Aaron Rai is not the name most casual fans had circled on their PGA Championship bracket, but that's exactly why this one is fun. The Englishman got it done at Aronimink, and the Barstool golf universe spent the weekend chewing on the how and the why. Fore Play wasted no time dropping the full recap pod, complete with the iron-cover discourse that only that show could turn into a bit.
The Fore Play crew breaks down Rai's win and the now-infamous iron cover debate.
The course itself was a story all week. Aronimink hadn't hosted a major in a minute, and Kiz — who actually teed it up there back in 2018 — gave his read on how the setup played versus what he remembered. That kind of context is the stuff you can't really get from the broadcast, and it's why the recap pods hit different when guys on the mic have actually walked the property.
Kiz compares the Aronimink setup to his 2018 round on the property.
The bigger takeaway from Rai's week is the oldest cliche in the sport: putt for dough. Fore Play hammered on it in their follow-up clip, and it's the right read. Rai isn't bombing it past anyone, but when the putter gets hot at a major, that's the entire ballgame. It's the kind of win that quietly reshapes how you think about a guy in future majors and futures markets alike.
Further proof from the Fore Play guys that the putter is still what separates major winners from the pack.
Then there was the sideshow stuff that always trails a major. Garrick Higgo missing his tee time and the press conference that followed became its own segment, and by Monday the reports were that Higgo and his caddie had split. Brutal week, hilarious content.
Kiz and the guys react to Higgo's missed tee time and the press conference fallout.
And to officially close the loop, PMT slid in late with the DraftKings-stamped Aaron Rai victory lap. It's the kind of cross-show baton pass that keeps a major champion's name bouncing around the Barstool ecosystem for an extra news cycle — which, for a guy like Rai, is exactly the runway he's earned.
PMT puts the official Barstool stamp on Rai's win with the DraftKings tie-in.