Victor Perez

Made his Open debut in 2021 after a climb into the world’s top 30 and sealed his place at St Andrews in stunning fashion at the Dutch Open, part of The Open Qualifying Series.

In a play-off with Ryan Fox, Perez stayed alive with putts of 20 and 30 feet at the first and third holes and then made another from over 40 feet to win on the next.

His one previous DP World Tour success was at the Home of Golf in the 2019 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship close to his home in Dundee. He was then in a six-man play-off for the Turkish Airlines Open, runner-up in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and BMW PGA Championship and in 2021 reached the semi-finals of the WGC-Dell Match Play.

Perez first made a real name for himself at the 2014 Eisenhower Trophy World Amateur Team Championship, where he finished second leading individual behind Jon Rahm.

A student at the University of New Mexico, he had success on the Alps Tour and Challenge Tour before graduating to the main circuit for the 2019 season, where he kicked off with a tie for third at the Hong Kong Open.

Began 2023 with a one-stroke victory in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, holing a bunker shot on the last-but-one hole.