NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. – Aaron Rai’s greatest moment as a pro golfer isn’t winning the PGA Championship on Sunday at Aronimink Golf Club. It’s meeting his now-wife at the 2018 Hero Indian Open.
Rai, 31, was competing in the DP World Tour event when he had the opportunity to meet Gaurika Bishnoi in what could be the golf version of “How I Met Your Mother.”
Aaron Rai of England and wife Gaurika Bishnoi embrace during the final round of the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club on May 17, 2026 in Newtown, Pennsylvania.
Bishnoi is a professional golfer in her own right, a former No. 1 player on the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour, and her brother was serving as a volunteer in Rai’s group. As she pointed out, she wasn’t fan-girl-ing Rai but with the tournament being played at her home club, she was out following her brother on the course. She happened to strike up a conversation with Rai’s mother, Dalvir Shukla, and the two hit it off. When the round concluded, Rai’s mother begged her to wait, saying, “I want you to meet my son.”
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Fast-forward to July 2025 and the couple tied the knot in London.
“She’s been incredible. I’m not exaggerating when I say that I wouldn’t be here without her. Both as a companion, as a friend, as someone I’m sharing my life with, but also as a real support system for my game. She’s a professional golfer herself. So her mindset, her advice, her thoughts, whether it’s technique or the way I’m holding myself is absolutely invaluable. She encompasses so many different sides in her opinions,” he said. “I really wouldn’t be here without her.”
In addition to bouncing things off her, they practice frequently at home in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., where he is a regular at TPC Sawgrass.
“Honestly she beats me more times than I beat her. When we have putting contests, chipping contests, we do some wedge games on TrackMan. I do well to keep up with her. She really is that good,” he said. “We play a little bit on the course, but I’ve played Sawgrass, that’s where we live, a little bit more than her, and I think that little bit of experience helps. But it’s still very close with us even on the course.”
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At the Hero Indian Open, Rai was a bigger winner than the tournament champion as he found the love of his life.
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