Vijay Singh

A world number one, a Masters champion and the first person of South Asian descent to win a major, Vijay Singh was an obvious inductee into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2006.

The Fijian recorded four top-10 finishes at The Open, with none better than his T2 finish in 2003 where he was just one shot behind winner Ben Curtis.

He was 40 years old at Royal St George’s and Singh’s late career bloom is perhaps what he is best known for.

He won his first major aged 35 at the 1998 PGA Championship, added the Masters in 2000 and then a second PGA in 2004.

Singh went toe-to-toe with Tiger Woods, Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson at their best and often came out on top. He finished as the PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008, racking up an incredible 18 PGA Tour titles in a three-year period between March 2002 and July 2005.

He made his Open debut at Royal Troon in 1989, finishing T23, and made the cut in each of his first 10 appearances, only breaking the top 10 at St Andrews in 1995, where he finished in a tie for sixth.

After a narrow miss in 2003, he finished T5 at St Andrews in 2005 and T9 at Royal Lytham & St Annes in 2012 – aged 49.

Singh was ranked world number one for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005 and was part of the Presidents Cup-winning team in 1998.