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Aaron Rai takes the golf world by storm

Aaron Rai of England poses with the trophy during day four of the Honma Hong Kong Open at The Hong Kong Golf Club on November 25, 2018 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. (Photo by Luke Walker/Getty Images,)

By: Keerthi Mohan

Aaron Rai won his first European Tour title at the Hong Kong Open last Sunday, making him the 12th Englishman to win on the European Tour and among the growing number of players of Indian descent making a mark on the game. However, before Rai was bitten by the golfing bug, he was keen to take up racing as a career. A BBC archive footage of a five-year-old Rai at his local course after winning his first tournament shows him saying he wanted to become a racing driver. “I used to love watching [seven-time Formula 1 champion] Michael Schumacher back…

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