Scottie Scheffler

Already the long-standing world number one, Scottie Scheffler produced a dominant performance at Royal Portrush to win The 153rd Open at a canter.

The American delivered a masterclass on the County Antrim coast to win by four shots, with a 17-under par total of 267.

In 2025 he became the first player since Tiger Woods in 2007 to achieve 100 consecutive weeks as world number one – and is the holder of four major titles following his Open triumph and an emphatic five-stroke victory at the PGA Championship.

He won The Masters for the second time in 2024, and secured an astonishing eight other victories that year including at the Olympics, Players Championship, and Tour Championship.

In 2026 he won the Tour Championship for the second time in three years - the victory coming just two weeks after he claimed the FedEx St. Jude Championship by eight strokes.

He finished joint eighth on his Open debut at Royal St George's in 2021, and went unbeaten in his first Ryder Cup cap as a wild card selection later the same season.

The 2013 US junior champion earned Walker Cup honours four years later and in becoming the PGA TOUR’s Rookie of the Year in 2020 produced a 12-under-par 59 at the Northern Trust event, just the 12th sub-60 score in the TOUR's history.