Jimmy Walker completed the set of first-time Major Championship winners in 2016 as he went wire-to-wire to claim victory at the US PGA Championship.
The American faced 36 holes on Sunday at Baltusrol Golf Club after storms saw much of day three washed out but he recorded rounds of 68 and 67 to finish at 14 under and hold off the challenge of defending champion Jason Day.
The World Number One carded consecutive rounds of 67 on the final day to finish one shot behind Walker, with Daniel Summerhays at ten under.
Branden Grace had looked set to make a charge in the last round but had to settle for a 67 and a nine under total alongside Brooks Koepka and Hideki Matsuyama.
Open champion Henrik Stenson and 2010 winner Martin Kaymer were then at eight under, alongside Robert Streb and a shot clear of Tyrrell Hatton, Paul Casey and William McGirt.
Walker won his first five US PGA Tour events in 17 months from October 2013 to March 2015 but had gone off the boil a little since and missed the cut at the US Open and The Open Championship.
He rarely looked in trouble en route to win number six, though, and joins Danny Willett, Dustin Johnson and Stenson in claiming his first Major this season.
"I would have said it would have happened the last couple of years, the way I was playing," he said. "I just had not quite played as well as I would have liked to this year but I knew it was close. I felt some things were clicking last week.
Just to be in it and be there and have a chance and then to finish it off is just so gratifying, it really is. Everything I've done up to this point, helped this happen. It feels sweet. It's amazing - Jimmy Walker
"I really like Jason. He's a quality guy and it's been fun to watch what he's been doing with golf over the last year and a half. I wouldn't expect anything less."
Walker came into the final round with a one-shot lead over Day and he maintained that at the turn as he made nine straight pars with Day bouncing back from early bogeys with gains on the fifth and the ninth.
A holed bunker shot then brought Walker's round to life and when he followed it with a 30-foot putt on the next, he was in a commanding position.
Day also had a birdie on the 11th to stay within touching distance but when Walker birdied the 17th, he had a three-shot lead to take down the last. The 28 year old was not giving up his title without a fight and he eagled the last to apply the pressure but a par from Walker was good enough to get the job done.
"It was nice to get the eagle, just to try and make Jimmy think about it but obviously he just played too good all day," said Day. "The birdie on 17 was key for him.
I'm a little disappointed but at the end of the day, I came in here with not the greatest preparation. I'm very, very happy with how I played all week - Jason Day
"I know exactly how Jimmy feels because I did exactly that last year. So it was actually quite nice to be able to see him celebrate with his family and friends there. I know exactly that feeling, and he's a very deserving winner."
Summerhays carded a 66 to secure third while Grace had four birdies in his first 13 holes to get to double figures before a bogey on the 16th took the wind from his sails.
A Stenson birdie on the sixth had him in contention at the turn but his chances ended with a double-bogey on the 15th, while Kaymer eagled the last in a closing 66.
Hatton's 68 was his third round of the week in the 60s and the Englishman secured a second consecutive Major top ten after his tie for fifth at The Open.
