Kammala wannan jumlar: 2017 ya kasance kakar wasa mai nasara tare da Rai, tare da nasara uku a kan Challenge Tour. A watan Maris ya lashe Barclays Kenya Open da bugun jini 3. Mahaifiyarsa da aka haifa a Kenya ta rungume shi a kan kore na karshe, 'yan mintuna bayan bugun jini na karshe: Rai ta ce wannan ita ce ziyararta ta farko a Kenya tun lokacin da ta bar ta a shekarar 1970. Ya sami nasararsa ta biyu a watan Mayu, Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9, inda ya doke Irishman Gavin Moynihan 2 da 1 a wasan karshe na rami 9. Nasararsa ta uku ta zo ne a watan Yuli a Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge inda ya ci nasara da bugun jini 5. Nasara ta uku ta ba shi damar shiga Turai ta Turai. A watan Mayu, a Walton Heath, ya jagoranci sashen kasa da kasa wanda ya cancanci zuwa
US Open amma ya kasa yankewa a cikin babban aikinsa na farko.