Made a brilliant debut in The Ryder Cup at Gleneagles in 2014, forming a strong partnership with Graeme McDowell and winning two and a half points from three.

Both of his European Tour wins came at the Turkish Airlines Open with the first in 2013 and the second two years later.

Made a name for himself in a Seve-esque display of scrambling during the final of the 2014 WGC-Dell Match Play, despite ultimately losing out to Jason Day.

He won the European Amateur Championship in 2009, the year he made it to number one in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.