Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

Coordinates: 56°09′N 3°07′W / 56.15°N 3.12°W / 56.15; -3.12
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Alfred Dunhill
Links Championship
Tournament information
LocationAngus and Fife, Scotland
Established2001
Course(s)Old Course at St Andrews
Carnoustie Golf Links
Kingsbarns Golf Links
Par72 (SA)
72 (C)
72 (K)
Length7,318 yards (6,692 m) (SA)
7,394 yards (6,761 m) (C)
7,228 yards (6,609 m) (K)
Organized byIMG
Tour(s)European Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$5,000,000
Month playedOctober
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Tyrrell Hatton (2017)
To par−24 as above
Current champion
England Matt Fitzpatrick
Location Map
Old Course at St Andrews is located in Scotland
Old Course at St Andrews
Old Course at St Andrews
Location in Scotland
Old Course at St Andrews is located in Fife
Old Course at St Andrews
Old Course at St Andrews
Location in Fife

The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship is one of the richest golf tournaments on the European Tour. It is played in September, on three different links courses, centred on the "home of golf", St Andrews in Fife, Scotland.

The tournament is a pro-am, with the format based on the long-running United States PGA Tour's AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am held annually since 1937 (except during the Second World War), where each team consists of one amateur and one professional. The three course rotation consists of The Old Course at St Andrews, Carnoustie Golf Links and Kingsbarns Golf Links.

The 54-hole cut is made of the top 60 professionals and the leading 20 pro-am teams, regardless of the professional member of the team making the individual cut. These players and teams advance to the final round at St Andrews.

Originally called the Dunhill Links Championship, the event was introduced in 2001 as a replacement for the Alfred Dunhill Cup, a three-man team tournament which became marginalised when the long established World Cup of Golf was given enhanced status as part of the World Golf Championships in 2000, becoming the WGC-World Cup.

To increase interest in the event, many of the amateurs are well known personalities from the worlds of sport and entertainment. These have included Tico Torres Nigel Mansell, Ian Botham, Gary Lineker, Boris Becker, Michael Douglas, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Vaughan, Matthew Pinsent, Hugh Grant, Justin Timberlake, Michael Phelps and Shane Warne.

Winners[edit]

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
2023 England Matt Fitzpatrick 197[a] −19 3 strokes England Marcus Armitage
New Zealand Ryan Fox
England Matthew Southgate
2022 New Zealand Ryan Fox 273 −15 1 stroke Sweden Alex Norén
England Callum Shinkwin
2021 England Danny Willett 270 −18 2 strokes England Tyrrell Hatton
Sweden Joakim Lagergren
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
2019 France Victor Perez 266 −22 1 stroke England Matthew Southgate
2018 Denmark Lucas Bjerregaard 273 −15 1 stroke England Tommy Fleetwood
England Tyrrell Hatton
2017 England Tyrrell Hatton (2) 264 −24 3 strokes England Ross Fisher
2016 England Tyrrell Hatton 265 −23 4 strokes England Ross Fisher
South Africa Richard Sterne
2015 Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen 270 −18 2 strokes United States Brooks Koepka
United States Chris Stroud
2014 England Oliver Wilson 271 −17 1 stroke England Tommy Fleetwood
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
Scotland Richie Ramsay
2013 England David Howell 265 −23 Playoff United States Peter Uihlein
2012 South Africa Branden Grace 266 −22 2 strokes Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen
2011 Northern Ireland Michael Hoey 266 −22 2 strokes Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
2010 Germany Martin Kaymer 271 −17 3 strokes England Danny Willett
2009 England Simon Dyson 268 −20 3 strokes Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
England Oliver Wilson
2008 Sweden Robert Karlsson 278 −10 Playoff England Ross Fisher
Germany Martin Kaymer
2007 England Nick Dougherty 270 −18 2 strokes England Justin Rose
2006 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington (2) 271 −17 5 strokes Wales Bradley Dredge
United States Edward Loar
England Anthony Wall
Dunhill Links Championship
2005 Scotland Colin Montgomerie 279 −9 1 stroke England Kenneth Ferrie
2004 Scotland Stephen Gallacher 269 −19 Playoff Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell
2003 England Lee Westwood 267 −21 1 stroke South Africa Ernie Els
2002 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 269 −19 Playoff Argentina Eduardo Romero
2001 Scotland Paul Lawrie 270 −18 1 stroke South Africa Ernie Els

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Alfred Dunhill Links Championship: Update". European Tour. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  2. ^ Stafford, Ali (27 July 2020). "Alfred Dunhill Links Championship cancelled due to coronavirus". Sky Sports. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

External links[edit]

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