Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

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.

Alfred Dunhill
Links Championship
Tournament information
LocationAngus and Fife, Scotland
Established2001
Course(s)St Andrews (Old Course)
Carnoustie
Kingsbarns
Par72 (SA) · 72 (C) · 72 (K)
Length7,307 yards (6,682 m) (SA)
7,412 yards (6,778 m) (C)
7,150 yards (6,540 m) (K)
Organized byIMG
Tour(s)European Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$5,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Tyrrell Hatton (2017)
To par−24 as above
Current champion
Victor Perez
Location Map
Old Course at St Andrews
Location in Scotland
Old Course at St Andrews
Old Course at St Andrews (Fife)

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

YearWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upPro-Am winners
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[1]
2019Victor Perez France266−221 stroke Matthew SouthgateTommy Fleetwood & Ogden Phipps
2018Lucas Bjerregaard Denmark273−151 stroke Tommy Fleetwood
Tyrrell Hatton
Li Haotong & Allen Zhang
2017Tyrrell Hatton (2) England264−243 strokes Ross FisherJamie Donaldson & Kieran McManus
2016Tyrrell Hatton England265−234 strokes Ross Fisher
Richard Sterne
Danny Willett & Jonathan Smart
2015Thorbjørn Olesen Denmark270−182 strokes Brooks Koepka
Chris Stroud
Florian Fritsch & Michael Ballack
2014Oliver Wilson England271−171 stroke Tommy Fleetwood
Rory McIlroy
Richie Ramsay
Peter Lawrie & Kieran McManus
2013David Howell England265−23Playoff Peter UihleinThomas Levet & David Sayer
2012Branden Grace South Africa266−222 strokes Thorbjørn OlesenAlex Norén & Ernesto Bertarelli
2011Michael Hoey Northern Ireland266−222 strokes Rory McIlroyNick Dougherty & Chris Evans
2010Martin Kaymer Germany271−173 strokes Danny WillettRobert Karlsson & Dermot Desmond
2009Simon Dyson England268−203 strokes Rory McIlroy
Oliver Wilson
Søren Hansen & Kieran McManus
2008Robert Karlsson Sweden278−10Playoff Ross Fisher
Martin Kaymer
John Bickerton & Bruce Watson
2007Nick Dougherty England270−182 strokes Justin RoseScott Strange & Robert Coe
2006Pádraig Harrington (2) Ireland271−175 strokes Bradley Dredge
Edward Loar
Anthony Wall
Pádraig Harrington & J. P. McManus
Dunhill Links Championship
2005Colin Montgomerie Scotland279−91 stroke Kenneth FerrieHenrik Stenson & Rurik Gobel
2004Stephen Gallacher Scotland269−19Playoff Graeme McDowellFred Couples & Craig Heatley
2003Lee Westwood England267−211 stroke Ernie ElsSam Torrance & Daniel Torrance
2002Pádraig Harrington Ireland269−19Playoff Eduardo RomeroPádraig Harrington & J. P. McManus
2001Paul Lawrie Scotland270−181 stroke Ernie ElsBrett Rumford & 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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