Cameron Young

Cameron Young shot a closing 65 on his debut at St Andrews in 2022, and was denied the Claret Jug only by Cameron Smith’s 64 for a one-shot victory.

That came two months after he tied for third at the PGA Championship.

Young recorded another top 10 finish at Royal Liverpool 12 months later, and also at the 2023 and 2024 Masters.

Has reached 13th in the world, but after seven runner-up finishes is still searching for his first PGA Tour victory. Another chance to change that came at the RBC Canadian Open on June 8, but needing a closing birdie for a play-off he instead ran up a bogey six.

Joint fourth was still good enough for one of the three Royal Portrush spots, however, as play-off pair Sam Burns and Ryan Fox were already exempt.

He was the winner of back-to-back titles on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2021 and made his PGA Championship debut was the following May. He was in contention before a double bogey on the 16th hole dropped him to joint third only one shot away from the play-off in which Justin Thomas beat Will Zalatoris.

In 2014 Young played at the Junior Ryder Cup and Junior World Cup and he represented America again at the 2022 Presidents Cup.