Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location |  Angus and Fife, Scotland |
| Established | 2001 |
| Course(s) | St Andrews (Old Course) Carnoustie Kingsbarns |
| Par | 72 · 72 · 72 |
| Yardage | 7,279 · 7,412 · 7,150 |
| Tour(s) | European Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Purse | US$ 5,000,000 |
| Month played | October |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 267 Lee Westwood (2003) |
| To-par | -21 (as above) |
| Current champion | |
 Simon Dyson |
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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 and Hugh Grant. The closest equivalent to the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on the PGA Tour is the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | Pro-Am Winners |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
