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English golfer, Aaron Rai
Englishman Aaron Rai has secured the biggest win of his career with a three-shot victory over Jon Rahm of Spain and American Alex Smalley in the PGA Championship at the Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
Rai separated himself from a packed leaderboard with four back-nine birdies, including a 68-footer at the par-three 17th that delivered the knockout blow, en route to a five-under-par 65 that left him at nine under, on the week.
Aaron Rai has secured the biggest win of his career with a three-shot PGA Championship victory over Jon Rahm and Alex Smalley to become the first Englishman to win the tournament in the stroke play era.#MorningLive #SABCNews pic.twitter.com/JZr0PzIxmX
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With the win, Rai becomes the first Englishman to win the PGA Championship since it transitioned to stroke play in 1958 and the first since Jim Barnes in 1919.
His win, a month after Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy retained his Masters title, also marks the first time Europeans have won the season’s first two major championships.
