Sporting Life
Two gloves, zero theatrics, one unforgettable Major for Aaron Rai
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Englishman Aaron Rai celebrates with his wife Gaurika Bishnoi after winning the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania on May 17.
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Later, when the engraver is probably still scratching your name on historic silver, you stand and shuffle and wait to be called up. It’s a wonderful moment, for it’s the only time all day you look slightly tentative. You’ve practised swings all your life, but who prepares for victory ceremonies at a Major? The field of play is empty, players gone home or to the locker room, and it’s only you now.
Aaron Rai. PGA Championship winner. A golfer apart.
