Min Woo Lee

Min Woo Lee held off Scottie Scheffler no less to land his first PGA Tour title at March’s Texas Children’s Houston Open and with it moved to a career-high 22nd on the world rankings.

With the top 50 becoming exempt for Royal Portrush two months later he secured his fifth successive start.

He is a winner of three DP World Tour titles, two of them in his home country Australia. The other was the 2022 Scottish Open, which gave him his first major start a week later. Went into the event ranked 240th in the world and produced a closing 64 before beating Matthew Fitzpatrick and Thomas Detry at the first extra hole.

Finished sixth that season on the “Race to Dubai” and last September made his Presidents Cup debut, halving with 2023 US Open champion Wyndham Clark in the concluding singles.

As an amateur he won the 2016 US Junior title, following in the footsteps of four Open champions - Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth, David Duval and Johnny Miller.

He is the younger brother of Minjee Lee, a three-time major champion in the women’s game.