Famous Belgians: Audrey Hepburn, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone, painters Rubens and Magritte, punk rock band Plastic Bertrand, Georges Remi, creator of Tintin, and astronomer George Lemaitre, who first put forward the Big Bang theory. Add to that list Nicolas Colsaerts, slayer of Tiger Woods in the 2012 Ryder Cup.
The way Thomas Pieters has hit the European Tour running since turning professional in 2013, it won't be long before the 6ft 5in tall 23-year-old from Antwerp takes his place among his country's celebrities. He won twice in 2015, at the Czech Masters and KLM Dutch Open, which propelled him inside the world's top 100. He is now on the radar of Europe's Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke, who named him among a crop of rising…