Viktor Hovland

Viktor Hovland shared the lead with Rory McIlroy with a round to go at The 150th Open at St Andrews but finished joint-fourth.

That was his best major finish until the 2023 PGA Championship, where he tied for second with Scottie Scheffler behind Brooks Koepka. Back at the same event last season he came third.

An astonishing end to 2023 saw him win the BMW Championship and a week later his final-round 63 secured the Tour Championship and an $18million FedEx Cup bonus.

Not content with that, and reaching the world’s top three, he then became one of Europe’s stars at the Ryder Cup. His three-and-a-half points included a singles win over Collin Morikawa and mind-blowing 9&7 thrashing of Scheffler and Koepka alongside debutant Ludvig Aberg.

Hovland was the first Norwegian to win the US Amateur title in 2018 and in coming joint 12th at the 2019 US Open broke the championship record for an amateur set by Jack Nicklaus in 1960.

Also had a 32nd place at The Masters before embarking on a professional career which saw him rack up ten titles by the age of 25.

After an unexpected lean spell he returned to winning ways at the Valspar Championship in March.

He made his Open debut at Royal St George's in 2021 where he finished joint 12th.