Chris Kirk

Chris Kirk lifted his sixth, and arguably biggest, PGA Tour title at The Sentry in January, with his 29-under-par tally enough to fend off challenges from Jordan Spieth and Sahith Theegala.

This victory in the first Signature Event of 2024 catapulted the Georgia native into 25th place in the Official World Golf Ranking – his highest position since 2015.

Kirk’s other PGA Tour victories came in the 2011 Viking Classic, the 2013 McGladrey Classic, the 2014 Deutsche Bank Championship, the 2015 Crowne Plaza Invitational and the 2023 Honda Classic, at which he ended a near eight-year drought by beating Eric Cole with a birdie on the first play-off hole.

He finished second in the FedEx Cup play-off series behind Billy Horschel in 2014.

Kirk played alongside Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler, Webb Simpson and Horschel at the 2007 Walker Cup in County Down, with Rory McIlroy and Danny Willett on the Great Britain and Ireland team.

Made his major debut at the 2008 US Open and his best major finish came at the PGA Championship in 2022, a tie for fifth, only two strokes behind play-off pair Justin Thomas and Will Zalatoris.

He has made five appearances at The Open, including at Royal Liverpool last year where he missed the cut.