What Aaron Rai was seen doing at The Masters when Rory McIlroy was making the turn on Sunday
Photo by Joel Marklund/Augusta National/Getty Images What has been made abundantly clear in the days following the PGA Championship is just how popular a winner Aaron Rai has proven to be. Rai was probably not one of the favourites in the eyes of many heading into the final round at Aronimink this past week. The Englishman had not won on the PGA Tour since 2024.
Meanwhile, he had been in the field for Myrtle Beach Classic the week before the second major of the year, rather than the Truist Championship. The lengths Aaron Rai has gone to in his bid to improve on the golf course But Rai produced an outstanding performance in Philadelphia. He was particularly impressive on the back nine, with the 31-year-old taking complete charge of the tournament and not looking back.
He may be far from the longest hitter, but it does appear that few players put in more effort to get everything out of their game. Xander Schauffele lauded Rai’s work-rate as he closed in on victory on Sunday. And speaking on Scorecard on CBS Sports , Patrick McDonald revealed some of the lengths he has noticed Rai go to in his attempts to improve.
“I will say I have a couple of Rai stories. I think everyone knows the iron cover story, knows that he’s a little bit I would say unorthodox where he uses an old driver from TaylorMade, he uses that plastic tee as well to make sure that his ball is always teed up at the same length,” he said. Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images “Last year at the US Open, I was following that group of Viktor Hovland and J.
J. Spaun at Oakmont. And of course, you know the practice green was also the ninth green there, split into two, and Rai was in the corner with his dad just banging away that four-foot drill that he always does on the putting green.