Matt Wallace

Matt Wallace had to come through Final Qualifying to play at Royal Liverpool in 2023 but for the second year running has earned his spot at The Open thanks to his ranking on the DP World Tour .

This comes after he ended six years without a victory on the circuit at the Omega European Masters in September. He also achieved his maiden PGA Tour title at the 2023 Corales Puntacala Championship where he pipped Nicolai Hojgaard by a single stroke.

Before this Wallace had dropped to 175th in the world after reaching the game’s top 25 following a memorable 2018 which saw him win three times and then produce a superb joint-third place finish at the 2019 PGA Championship.

His maiden victory on his home circuit came at the 2017 Portuguese Open in what was only his fourth event at that level – he did not even have full membership then – and further successes came at the Hero Indian Open, BMW International Open and Made in Denmark tournament, the last two of those in four-man play-offs.

Wallace went into sudden death at the 2022 Omega European Masters, but lost to Thriston Lawrence.

He turned professional in 2012 and on the Alps mini-tour registered an incredible five successive wins and six in all in 2016.