Aaron Rai

England · born March 3, 1995, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (historically Staffordshire), England

1major championship

PGA Championship1 win
PGA Tour 2024–262 wins, 1 2nd, 3 seasons of stats

Summary

First major 2026 PGA Championship
PGA Tour wins, 2024–26 2
2026 PGA Tour (in progress) 19 events · 2 top 10s

Wins

2024 Wyndham Championship PGA Tour win · 262 (-18) · 2 strokes
2026 PGA Championship Aronimink Golf Club · 271 (-9) · by 3 strokes from Jon Rahm and Alex Smalley
2026 PGA Championship PGA Tour win · 271 (-9) · 3 strokes

Near misses

2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic PGA Tour · runner-up to Cameron Davis · margin 1 stroke

Moments

2026 PGA Championship Rai holed a 40-foot eagle putt at the 9th and a 68-foot birdie putt at the 17th on the way to a closing 65.
2026 PGA Championship Rai became the first Englishman to win the PGA Championship since Jim Barnes in 1919.

Results by championship

Best day

2026 PGA Championship

Aronimink Golf Club, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania · 271 (-9) · by 3 strokes from Jon Rahm and Alex Smalley

Rai holed a 40-foot eagle putt at the 9th and a 68-foot birdie putt at the 17th on the way to a closing 65.

Rai became the first Englishman to win the PGA Championship since Jim Barnes in 1919.

Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 2026.

Career line, 2024–2026

PGA Championship

2026 PGA Championship: won

PGA Tour 2024–26

2024 Wyndham Championship: won2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic: runner-up2025 PGA Tour season: 21 events2026 PGA Championship: won

2024202520262027

5 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

Major win
Other win
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Tour season

Aaron Rai was born on March 3, 1995, in Wolverhampton, West Midlands (historically Staffordshire), England. Rai won one major championship: the 2026 PGA Championship. From 2024 to 2026 Rai won 2 PGA Tour events: the 2024 Wyndham Championship and the 2026 PGA Championship. In the 2026 PGA Tour season (in progress; data through October 11, 2026), Rai played 19 events, won 1 and had 2 top-10 finishes.

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The record

Wins in the majors (1)

2024 Wyndham Championship PGA Tour win · 262 (-18) · 2 strokes
2026 PGA Championship Aronimink Golf Club, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania · 271 (-9) · by 3 strokes from Jon Rahm and Alex Smalley
2026 PGA Championship PGA Tour win · 271 (-9) · 3 strokes

Near misses

2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic PGA Tour · runner-up to Cameron Davis · margin 1 stroke

PGA Tour seasons, 2024–2026

2024 Season 25 events · 1 wins · 6 top 10s · 20 cuts made · $4,613,515 official money (No. 33) · FedEx Cup No. 23 · strokes gained total 1.185 (No. 6) · driving distance 293.8 (No. 153)
2025 Season 21 events · 0 wins · 2 top 10s · 16 cuts made · $3,274,601 official money (No. 52) · strokes gained total 0.808 · driving distance 289.6 (No. 171)
2026 In progress 19 events · 1 wins · 2 top 10s · 13 cuts made · $5,406,602 official money (No. 28) · scoring average (adjusted) 70.307 (No. 40) · strokes gained total 0.463 (No. 50) · driving distance 293.3 (No. 156)

2026 runs through the Baycurrent Classic (ended October 11, 2026).

Wins (2)

2024 Wyndham Championship final day 2024-08-12 · 262 (-18) · 2 strokes
2026 PGA Championship final day 2026-05-17 · 271 (-9) · 3 strokes

Sources

Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.

Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.