{"id":229990,"date":"2021-03-17T15:21:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T15:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/magical-kenya-open-rai-returns-to-second-home-targeting-more-kenyan-glory\/"},"modified":"2022-10-06T12:50:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T12:50:12","slug":"magical-kenya-open-rai-returns-to-second-home-targeting-more-kenyan-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/magical-kenya-open-rai-returns-to-second-home-targeting-more-kenyan-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"Rai returns to ‘second home’ targeting more Kenyan glory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rai returns to second home<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aaron Rai returns to the scene of an emotional victory and one of his career highlights at this week’s Magical Kenya Open presented by Johnnie Walker, an event which he won on the Challenge Tour in 2017 in front of his Kenyan-born mother and jubilant crowds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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The Englishman has a special connection to this week’s venue Karen Country Club, where he triumphed four years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was his first of three Challenge Tour victories, and the win came on Mothers’ Day as his own mother watched on proudly, having returned to her birthplace for the first time since leaving as a teenager. Additionally, Rai’s sister now calls Karen, the neighbourhood in the outskirts of Nairobi which hosts this week’s event, her home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Karen Country Club 🇰🇪
Par 71 – 6,921 yards ⛳️
1,750m above sea level ⛰#MagicalKenyaOpen<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/58fSA1LusJ<\/a><\/p>\u2014 The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) March 17, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>