Jon Rahm

The only European in history to win both the US Open and The Masters, the second of those coming this April on what would have been the 66th birthday of Seve Ballesteros.

Rahm’s commanding four-stroke victory, which took him back to the world No.1 spot, followed a two-shot success in the 2021 US Open at Torrey Pines, scene also of the first of his 11 PGA Tour wins – four of them in the first four months this year.

His best Open finish came at Royal Liverpool in 2023, when he finished in a four-way tie for second on seven-under, six strokes behind Champion Golfer Brian Harman.

This placing was in so small way helped by a Saturday 63; the lowest Open round in Hoylake history.

Rahm topped the amateur world rankings as well and set a scoring record at the 2014 World Amateur Team Championship – six better than the previous best by Jack Nicklaus – before embarking on a professional career which has also seen him win 10 DP World Tour events, including three Spanish Opens, three DP World Tour Championships and two Irish Opens, top the “Race to Dubai” in 2019 and beat Tiger Woods on his Ryder Cup debut in Paris in 2018, then top-score for Europe in the 2021 defeat at Whistling Straits.