Tiger Christensen

There is no Tiger Woods at Royal Birkdale this year, but there is 22-year-old German Tiger Christensen, who came through Final Qualifying at West Lancashire for a second time having previously achieved the feat in 2023.

Christensen finished T2 on this occasion alongside Kazuma Kobori and Jose Luis Ballester Barrio to claim one of the five Open spots available at West Lancs.

During an impressive amateur career, Christensen was part of the Continent of Europe side that beat Great Britain and Ireland in the 2021 Jacques Leglise Trophy. Before that he was runner-up in the 2019 European Boys' Championship.

He turned professional in late 2024 and has predominantly played on the HotelPlanner Tour since then.