SWING ANALYSIS
Fairway Splitter Aaron Rai doesn’t overthink his swing, and the results speak for themselves BY LUKE KERR-DINEEN
NO GOLFER ON THE PGA Tour hit more fairways in 2024 and 2025 than Aaron Rai: 1,597
new US PGA champion (also winner of the 2024 Wyndham Championship and six international events). “Even if you fix it on one day, the body might feel different on the next. I also try not to look at other people’s swings too often or too many videos online of different instructors and coaches. You have to find your key components.” For Rai, balance starts at setup. He plays the ball a little further back than most pros, which creates a little more spin for control and encourages more
out of 2,192—a whopping 73 percent. What’s his advice for better accuracy off the tee? To find balance—not literally, though that’s important, too—rather, balance in approach to the golf swing. “I try to manage the amount that I look at my swing. It’s important to have an idea of where it’s at, but it’s very easy to overanalyse and look at all the little things,” says Rai, 31, of England, our
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40 GOLF DIGEST SOUTH AFRICA
JUNE 2026
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