Aaron Rai | |
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Personal information | |
Born |
Wolverhampton, England |
3 March 1995
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight | 151 lb (68 kg; 10.8 st) |
Nationality | England |
Residence | Wolverhampton, England |
Career | |
Turned professional | 2012 |
Current tour(s) |
Challenge Tour European Tour |
Professional wins | 3 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Challenge Tour | 2 |
Other | 1 |
Aaron Rai (born 3 March 1995) is an English professional golfer.
In 2015, he played on the PGA EuroPro Tour, and was promoted to the Challenge Tour for 2016.
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. His win coincided with Mothering Sunday in the UK. 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.