JT Poston

JT Poston was in a tie for fifth at May’s PGA Championship – and would have been second on his own but for a bogey-bogey finish.

He secured his Open spot a week later as a member of the game’s top 50, a position he has held since his third PGA Tour victory at October’s Shriners Children’s Open.

His first title came in stunning fashion at the 2019 Wyndham Championship, where he climbed through the field with a closing 62 and pipped Webb Simpson by one. It was also notable for the fact that he did not have a single bogey all week – something last achieved on the PGA Tour in 1974.

Poston triumphed again at the 2022 John Deere Classic and so took one of the last St Andrews spots offered in the Open Qualifying Series.

Has the first names James Tyree, but has long been known as “JT”.

His grandfather played in two US Senior Amateurs and two British Senior Amateurs, matching or beating his age more than 600 times.