Christiaan Bezuidenhout

Just clung on to 20th place on this season's FedEx Cup standings on June 23, the day they all became exempt for Royal Troon.

A wild card selection for the 2022 Presidents Cup and despite being on the losing side he was unbeaten, halving his fourball with Mito Pereira against Kevin Kisner and Cameron Young and then defeating Kisner in the concluding singles match.

Three times a winner on the DP World Tour and played the 2022 Open at St Andrews thanks to a tie for second place at the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic, where three spots were up for grabs as part of the Qualifying Series.

Lifted the 2019 Estrella Damm NA Andalucia Masters at Valderrama by six strokes and then enjoyed back-to-back victories on home soil.

After a four-stroke success at the Alfred Dunhill Championship he marched to a five-shot win in the South African Open en route to topping the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit.

Was ranked only 576th in the world when he was part of a nine-way tie for second place behind compatriot Justin Harding at the 2019 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, then came joint third in the BMW PGA Championship and early in 2020 lost a play-off to Lucas Herbert at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic.

In January was runner-up to Nick Dunlap at the PGA Tour’s American Express tournament.