Aaron Rai
| Aaron Rai | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born |
3 March 1995 Wolverhampton, England |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 151 lb (68 kg; 10.8 st) |
| Nationality |
 |
| Residence | Wolverhampton, England |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2012 |
| Current tour(s) | European Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Challenge Tour | 3 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2017 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
Aaron Rai (born 3 March 1995) is an English professional golfer currently playing on the European Tour.
Professional career
Rai turned professional in 2012. In 2015, he played on the PGA EuroPro Tour, finished 5th in the Order of Merit and was promoted to the Challenge Tour for 2016.[1]
Rai was 18th in the 2016 Challenge Tour Order of Merit and just missed out on a European Tour place. His best finish was joint runner-up in the Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge, a stroke behind the winner, Alexander Björk.
In March 2017 he had his biggest success, winning the Barclays Kenya Open on the Challenge Tour by 3 strokes. His Kenya-born mother embraced him on the final green, seconds after his final stroke: Rai said that it was her first visit to Kenya since she left in 1970.[2] He had his second win of the season in May, winning the Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9, beating Irishman Gavin Moynihan 2&1 in the 9-hole final. His third win of the season came in July with a win in Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge by 5 strokes. This third win gave him an immediate entry to the European Tour.
Professional wins (4)
Challenge Tour wins (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 Mar 2017 | Barclays Kenya Open | −17 (67-66-69-65=267) | 3 strokes |  |
| 2 | 21 May 2017 | Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9 | 2 & 1 |  | |
| 3 | 23 Jul 2017 | Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge | −18 (66-65-69-66=266) | 5 strokes |  |
PGA EuroPro Tour wins (1)
- 2015 Glenfarclas Open
See also
References
- ↑ "2017 Barclays Kenyan Open – Entry List". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ↑ "Tears and cheers as Rai win in Kenya". PGA European Tour. 26 March 2017.
External links
- Aaron Rai at the European Tour official site
- Aaron Rai at the Official World Golf Ranking official site