Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

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Alfred Dunhill
Links Championship
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship logo.png
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 playedSeptember/October
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Tyrrell Hatton (2017)
To par−24 as above
Current champion
England Danny Willett
Location Map
Old Course at St Andrews is located in Scotland
Old Course at St Andrews
Old Course at St Andrews
Location in Scotland

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 Nigel Mansell, Ian Botham, Gary Lineker, Boris Becker, Michael Douglas, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Vaughan, Matthew Pinsent, Hugh Grant, Justin Timberlake, Michael Phelps, Oscar Pistorius and Shane Warne.

Winners[]

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Pro-Am winners
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
2021 England Danny Willett 270 −18 2 strokes England Tyrrell Hatton
Sweden Joakim Lagergren
Michael Hoey and
Maeve Danaher
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1]
2019 France Victor Perez 266 −22 1 stroke England Matthew Southgate Tommy Fleetwood and
Ogden Phipps
2018 Denmark Lucas Bjerregaard 273 −15 1 stroke England Tommy Fleetwood
England Tyrrell Hatton
Li Haotong and
Allen Zhang
2017 England Tyrrell Hatton (2) 264 −24 3 strokes England Ross Fisher Jamie Donaldson and
Kieran McManus
2016 England Tyrrell Hatton 265 −23 4 strokes England Ross Fisher
South Africa Richard Sterne
Danny Willett and
Jonathan Smart
2015 Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen 270 −18 2 strokes United States Brooks Koepka
United States Chris Stroud
Florian Fritsch and
Michael Ballack
2014 England Oliver Wilson 271 −17 1 stroke England Tommy Fleetwood
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
Scotland Richie Ramsay
Peter Lawrie and
Kieran McManus
2013 England David Howell 265 −23 Playoff United States Peter Uihlein Thomas Levet and
David Sayer
2012 South Africa Branden Grace 266 −22 2 strokes Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen Alex Norén and
Ernesto Bertarelli
2011 Northern Ireland Michael Hoey 266 −22 2 strokes Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy Nick Dougherty and
Chris Evans
2010 Germany Martin Kaymer 271 −17 3 strokes England Danny Willett Robert Karlsson and
Dermot Desmond
2009 England Simon Dyson 268 −20 3 strokes Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
England Oliver Wilson
Søren Hansen and
Kieran McManus
2008 Sweden Robert Karlsson 278 −10 Playoff England Ross Fisher
Germany Martin Kaymer
John Bickerton and
Bruce Watson
2007 England Nick Dougherty 270 −18 2 strokes England Justin Rose Scott Strange and
Robert Coe
2006 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington (2) 271 −17 5 strokes Wales Bradley Dredge
United States Edward Loar
England Anthony Wall
Pádraig Harrington and
J. P. McManus
Dunhill Links Championship
2005 Scotland Colin Montgomerie 279 −9 1 stroke England Kenneth Ferrie Henrik Stenson and
Rurik Gobel
2004 Scotland Stephen Gallacher 269 −19 Playoff Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell Fred Couples and
Craig Heatley
2003 England Lee Westwood 267 −21 1 stroke South Africa Ernie Els Sam Torrance and
Daniel Torrance
2002 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 269 −19 Playoff Argentina Eduardo Romero Pádraig Harrington and
J. P. McManus
2001 Scotland Paul Lawrie 270 −18 1 stroke South Africa Ernie Els Brett Rumford and
Chris Peacock

References[]

  1. ^ Stafford, Ali (27 July 2020). "Alfred Dunhill Links Championship cancelled due to coronavirus". Sky Sports. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

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Coordinates: 56°09′N 3°07′W / 56.15°N 3.12°W / 56.15; -3.12

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