PGA Champion Aaron Rai: The "nice guy" who kept the CaddiePlayer card in his wallet...
Blog writen by Stephane Barras, CaddiePlayer Founder
I first saw Aaron Rai at Walton Heath GC, Surrey, England back in 2017 US Open Qualifier. He was warming up next to us (I was then coaching Raphael Jacquelin).
What got my attention right away abour Aaron was "An awkward Swing gripping with two gloves" and his Father next pulling a trolley. I was thinking ... "ok this might me someone I might be able to assist"
Then in 2018, after regain his DPWorld card, I crossed Aaron at the British Masters and gave him my CaddiePlayer card to encourage him to register.
Well, Aaron never register to CaddiePlayer, yet one year later as I was coaching Gaganjeet Bhullar at the Dunhill CUP St Andrews, we played together and later had lunch when I asked him: "So what about CaddiePlayer? He then took his wallet out and to my big surprise showed me the CaddiePlayer card"....
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