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Aaron Rai claimed his first major championship on Sunday, defeating Rory McIlroy in a playoff at Aronimink Golf Club in Pennsylvania. The 31-year-old Englishman’s win, achieved while wearing two gloves, capped a dramatic tournament where he overcame a final-round deficit to force extra holes.
Aaron Rai has made history by becoming the first Englishman to win the US PGA Championship since 1919. His childhood coach expresses pride as Rai joins golf’s elite.
Aaron Rai secured his first major title on Sunday, defeating Lucas Herbert in a sudden-death playoff at Aronimink Golf Club. The 29-year-old from England carded a final-round 69 to force the extra holes, then birdied the first playoff hole to lift the Wanamaker Trophy.