Alex Noren

Noren made it into The 152nd Open in the week before the Championship, a T10 finish at the Genesis Scottish Open enough to secure one of the three spots at Royal Troon available through The Open Qualifying Series.

The Swede won two of his three games on his Ryder Cup debut in 2018 after making the world’s top 10 following wrist injuries that restricted him to a mere two DP World Tour events four years earlier.

Achieved five wins in under a year, a run which began with him taking the 2016 Scottish Open at Castle Stuart before he added the Omega European Masters, the British Masters and then the Nedbank Challenge in South Africa to finish third on the money list.

Then, the following May, a stunning last-day 62 swept him to victory in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.