Tyrrell Hatton

Tyrrell Hatton achieved his third Alfred Dunhill Links Championship win at St Andrews in October, and finished fourth on the final Race to Dubai rankings to earn his place at Royal Portrush.

That's despite despite only nine other appearances on the DP World Tour following his switch to LIV Golf.

After victory at St Andrews he did not have to wait long for his eighth victory on the circuit, lifting the Hero Dubai Desert Classic in January.

Hatton reached fifth in the world with his four-stroke victory in the 2021 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship - the win coming just three months after he captured the BMW PGA Championship by the same margin. And that followed his first PGA Tour title at the 2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Made his Ryder Cup debut in 2018 in Paris where he and Paul Casey beat Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler, while he was a key man in Europe’s regaining of the Ryder Cup in Rome.

After two wins alongside Jon Rahm, and a half partnering Viktor Hovland, his singles victory over Brian Harman took Luke Donald’s side to the verge of success.

He was runner-up to Scottie Scheffler at the 2023 Players Championship in Florida and finished joint fifth in the The 145th Open at Royal Troon, and tied for sixth at Royal Portrush in 2019.