Why Rai winning his first major in Rocky's backyard feels fitting

Why Rai winning his first major in Rocky's backyard feels fittingTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Rai wins USPGA to claim first career majorByJonathan JurejkoBBC Sport golf reporterPublished2 hours agoIt feels fitting that an underdog who uses what some consider unorthodox methods was last man standing at a slugfest of a US PGA Championship held in Rocky Balboa's backyard.While Aaron Rai waited for his arm to be held aloft in Philadelphia as a first-time major champion, the 31-year-old Englishman could hear Eye of the Tiger - the unmistakable theme tune written for Rocky III - playing in the background as he received congratulations in the Aronimink clubhouse.Rai doesn't punch hanging slabs of meat with his bare knuckles while training like the iconic boxing character. He is rarely bare knuckled on the golf course. Unusually, Rai wears two gloves instead of the one which virtually everyone else across the world - professional and amateurs alike - wears for enhanced grip."I just happened to be given two gloves and I got into the habit of wearing them," Rai said of his early forays into the game."Then, a few weeks down the line my dad forgot to put the two gloves in the bag, so I had to play with one. It was terrible. "I couldn't play - I couldn't feel the grip - so I've always stuck with the two gloves ever since."Two gloves, one major - England's Rai wins US PGA titlePublished6 hours agoThe quirky look is only one part of what makes Rai's fascinating journey from Wolverhampton to the summit of the golfing world different.In fact, it was only by accident - and literally because of one - that Rai took up golf at all.Playing with his older brother's hockey sticks as a toddler ended in Rai copping a nasty bruise on his head, leading to mother Dalvir heading to the shops for plastic versions which she thought would be safer.Ins...