Dan Bradbury

Dan Bradbury will be making his third Open appearance when he competes at Royal Birkdale this summer.

The Englishman won his second Joburg Open title in March - his third success on the DP World Tour - after finishing a shot clear of Brandon Robinson Thompson and Casey Jarvis on 17-under-par.

This came four years after he was the recipient of a late invitation to the same event, and on only his third start on the DP World Tour the former Yorkshire boys’ captain stunned even himself with an incredible wire-to-wire three-stroke victory over Sami Valimaki.

Bradbury, only a few months into his professional career and with no Tour status, teed off at 1,397th in the world rankings, but began with an eight-under-par 63 which contained two eagles and seven birdies and eventually finished 21-under-par.

His other victory on the tour came at the FedEx Open de France in October 2024.

Bradbury spent four years at Lincoln Memorial University in the United States and achieved a record nine individual titles before stepping up to Florida State University.