Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
Alfred Dunhill
Links Championship
Tournament information
Location Scotland Angus and Fife, Scotland
Established 2001
Course(s) St Andrews (Old Course)
Carnoustie
Kingsbarns
Par 72 (SA) · 72 (C) · 72 (K)
Length 7,279 yards (6,656 m) (SA)
7,412 yards (6,778 m) (C)
7,150 yards (6,540 m) (K)
Tour(s) European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$5,000,000
Month played October
Tournament record score
Aggregate 266 Michael Hoey (2011)
To par -22 (as above)
Current champion
Northern Ireland Michael Hoey

The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, is one of the richest golf tournaments on the European Tour. It is played in October, on three different links courses, centred around the "home of golf", St Andrews in Fife, Scotland.

The tournament is a pro-am, with teams of one professional and one amateur playing one round each at St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns. Following these first three rounds there is a cut, with the leading 60 professionals continuing on to play in the final round at St Andrews. They are joined by the leading 20 teams, regardless of whether the professional member of the team made the cut individually.

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, Sir Matthew Pinsent, Hugh Grant and Shane Warne. The closest equivalent to the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on the PGA Tour is the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Winners

Year Winner Score Pro-Am Winners
2011 Northern Ireland Michael Hoey  266 (-22) Nick Dougherty & Chris Evans
2010 Germany Martin Kaymer  271 (−17) Robert Karlsson & Dermot Desmond
2009 England Simon Dyson  268 (−20) Søren Hansen & Kieran McManus 
2008 Sweden Robert Karlsson  278 (−10)PO John Bickerton & Bruce Watson 
2007 England Nick Dougherty  270 (−18) Scott Strange & Robert Coe 
2006 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington  271 (−16) Pádraig Harrington & J. P. McManus 
2005 Scotland Colin Montgomerie  279 (−9) Henrik Stenson & Rurik Gobel 
2004 Scotland Stephen Gallacher  269 (−19)PO Fred Couples & Craig Heatley 
2003 England Lee Westwood  267 (−21) Sam Torrance & Daniel Torrance 
2002 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington  269 (−19)PO Pádraig Harrington & J. P. McManus 
2001 Scotland Paul Lawrie  270 (−18) Brett Rumford & Chris Peacock 

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