Everything, yet nothing, changes for PGA champ Aaron Rai and wife
Aaron Rai told his wife before the final round of the PGA Championship that he was scared of how life might change, should he win. His wife, Gaurika, assured him it wouldn't.
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– His hands clasped behind his back, unfailingly polite, Aaron Rai is ticking through his final-day exploits on the 18th green at Aronimink. The perfectly shaped drives. The pinpoint approaches.
The birdie bombs. With millions watching around the world, he is calm, confident, clearheaded. Everything he wasn’t just 24 hours earlier at the PGA Championship.
About 50 yards away, off the side of the green, Rai's wife, Gaurika Bishnoi, is telling a story. On the way home from the course on Saturday night, before they arrived back at their hotel, Aaron confided in her that he wasn’t sure he was ready for the life-changing stakes ahead. Of course, he is far from the only world-class athlete to suffer a crisis of confidence at a critical moment; dominant world No.
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