{"id":676993,"date":"2026-05-18T07:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/676993\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T07:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:07:10","slug":"pga-championship-winner-aaron-rais-wife-is-also-a-golf-star-beats-me-more-times-than-i-beat-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/676993\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA Championship winner Aaron Rai\u2019s wife is also a golf star: \u2018Beats me more times than I beat her\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aaron Rai and his wife, Gaurika Bishnoi, shared an emotional moment after he won the PGA Championship on Sunday.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Following his victory, he went right over to his family and embraced his wife in a sweet scene that highlighted the connection between the couple.<\/p>\n

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Between the pair, Rai isn\u2019t the only golfer of the two, with Bishnoi also boasting a successful career of her own on the links.<\/p>\n

Bishnoi and Rai married in July 2025, and she has been able to boast of being one of the top Indian women\u2019s golfers over the past decade.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old began her pro golf career in 2016 and has racked up eight wins on India\u2019s Hero Women\u2019s Pro Golf Tour, according to For The Win<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Aaron<\/p>\n

Aaron Rai, of England, and wife Gaurika Bishnoi hold the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament at Aronimink Golf Club, Sunday, May 17, 2026. AP Photo\/Frank Franklin II<\/p>\n

She currently competes on the Ladies European Tour and has two top 10 finishes in nine tournaments on the tour.<\/p>\n

He was asked about her on Sunday and how the two fare when they go head-to-head.<\/p>\n

Rai told reporters<\/a> they practice together and things are very close between them on their home course of TPC Sawgrass.<\/p>\n

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They have putting and chipping contests among other things and \u201cshe beats me more times than I beat her,\u201d Rai admitted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do well to keep up with her,\u201d Rai said. \u201cShe really is that good\u201d<\/p>\n

Bishnoi had a viral moment during the 2025 Masters when she was Rai\u2019s caddie during the Par 3 contest and she memorably made a shot closer to the hole than her husband did.<\/p>\n

The two even shared a celebration that drew laughter from golf fans and the broadcast of the event.<\/p>\n

Rai returned the favor by caddying for her during a Ladies European Tour event later that year, which the tour shared on social media, describing it as \u201cmarriage goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Aaron<\/p>\n

Aaron Rai reacts with his wife, Gaurika Bishnoi on the 18th hole during the final round of the PGA Championship golf tournament. James Lang-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

\u201cGaurika Bishnoi has PGA Tour\/DP World Tour winner and husband Aaron Rai on the bag this week,\u201d they captioned the post.<\/p>\n

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The two returned to the Par 3 contest in 2026, and Bishnoi was once again on Rai\u2019s bag as he won the event.<\/p>\n

Other details about their relationship are limited, though FTW indicated that the two had connected due to their shared love of the sport of golf.<\/p>\n

Bishnoi\u2019s social media is filled with photos of the couple, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aaron Rai and his wife, Gaurika Bishnoi, shared an emotional moment after he won the PGA Championship on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[15755,248802,49,48,248801,622,140723,12014,82],"class_list":["post-676993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-aaron-rai","tag-bishnoi","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-gaurika-bishnoi","tag-golf","tag-ladies-european-tour","tag-pga-championship","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}