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Aaron Rai Injury Update: Withdraws from Texas Children’s Houston Open

Aaron Rai Injury Update: Withdraws from Texas Children’s Houston Open

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By: Alex Hunter

Rai has withdrawn from the Texas Children’s Houston Open with a neck injury before his first-round tee time Thursday at Memorial Park. Replacing Rai in the field will be Taylor Moore.

Rai had missed back-to-back cuts leading up to the Houston Open, so maybe the neck injury has been bothering him for some time. This is unfortunate timing, as Memorial Park is a course Rai has played well at in the past.

The Englishman missed the cut at the par 70 last season, but before this, Rai finished T19th, T7th and T7th in his first three starts at Memorial Park. Given Rai had missed his last two cuts before this week and he hasn’t finished higher than T23rd this season, he was only rostered by 2.6% of the field in the $750K Sand Trap on DraftKings.

Rai’s next scheduled start comes at Augusta National for the Masters in two weeks, but it remains to be seen if he will be healthy enough to compete at the major. Rai finished T27th in his Masters debut last season and he carries +13000 odds to win the tournament in two weeks on DraftKings Sportsbook.

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Alex Hunter
Alex Hunter is an avid DFS player and sports handicapper, who has been a proud member of the DraftKings Network team since 2020. He is a data-driven analyst, who earned his bachelor’s degree in communications at Worcester State University and has been in the sports content business for nearly a decade, covering the NBA, NFL and PGA TOUR. Alex is a diehard Boston Celtics fan, who loves to be on the golf course when he isn’t grinding lineups or producing content. For all of Alex’s work or if you need any lineup advice, be sure to follow him @Hunta512 on X.
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