Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

Alfred Dunhill
Links Championship
Tournament information
Location	Angus and Fife, Scotland
Established	2001
Course(s)	Old Course at St Andrews ; Carnoustie Golf Links ; Kingsbarns Golf Links
Par	72 (SA); 72 (C); 72 (K)
Length	7,318 yards (6,692 m) (SA); 7,394 yards (6,761 m) (C); 7,228 yards (6,609 m) (K)
Organized by	IMG
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$5,000,000
Month played	October
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 Tyrrell Hatton (2017); 264 Tyrrell Hatton (2024)
To par	−24 as above
Current champion
	Tyrrell Hatton
Location map
	Old Course at St Andrews Location in Scotland Old Course at St Andrews Location in Fife

Last updated January 30, 2025

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.

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

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
2024	Tyrrell Hatton (3)	264	−24	1 stroke	Nicolas Colsaerts
2023	Matt Fitzpatrick	197^[a]	−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 ^[2]
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

Notes

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

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References

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

External links

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

[1] "Alfred Dunhill Links Championship: Update". European Tour. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

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

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