John Catlin

A three-time winner on the DP World Tour who in March this year shot 59 at the International Series Macau, the first sub-60 round in Asian Tour history.

He went on to beat David Puig in a play-off and it was the Spaniard who played a part in Catlin securing a third Open appearance.

At February’s IRS Prima Malaysian Open, an event carrying three Royal Troon spots as part of the Qualifying Series, Catlin finished joint third. After initially thinking he had missed out because of Denwit Boriboonsub having a higher world ranking, Catlin was called into the field at the end of May because winner Puig qualified off the new Federation Ranking list.

After three victories on the Asian Tour in 2018 – there have been three more since then – his breakthrough in Europe came at the 2020 Andalucia Masters, where he beat Martin Kaymer by a single stroke.

Three weeks later he added the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, winning by two over Aaron Rai after a closing 64, and the following season he defeated Maximillian Kieffer in a play-off at the Austrian Open – with a bogey at the fifth extra hole. His last success came by seven strokes at April’s Saudi Open, which included a third-round 62.