The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship is a golf tournament on the European Tour. It is played in September or October, on three different links courses, centered on the "home of golf", St Andrews in Fife, Scotland.
Format and history 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 had become 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, Bill Murray, Shane Warne and Andy Murray.
Winners YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upAlfred Dunhill Links Championship 2026 Adrian Meronk 268 −20 2 strokes Casey Jarvis Niklas Nørgaard 2025 Robert MacIntyre 198 −18 4 strokes Tyrrell Hatton 2024 Tyrrell Hatton (3) 264 −24 1 stroke Nicolas Colsaerts 2023 Matt Fitzpatrick 197 −19 3 strokes Marcus Armitage Ryan Fox Matthew Southgate 2022 Ryan Fox 273 −15 1 stroke Alex Norén Callum Shinkwin 2021 Danny Willett 270 −18 2 strokes Tyrrell Hatton Joakim Lagergren 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2019 Victor Perez 266 −22 1 stroke Matthew Southgate 2018 Lucas Bjerregaard 273 −15 1 stroke Tommy Fleetwood Tyrrell Hatton 2017 Tyrrell Hatton (2) 264 −24 3 strokes Ross Fisher 2016 Tyrrell Hatton 265 −23 4 strokes Ross Fisher Richard Sterne 2015 Thorbjørn Olesen 270 −18 2 strokes Brooks Koepka Chris Stroud 2014 Oliver Wilson 271 −17 1 stroke Tommy Fleetwood Rory McIlroy Richie Ramsay 2013 David Howell 265 −23 Playoff Peter Uihlein 2012 Branden Grace 266 −22 2 strokes Thorbjørn Olesen 2011 Michael Hoey 266 −22 2 strokes Rory McIlroy 2010 Martin Kaymer 271 −17 3 strokes Danny Willett 2009 Simon Dyson 268 −20 3 strokes Rory McIlroy Oliver Wilson 2008 Robert Karlsson 278 −10 Playoff Ross Fisher Martin Kaymer 2007 Nick Dougherty 270 −18 2 strokes Justin Rose 2006 Pádraig Harrington (2) 271 −17 5 strokes Bradley Dredge Edward Loar Anthony Wall Dunhill Links Championship 2005 Colin Montgomerie 279 −9 1 stroke Kenneth Ferrie 2004 Stephen Gallacher 269 −19 Playoff Graeme McDowell 2003 Lee Westwood 267 −21 1 stroke Ernie Els 2002 Pádraig Harrington 269 −19 Playoff Eduardo Romero 2001 Paul Lawrie 270 −18 1 stroke Ernie Els
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External links Official site Coverage on the European Tour's official site