Sungjae Im

Joint runner-up behind Dustin Johnson in the 2020 Masters at Augusta National, where he was trying to become the first debutant winner since Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979

It came eight months after his maiden PGA Tour victory at the Honda Classic – he was still only 21 then – and a season after he was the circuit’s Rookie of the Year and became one of Ernie Els’s four Presidents Cup wildcards, earning a debut which saw him jointly top-score in the match with three-and-a-half points out of five.

Im’s 2019 campaign also brought success in the Genesis Championship on home soil in South Korea and in October 2021 he added the Shriners Children’s Open.

He turned professional in 2015 and had a runner-up finish during two seasons on the Japan Tour. Im then finished second at the Web.com Tour qualifying school – with the aid of a third-round 60 – and won the opening event of their 2018 season, making him, at 19, the second-youngest champion on the circuit behind Jason Day.

His Masters performance in 2020 helped him to a career-high 16th on the world rankings. A second Presidents Cup appearance came in 2022 and that time he was the joint second leading points-scorer on the International team.

More recently, Im set a new record for the most birdies (34) in a 72-hole PGA Tour event during four extraordinary rounds at The Sentry in January 2024.