Billy Horschel

Billy Horschel led going into the final round of The 152nd Open at Royal Troon, and only the brilliance of Xander Schauffele denied him the chance of lifting the Claret Jug.

An eight-time winner on the PGA Tour, in 2021 he won the World Golf Championships-Dell Match Play by defeating Scottie Scheffler in the final, moving back into the world's top 20. That season he also joined Arnold Palmer as the only American winners of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.

In September he made it two wins in four years there, beating Rory McIlroy with an eagle on the second play-off hole after Thriston Lawrence had been eliminated.

Horschel captured the final two tournaments of the FedEx Cup play-offs in 2014 and took home the $10million bonus. First he finished two clear of Bubba Watson in the BMW Championship, then he had the same margin of victory over McIlroy and Jim Furyk at the Tour Championship

He also produced a tournament record 60 in the stroke play stage of the 2006 US Amateur and qualified for the US Open that year. At the same event in 2013 he shared the halfway lead with Phil Mickelson and finished joint fourth in his first major as a professional.

A former Walker Cup player, he twice faced McIlroy in singles at Royal County Down in 2007 with each winning once.