. So probably two of the best shots on that book nine."

Question: "I see your wife is right here. What has her support, what does it mean to you? And how do you plan on celebrating this win?"

AARON RAI: She's been incredible. I'm not exaggerating when I say that I wouldn't be here without her. Both as a companion, as a friend, as someone I'm sharing my life with, but also as a real support system for my game. She's a professional golfer herself. So her mindset, her advice, her thoughts, whether it's technique or the way I'm holding myself is absolutely invaluable. She encompasses so many different sides in her opinions.

"We even had a conversation yesterday for probably 30 minutes in the car just before we got back to the hotel, just speaking a little bit about today. Again, some of the things that she mentioned in the conversations were really with me today.

"Yeah, I really wouldn't be here without her.

Question: "I know your parents made a lot of sacrifices for you to get here, especially your father kind of figuring out golf on the fly. As you sit here, if you can just reflect on what all that means and kind of how they got you here?

AARON RAI: "It's probably hard for me to really express everything that I feel towards them. I think I'll get way too emotional to speak. Yeah, starting with my dad, he was with me every day that I went to practice from the age of 4, 5 years old. He actually quit his job and started to focus on my golf from a really young age.

"I used to read a lot about golf. He used to obviously be really active in everything he did with me around the game. My mom has been absolutely incredible as well. She works extremely long hours to just provide for the house really, especially with my dad also not working as much. So she did a lot of things, and her support has been phenomenal.

"Obviously, I would love to share this with them. It would be amazing if they were here. I can't put into words how much they've done in terms of the support, in terms of the care, in terms of love. Again, I wouldn't be here without them at all."