Adam Hadwin

Took the one exempt spot on offer at June’s Memorial Tournament in Ohio. The event forms part of The Open Qualifying Series and the Canadian’s third-place finish was good enough with top two Scottie Scheffler and Collin Morikawa already exempt for Royal Troon.

It will be his first appearance at The Open since 2021.

Hadwin made a real name for himself at the 2017 CareerBuilder Challenge by becoming the eighth player in PGA Tour history to break 60. Just a week after Justin Thomas achieved the feat in the Sony Open, Hadwin, who stood 196th in the world at the time, had an incredible 13 birdies in his third-round 59.

He finished second in the event and two months later won his first title on the circuit in the Valspar Championship.

Hadwin qualified for The 148th Open at Royal Portrush in 2019 by finishing sixth in his home RBC Canadian Open, where all five players ahead of him - led by runaway winner Rory McIlroy – had secured their places previously.

He won four events in Canada in his rookie professional season. Stepping up to the Web.com Tour led to two victories in 2014 and he topped the money list to secure promotion to the PGA Tour.

Has twice played in the Presidents Cup.