Jazz Janewattananond

Through to his fourth Open Championship after surviving the 36-hole Final Qualifying event at Royal Porthcawl on July 4 with nothing to spare at one-under-par.

Janewattananond was exempt for Royal St George's two years ago after becoming the Asian Tour’s No 1 for 2019 following back-to-back victories in the BNI Indonesian Masters and Thailand Open, where he produced a third-round 60.

In the same year he also lifted the SMBC Singapore Open, part of The Open Qualifying Series with four places at Royal Portrush on offer, and Kolon Korea Open. There was a 14th-place finish on his PGA Championship debut as well as he climbed into the game’s top 50.

Janewattananond first came to global attention at the age of 14 in 2010 as the youngest player to survive a halfway cut on the Asian Tour. He turned professional the same year and the following season made another cut on his Japan Tour debut.

His first name is actually Atiwit, but has long been known as “Jazz”, a name given to him by his father, a judge.

After a short stint as a monk he grabbed three titles in 2017 and at the DP World Tour’s Fiji International the same season he finished joint second behind Shaun Norris.

Then chipped in for eagle on the final hole of the Tour qualifying school to grab a card by the skin of his teeth.