Si Woo Kim

In 2017, Kim became the youngest-ever winner of the Players Championship at 21, beating Ian Poulter and Louis Oosthuizen by three when ranked 75th in the world.

It was his second PGA Tour victory – in 2016 he finished five clear of Luke Donald at the Wyndham Championship after posting a second-round 60 – and he has had two more since then, most recently last season’s Sony Open in Hawaii, where he closed with back-to-back rounds of 64. He has also been in three play-offs without success.

Did not play at Royal St George's in 2021, preferring instead to focus on the Olympics in Tokyo, but tied for 15th at St Andrews the following year and made history at Royal Troon during The 152nd Open.

During his third round, Kim recorded a hole-in-one at the par-3 17th, the first player to achieve the feat in an Open on that hole. At 238 yards, it was also the longest hole-in-one in the recorded history of The Open.

Aged 17 in 2012, he was the youngest player to survive the PGA Tour qualifying school but could not join the circuit until his next birthday.

Two years later, he was the second youngest winner – behind Jason Day – on the Web.com Tour.

Made his Presidents Cup debut in 2017 and was part of the South Korean side that finished joint third in the 2012 World Amateur Team Championship.