21 year-old Rory McIlroy, who hails from Ireland, is currently ranked 8th in the Official World Golf Ranking. He burst onto the professional golfing scene when he played his first professional European Tour event as a 16-year old in 2005 at the Forest of Arden. He turned pro in 2007 and that same year, he became the youngest Affiliate Member in the history of the European Tour to earn a tour card when he secured his Tour card for the 2008 season.

McIlroy made his debut appearance at the Maybank Malaysian Open in 2008, but failed to make the cut. However, 2010 was a good year for McIlroy as he claimed his first PGA TOUR title at the Quail Hollow Championship, making him the youngest player since Tiger Woods at age of 21. He proved his mettle at the 2010 Open Championship, finishing at a tied third position, which placed him 7th in the Official World Golf Ranking. His half-point in the singles helped Team Europe regain the Ryder Cup last year.

28-year old Louis Oosthuizen is currently ranked 23rd in the Official World Golf Ranking. He won the 2010 British Open in St. Andrews last July. Oosthuizen entered the tournament ranked 54th at the time and made only one cut in eight major championship appearances.

His astounding victory in the British Open earned him a nomination for the 2011 Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award. He also became the fourth South African to lift the Claret Jug, after Bobby Locke, Gary Player and Ernie Els.

As an amateur player, Oosthuizen paired with fellow countryman, Charl Schwartzel, to win the 2000 World Junior Team Championship and he subsequently won the 2002 Irish Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship before turning pro in 2003 at the age of 19.

Since then, Oosthuizen has proven himself to be a talent to watch out for, as witnessed by his win at the 2010 British Open, and more recently at the 2011 African Open, winning his third European Tour title.

Charl Schwartzel represented South Africa in the 2002 Eisenhower Trophy as an amateur. He turned pro that same year at the age of 18 and became the third youngest player then to secure his European Tour card through qualifying school. He is also the second player to win three consecutive Sunshine Tour Order of Merit titles between 2005 and 2007. In 2005, he won his first European Tour title, the Dunhill Championship.

Schwartzel shone in 2010 with two consecutive European Tour wins, the African Open and Joburg Open. These two victories propelled him into the Top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking. He successfully retained the Joberg Open title in 2011. Currently rank in the Official World Golf Ranking, he will be making his PGA Tour debut this year as well as his first appearance at the Maybank Malaysian Open 2011.