He'll probably have Chipotle': Aaron Rai keeps celebrations low-key after PGA Championship win

Aaron Rai, 31, won the PGA Championship at Aronimink and became the first Englishman to win the event since 1919. He earned $3,690,000 and a lifetime exemption, and immediately planned to celebrate with Chipotle alongside his wife, Gaurika Bishnoi. Rai said he had not considered what would come next, including future major attempts or Ryder Cup goals. He learned about the hundred-year gap only after Saturday night. Rai dedicated the win to Bishnoi, crediting crucial advice after he made a bogey on the 18th and lost his share of the lead. He said the key to navigating a crowded major leaderboard was to ignore it and focus on his own play.

"Aaron Rai's life changed on the 18th green at Aronimink, but his lifestyle didn't. Rai, 31 from Wolverhampton, became the first Englishman to win the PGA Championship since 1919, earning himself $3,690,000, and a lifetime exemption to the tournament doing it, and promptly said he was going to celebrate it all by going to Chipotle."

"Rai only found out about the hundred-year jinx on Saturday night. There's been a lot of incredible and historic English players over those hundred years, Rai said, players who have gone on to achieve incredible things and had phenomenal careers, so to win this event and then to be the person that's the first one to have won it in a long time from England is an amazing thing and something to be extremely proud of."

"Rai dedicated the victory to Bishnoi, who he said had given him some crucial advice on Saturday night, after he lost his share of the lead by making a bogey on the 18th. I'm not exaggerating when I say that I wouldn't be here without her, Rai said. She's a professional golfer herself. So her mindset, her advice, her thoughts, whether it's technique or the way I'm holding myself is absolutely invaluable."

"Rai said that the secret to steering his way through one of the most congested leaderboards in the history of major golf was to simply ignore it. Honestly, I didn't look too much at the leaderboard, he said."

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