2026-06-21 11:30:34
Aaron Rai is “extremely, extremely proud” of his victory at the PGA Championship.
The golfer became the first English player to win the Wanamaker Trophy for over 100 years with his three-stroke triumph at Aronimink last month and he admitted it was an “amazing” achievement considering the dozens of greats who have gone before him.
He told Golf Monthly magazine: “It makes me extremely, extremely proud.
“There’s a lot of incredible and historic English players over those 100 years who have gone on to achieve incredible things and had phenomenal careers.
“To win this event and be the first one in a long time from England is an amazing thing.”
Aaron praised his parents for all the sacrifices they made for him when he was growing up.
He said: “It’s hard for me to really express everything I feel towards them. I think I’ll get way too emotional to speak.
“Starting with my dad, he was with me every day that I went to practice from the age of four or five.
“He actually quit his job and started to focus on my golf from a really young age.
“My mum has been absolutely incredible as well.
“She worked extremely long hours to provide for the house, especially with my dad also not working as much. I can’t put it into words how much they’ve done.”
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