Thriston Lawrence

In the sixth major of his career Thriston Lawrence had closing rounds of 65 and 68 at Royal Troon to finish fourth at The 152nd Open - just three strokes behind Champion Golfer Xander Schauffele.

This after having been 10 off the lead at the halfway point.

The twice South African amateur champion, who also captured the Lytham Trophy in 2014, is a four-time winner on the DP World Tour. Although he did not win during the 2024 season five second places helped him finish third on the Race to Dubai and move into the top 50 in the world rankings.

His maiden success came in the 2021 rain-shortened Joburg Open – at a time when he was ranked 503rd in the world - and the following season he added the Omega European Masters in Switzerland after a play-off with Matt Wallace. This victory took him into the game’s top 100 for the first time.

Four months later he became South African Open champion and in 2023 he added the BMW International Open in Germany by one from Joost Luiten.

On the Sunshine Tour the first of his four successes came at the 2019 Vodacom Origins of Golf, but it was not until The 150th Open that he made his major championship debut at St Andrews.