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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Neha Gohil Midlands correspondent

Aaron Rai’s US PGA win inspires golf’s next generation in Wolverhampton

A smiling Aaron Rai holding a large silver trophy
Aaron Rai with the Wanamaker trophy at Aronimink golf club in Pennsylvania on Sunday. Photograph: Steve Falk/EPA

There was a real buzz and sense of pride at the 3 Hammers golf complex in Wolverhampton, the old stomping grounds of Aaron Rai, who on Sunday became the first Englishman since 1919 to win the US PGA Championship.

It was the first major title of the 31-year-old’s career and Rai described it as “truly a dream come true”.

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