Aaron Rai’s underdog victory and Lee Westwood’s embarrassing weekend on Twitter

About this episode

The episode discusses Aaron Rai's unexpected win at the PGA and Lee Westwood's controversial comments on Twitter.

A man with iron covers and two black gloves wins the PGA. An all-time comeback in ladies' golf. Lee Westwood fires shots at two Golf Digest writers.

People in this episode

Host: Golf Digest

Topics covered

• underdog victory
• Twitter controversy
• PGA
• ladies' golf
• comeback
• golf news

Keywords

• Aaron Rai
• Lee Westwood
• PGA
• golf
• Twitter
• comeback
• ladies' golf

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Golf Digest

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