Denny McCarthy

Denny McCarthy was a member of winning American teams at the 2010 Junior Ryder Cup and 2014 Eisenhower Trophy world amateur championship.

The first of those he played alongside Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas and in the second his partners were Bryson DeChambeau and Beau Hossler - but then tasted defeat in the following year’s Walker Cup just prior to turning professional.

Has since played more than 200 PGA Tour events with play-off losses to Viktor Hovland in the 2023 Memorial Tournament and to Akshay Bhatia in last season’s Valero Texas Open.

His first Open appearance came in 2023 at the age of 30. Seventh in the 2022 US Open is his best major result so far, but he tied for eighth at May’s PGA Championship and became exempt for Royal Portrush as part of the game’s top 50 a week later.