{"id":1253871,"date":"2024-09-20T18:10:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T18:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?p=1253871"},"modified":"2024-09-20T20:04:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T20:04:22","slug":"aaron-rai-ses-to-the-occasion-at-the-bmw-pga-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/aaron-rai-ses-to-the-occasion-at-the-bmw-pga-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Rai-ses to the occasion at the BMW PGA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"
Englishman Aaron Rai carded a 2-under-par 70 today, bringing him to 6-under for the tournament at the BMW PGA Championship<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n Having opened with a 4-under-par 68 on day one, Rai climbed the leaderboard to 8-under through 16 in the second round before dropping shots at the 17th and 18th.<\/p>\n Despite the disappointing finish, Rai feels the opening two rounds have been a positive start to the tournament.<\/p>\n “There was a lot of good play overall. Again, tricky conditions, it was pretty windy for the most part, and tricky with the delay as well, so all in all, a good round. It definitely feels worse at the moment with finishing bogey-bogey there on 17-18, but yeah, good day and a good two days overall.”<\/p>\n For Rai \u2014 who is now based in the States \u2014 returning to play on home soil is a special occasion, and with a tied 2nd finish last year, has multiple fond memories at Wentworth.<\/p>\n “It’s amazing, this would have been a tournament I would have grown up coming to watch in person and watching on TV, so it’s amazing to be able to compete here. There are not too many events which are in England anymore, so anytime I’m playing on home soil, it’s a great feeling.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n