Who are the UAE based pros competing in The Open?

Adri Arnaus (Spain)

Age: 28

Born: Barcelona, Spain

Turned Pro: 2017

Professional Wins: 2018 Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final / 2022 Catalunya Championship

Previous results at The Open: 2019 MC / 2022 T76

Did you know: After winning the 2018 Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final. His reward was not only promotion to the DP World Tour, but also a new puppy after his father Quim promised him one if he won. He named it Khaimah after the emirate where he triumphed.

Ewen Ferguson (Scotland)

Age: 27

Born: Glasgow, Scotland

Turned Pro: 2016

Professional Wins: 2022 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters / 2022 ISPS Handa World Invitational presented by AVIV Clinics

Previous results at The Open: Rookie

Did you know: In 2013, he became the first Scot to win the British Boys' Championship in almost a decade.

Tommy Fleetwood (England)

Age: 32

Born: Southport, Merseyside, England

Turned Pro: 2010

Professional Wins: 2011 Formby Hall Classic / 2011 Kazakhstan Open / 2013 Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles / 2017 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship / 2017 HNA Open de France / 2018 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship / 2019 Nedbank Golf Challenge / 2022 Nedbank Golf Challenge

Previous results at The Open: 2014 MC / 2015 MC / 2016 MC / 2017 T27 / 2018 T12 / 2019 2nd / 2021 T33 / 2022 T4

Did you know: Runner-up to Shane Lowry in 2019 at Royal Portrush and joint fourth at St Andrews last July, two months after a tie for fifth in the PGA Championship.

Adrian Meronk (Poland)

Age: 30

Born: Hamburg, Germany

Turned Pro: 2016

Professional Wins: 2019 Open de Portugal / 2022 Horizon Irish Open / 2022 ISPS Handa Australian Open / 2023 DS Automobiles Italian Open

Previous results at The Open: 2022 T42

Did you know: Became the first Polish winner on the DP World Tour with victory at the Horizon Irish Open in 2022.

Guido Migliozzi (Italy)

Age: 26

Born: Vicenza, Italy

Turned Pro: 2016

Professional Wins: 2017 Open Abruzzo / 2018 Open La Pinetina / 2018 Open Abruzzo / 2019 Magical Kenya Open / 2019 Belgian Knockout / 2022 Cazoo Open de France

Previous results at The Open: 2021 MC / 2022 MC

Did you know: Played the first major of his life at the 2021 US Open, coming a spectacular joint fourth.

Adrian Otaegui (Spain)

Age: 30

Born: San Sebastian, Spain

Turned Pro: 2011

Professional Wins: 2017 Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play / 2018 Belgian Knockout / 2020 Scottish Championship / 2022 Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucia Masters

Previous results at The Open: 2019 MC

Did you know: A former winner of the British Boys' Amateur Championship, Otaegui is back in The Open four years after his debut at Royal Portrush.