Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
| Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | |
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| Text to the picture: | Hugh Grant on the Old Course in St Andrews in the 2007 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. |
| information | |
| Country: |
 Scotland
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| Major (yes / no) : | No |
| Tour (s) : | European Tour |
| open to professionals (yes / no) : | Yes |
| open to amateurs (yes / no) : | Yes |
| organized since: | 2001 |
| Venue (s): | Angus and Fife |
| Course (s): |
St Andrews (Old Course) (SA) Carnoustie (C) Kingsbarns (K) |
| Length in yards : | 7.279 (SA) 7.412 (C) 7.150 (K) |
| Length in meters : | 6.656 (SA) 6.778 (C) 6.540 (K) |
| Par : | 72 (SA) 72 (C) 72 (K) |
| Game form : | Stroke play |
| Total prize money: | 2015: 4,248,994 euros |
| Prize money for d. Winner: | 2015: 708.171 euros |
| normal appointment (month) : | September October |
| Top performances | |
| Total number of strokes : (name) (year) | 264 Tyrrell Hatton (2017) |
| under par: (name) (year) | −24 Tyrrell Hatton (2017) |
| most frequent winner: |
Pádraig Harrington (2002, 2006) Tyrrell Hatton (2016, 2017) |
| Title holder | |
| Surname: | Victor Perez |
| Nationality: |
 France
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| Title holder since: | 2019 |
The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship is one of the most prestigious golf tournaments on the European Tour . It will be played at the beginning of October on three different links courses around the "home of golf" St Andrews in Fife , Scotland .
The tournament is a pro-am , i. In other words, there are teams made up of professional golfers and amateurs. One round each is played in St Andrews , Carnoustie and Kingsbarns . A cut follows these three rounds . The top sixty professionals are allowed to continue playing in the finals at St Andrews. Then there are the top twenty teams, regardless of whether the professionals of the teams have made the individual cut.
Originally introduced in 2001 as the Dunhill Links Championship , the event replaced the Alfred Dunhill Cup (1985–2000), a three-team tournament. This lost its importance in 2000 when the World Cup of Golf was added to the World Golf Championships tournament series under the name WGC World Cup . The luxury goods brand dunhill has sponsored and named the event since 1985 .
In order to increase interest in the event, famous personalities from sports and entertainment are regularly invited. Nigel Mansell , Ian Botham , Gary Lineker , Boris Becker , Franz Klammer , Luís Figo , Michael Douglas , Samuel L. Jackson , Michael Vaughan , Sir Matthew Pinsent , Hugh Grant and Shane Warne have participated as amateurs . The equivalent of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on the PGA Tour is the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am .
Winners list
| year | winner | Result | head Start | Pro-Am winner | ||||
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| R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | total | ||||
| Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | ||||||||
| 2020 | no tournament, COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
| 2019 |
Victor Perez
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64 | 68 | 64 | 70 | 266 (−22) | 1 hit | Tommy Fleetwood & Ogden Philipps |
| 2018 |
 Lucas Bjerregaard
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70 | 65 | 71 | 67 | 273 (−15) | 1 hit | Lie Haotong & Allen Zhang |
| 2017 |
 Tyrrell Hatton
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68 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 264 (−24) | 3 strokes | Jamie Donaldson & Kieran McManus |
| 2016 |
Tyrrell Hatton
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67 | 70 | 62 | 66 | 265 (−23) | 4 strokes | Danny Willett & Jonathan Smart |
| 2015 |
Thorbjørn Olesen
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68 | 66 | 65 | 71 | 270 (−18) | 2 strokes | Florian Fritsch & Michael Ballack |
| 2014 |
Oliver Wilson
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64 | 72 | 65 | 70 | 271 (−17) | 1 hit | Peter Lawrie & Kieran McManus |
| 2013 |
David Howell
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67 | 68 | 63 | 67 | 265 (−23) | Victory in the playoff | Thomas Levet & David Sayer |
| 2012 |
 Branden Grace
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60 | 67 | 69 | 70 | 266 (−22) | 2 strokes | Alexander Noren & Ernesto Bertarelli |
| 2011 |
 Michael Hoey
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66 | 66 | 66 | 68 | 266 (−22) | 2 strokes | Nick Dougherty & Chris Evans |
| 2010 |
 Martin Kaymer
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68 | 69 | 68 | 66 | 271 (−17) | 3 strokes | Robert Karlsson & Dermot Desmond |
| 2009 |
Simon Dyson
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68 | 66 | 68 | 66 | 268 (−20) | 3 strokes | Søren Hansen & Kieran McManus |
| 2008 |
 Robert Karlsson
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67 | 70 | 76 | 65 | 278 (−10) | Victory in the playoff | John Bickerton & Bruce Watson |
| 2007 |
Nick Dougherty
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67 | 66 | 66 | 71 | 270 (−18) | 2 strokes | Scott Strange & Robert Coe |
| 2006 |
 Pádraig Harrington
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66 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 271 (−16) | 5 strokes | Pádraig Harrington & JP McManus |
| Dunhill Links Championship | ||||||||
| 2005 |
Colin Montgomerie
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70 | 65 | 73 | 71 | 279 (−9) | 1 hit | Henrik Stenson & Rurik Gobel |
| 2004 |
Stephen Gallacher
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70 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 269 (−19) | Victory in the playoff | Fred Couples & Craig Heatley |
| 2003 |
Lee Westwood
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70 | 68 | 62 | 67 | 267 (−21) | 1 hit | Sam Torrance & Daniel Torrance |
| 2002 |
Pádraig Harrington
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66 | 66 | 68 | 69 | 269 (−19) | Victory in the playoff | Pádraig Harrington & JP McManus |
| 2001 |
Paul Lawrie
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71 | 68 | 63 | 68 | 270 (−18) | 1 hit | Brett Rumford & Chris Peacock |
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Reporting in 2013 on the official website of the European Tour (English)