Davis Riley

Second reserve when the cut-off point on the world rankings came on July 7 – he was overtaken by Brian Campbell, Davis Thompson and Si Woo Kim in the final week – Riley was called into the championship on Monday when Ernie Els and then Paul Waring withdrew.

Was a joint runner-up at May’s PGA Championship behind Scottie Scheffler, the player he met in the final of the 2013 US Junior championship – a match which ended after he called a penalty on himself when he saw his ball move a fraction as he prepared to putt.

Reached a second final a year later – only Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth had previously done that – but on that occasion lost to Will Zalatoris. Played the 2014 Junior Ryder Cup and the 2015 US Open as an amateur and on his first appearance at the PGA Championship ln 2022 tied for 13th only five strokes behind winner Justin Thomas.

Riley has since become a two-time winner on the PGA Tour. His first victory was in partnership with Nick Hardy at the 2023 Zurich Classic and last year he took the Charles Schwab Challenge by five from Keegan Bradley and that man Scheffler.