Carlos Ortiz

Carlos Ortiz will make his second Open appearance at Royal Portrush this year, having made his major debut at the US Open back in 2016.

He achieved his place at The 153rd Open in style with a three-stroke victory over former Masters champion Patrick Reed at the Asian Tour’s International Series Macau in March, where three Open Qualifying Series spots were up for grabs.

Ortiz’s 22 under par performance included a second round 61. He still trailed Reed by one at that point, but closed 66-64.

He represented Mexico at the 2010 and 2012 Eisenhower Trophy world amateur team championship, on the latter occasion finishing runners-up to an American side which included Justin Thomas.

Was voted the Web.com Tour’s Player of the Year in 2015 and graduated to the main circuit. He lost his card before returning to capture the 2020 Houston Open by two over Dustin Johnson and Hideki Matsuyama. He was ranked 160th in the world at the time, but reached a high of 44th a year later.

Ortiz enjoyed his maiden Asian Tour success in Oman in February last year and four months later grabbed his first LIV Golf title by a stroke from Adrian Meronk.