English golfer Aaron Ray managed to break his winning record on the PGA Tour After winning the Windham Championship (North Carolina), the last tournament of the PGA Tour regular season, on Sunday night, with a total of 262 strokes (-18).
With the first day postponed due to rain, Rai finished the tournament in the dark with a round of 64 strokes (-6), and eventually won Two strikes of the reins on his pursuers. A victory that allows him to receive $ 1.4 million and 500 FedEx points for the win.
However the win also opens the door for the Englishman to next season’s important PGA tournaments.Such as The Sentry, The Players Championship, The Masters and the PGA Championship. This loot is not bad at all for a player who has focused his career on the DP World Tour, but he has found a loophole in the million-dollar North American circuit.
New life on the PGA Tour
And Ray Will be able to debut in the Tournament of Champions at the Plantation Course in KapaluA, and also at Augusta. A victory that allows him to keep his PGA Tour winner’s card until 2026.
American Billy Horschel congratulates his friend Aaron Roy after winning in North Carolina / EFE
Rai, with Indian ancestry, grew up in the English city of Wolverhampton and started playing golf when he was just five years old..He grew up dreaming of becoming a Formula One driver, but the reality is that he was better at golf, despite his father’s attempts to push him to choose tennis. Three wins on the Challenge Tour and two on the DP World Tour.
In his new life on the PGA Tour, It took him 89 tournaments to win and he has placed himself 25th in the FedEx rankingsThat opens the door to reaching the final tournament, the Tour Championship at East Lake, where only the best 30 on the PGA Tour reach. At only 29, the Englishman began a new life on the PGA Tour, The one that raises winners in its circuit and certainly won’t be the last.
