Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

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The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship (previously simply called the Dunhill Links Championship), is one of the richest golf tournaments on the European Tour. It is played over three links courses in Scotland, with the final round being played on the Old Course at the "home of golf" St Andrews.

The tournament was introduced in 2001 was a replacement for the Alfred Dunhill Cup, a three man team tournament which was 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. The new tournament is a pro-am. Teams of one professional and one amateur play one round each at St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns. It is a men's professional event, but women amateurs may enter. The leading 60 professionals make the cut to play in the final round, as do the leading 20 teams, whether or not the professional member of the team made the cut personally.

Many of the amateurs are celebrities. 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 Dunhill Links Championship on the PGA Tour is the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.