Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | 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 | September |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate |
265 David Howell (2013) 265 Peter Uihlein (2013) |
| To par |
–23 David Howell (2013) –23 Peter Uihlein (2012) |
| Current champion | |
 David Howell | |
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 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 World War II), 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 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 Nigel Mansell, Ian Botham, Gary Lineker, Boris Becker, Michael Douglas, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Vaughan, Matthew Pinsent, Hugh Grant, Michael Phelps, Oscar Pistorius and Shane Warne.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | Pro-Am winners |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | David Howell | 265 (−23)PO | Thomas Levet & David Sayer |
| 2012 |  Branden Grace | 266 (−22) | Alexander Norén & Ernesto Bertarelli |
| 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 (−17) | 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 |