Where better than the home of Rocky Balboa for an underdog story? And who better to deliver a punch to conventional wisdom than a man with two gloved hands? Step forward Aaron Rai, one of golf’s shortest hitters and its newest major champion.
In utterly delightful scenes, this softly-spoken, gently-swinging son of Wolverhampton became England’s first winner of the PGA Championship since Jim Barnes in 1919, taking home the tournament’s £2.76million jackpot.
And how he did it, outrunning the massed ranks of the great, good and downright unknowns to deliver a result entirely in keeping with a wild and weird tournament.
Rai’s winning
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