Aaron Rai: Changing the stereotype of golf champs
India, May 19 -- Aaron Rai, the first Englishman since 1919 to win the PGA Championship, and only the second player of Indian heritage in the sport's history to win a major championship (Fiji's Vijay Singh was first), could well be the superhero who saves golf the way purists love it.
In a world besotted by grip-it-and-rip-it golf, where length off the tee is becoming an all-consuming pursuit and drivers are the weapon of destruction for most players, the 31-year-old stands out as someone who'd prioritise the use of brain over brawn.
Instead, Rai, 31, is someone who enjoys dissecting a golf course with his irons and short game. Someone who loves his irons so much that he wraps them individually in covers and is so blase about drivers that h...
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