- Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
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Alfred Dunhill
Links ChampionshipTournament information Location 
Angus and Fife, ScotlandEstablished 2001 Course(s) St Andrews (Old Course)
Carnoustie
KingsbarnsPar 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 
Michael HoeyThe 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 Michael Hoey 266 (-22) Nick Dougherty & Chris Evans 2010 
Martin Kaymer 271 (−17) Robert Karlsson & Dermot Desmond 2009 
Simon Dyson 268 (−20) Søren Hansen & Kieran McManus 2008 
Robert Karlsson 278 (−10)PO John Bickerton & Bruce Watson 2007 Nick Dougherty 270 (−18) Scott Strange & Robert Coe 2006 
Pádraig Harrington 271 (−16) Pádraig Harrington & J. P. McManus 2005 Colin Montgomerie 279 (−9) Henrik Stenson & Rurik Gobel 2004 Stephen Gallacher 269 (−19)PO Fred Couples & Craig Heatley 2003 Lee Westwood 267 (−21) Sam Torrance & Daniel Torrance 2002 Pádraig Harrington 269 (−19)PO Pádraig Harrington & J. P. McManus 2001 Paul Lawrie 270 (−18) Brett Rumford & Chris Peacock External links
Categories:- European Tour events
- Golf tournaments in Scotland
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