Henrik Stenson

In a memorable duel at Royal Troon in 2016, Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson stormed clear of the field before the Swede closed with an amazing 63 – the joint lowest round in major history at the time - to win by three.

At 20-under-par, Stenson equalled the major record at the time and broke new ground for The Open.

Three years earlier he was the runner-up to Mickelson at Muirfield during a season in which he earned the $10million FedEx Cup bonus in America and was also the DP World Tour’s No.1, an honour he regained in 2016.

In 2014 he reached a career-high ranking of second in the world and returned to Ryder Cup action following a six-year absence, winning all his three games alongside Justin Rose at Gleneagles. It was Rose, though, who pipped him for the gold medal at the Olympics a month after his Open triumph.

Previous victories for Stenson include the 2007 WGC-Accenture Match Play, the 2008 World Cup with Robert Karlsson, the 2009 Players Championship and 2013 Tour Championship.