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NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Until Sunday, Aaron Rai was best known for being the PGA Tour golfer who played with two gloves.
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Englishman Aaron Rai claims stunning victory at US PGA Championship
England’s Aaron Rai clinched his first major title with a stunning victory at the US PGA Championship.
Hard work pays off for humble Englishman Rai at PGA Championship
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pennsylvania, May 17 : With one sizzling round of 65 at Aronimink Golf Club on Sunday, Englishman Aaron Rai emerged from relative obscurity to fulfil his dream of landing a major title with a shock triumph at the PGA Championship.
Rai's knockout punch in Rocky's backyard ends century-long English drought at PGA Championship
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pennsylvania, May 17 : Down the road from the city that produced one of Hollywood's ultimate underdog stories, Aaron Rai wrote an equally inspiring script at the PGA Championship on Sunday, delivering the knockout punch to become the first Englishman to win the Wanamaker Trophy since 1919.
Aaron Rai runs away with the PGA Championship, first English-born winner in more than a century
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pennsylvania: Aaron Rai shifted into high gear Sunday and pulled away from a world-class field with one amazing shot after another until he became the first English-born player in more than a century to capture the PGA Championship.Rai, who dreamed of being a Formula 1 driver until he turned to golf as a boy, was three shots behind and approaching the turn at Aronimink Golf Club when he delivered a performance worthy of a major champion.He made a 40-foot eagle putt on the par-5 ninth during a stretch when he one-putted seven straight greens to take the lead.And on the closing holes when the contenders needed him to stumble, Rai holed a birdie putt of some 70 feet across the 17th green for the clincher.The 31-year-old Rai, who joins two-time PGA champion Vijay Singh as major champions of Indian heritage, closed with a 5-under 65.“To be here is outside my wildest imagination,” Rai said.Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Cameron Smith, Justin Rose, all major champions, all of them in position until they were undone by untimely mistakes or failure to get good looks at birdie.McIlroy, who closed with a 69, played the par 5s in even for the week and he chopped up the reachable par-4 13th for a bogey. He also glared and softly cursed at a fan who said, “USA,” after McIlroy hit a wedge from the rough to the bunker on the par-5 16th.
England's Rai wins PGA Championship for first major title
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pennsylvania, May 17 : England's Aaron Rai won the PGA Championship by three shots over LIV Golf's Jon Rahm and Alex Smalley at Aronimink Golf Club on Sunday to claim his first major title.
England's Rai wins PGA Championship for first major title, LIV's Rahm finishes runner-up
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pennsylvania, May 17 : Aaron Rai secured the biggest win of his career with a three-shot PGA Championship victory over Jon Rahm and Alex Smalley on Sunday to become the first Englishman to win the tournament in the stroke play era.
Aaron Rai runs away with the PGA Championship, 1st English-born winner in more than a century
Aaron Rai shifted into high gear Sunday and pulled away from a world-class field with one amazing shot after another until he became the first English-born player in more than a century to capture the PGA Championship.