Travis Smyth

Travis Smyth will compete at The Open for the first time since making his Championship debut at Royal Liverpool three years ago.

The Australian's performances on the PGA Tour of Australasia, where he topped the Order of Merit, were enough to secure his place at Royal Birkdale for The 154th Open.

He has won twice already in 2026, at the ISPS Handa Japan-Australasia Championship in March and at the International Series Japan on the Asian Tour in April.

Smyth represented Australia as an amateur and was runner-up to Connor Syme in the Amateur Championship in 2016, the same season he finished runner-up to Curtis Luck at the PGA Tour of Australasia’s Western Australian Open.

He had still to turn professional when he went one better than that the following September, storming to a six-stroke success at the Northern Territory PGA Championship. On switching codes he joined the Asian Tour and went on to claim their Yeangder TPC title in September 2022.