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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.
The tournament was founded in 2000, but its origins lie in Dunhill's sponsorship of the South African PGA Championship between 1995 and 1999. Following the 1999 Alfred Dunhill PGA Championship, the company decided to discontinue their association with the South African PGA, and create their own stand alone tournament.
The Dunhill Cup was in competition with the World Cup, a similar event for two-man teams. [1] In 2000, the World Cup's status was enhanced by its inclusion in the World Golf Championships series, and in 2001 the promoters of the Alfred Dunhill Cup replaced it with the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship , which is a celebrity pro-am tournament ...
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship: Scotland 5,000,000 5,500 Matt Fitzpatrick (9) 26.05 Pro-Am 15 Oct Acciona Open de España: Spain 3,250,000 4,250 Matthieu Pavon (1) 21.37 22 Oct Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters: Spain 3,750,000 4,250 Adrian Meronk (4) 21.14 29 Oct Commercial Bank Qatar Masters: Qatar 3,750,000 4,250 Sami Välimäki (2 ...
Carnoustie is one of the three courses hosting the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, an autumn event on the European Tour; the others are the Old Course at St Andrews and Kingsbarns. The Golf Channel 's reality series The Big Break , in which aspiring golfers compete for exemptions on professional tours and other prizes, filmed its fourth ...
Hatton responded a week later at the successful defence of his Alfred Dunhill Links Championship title by saying: 'Nobody's perfect'. [12] Hatton also won the next week, winning the Italian Open. At the Masters, he fell on the golf course and suffered a wrist injury that necessitated surgery in 2020. [13]
The following year Alfred Dunhill took over from Lexington as title sponsors, breaking a 23-year association with the PGA. Following the 1999 event, Dunhill decided to end their association with the South African PGA and create their own tournament, the Alfred Dunhill Championship, which also replaced the PGA Championship on the European ...
Bairstow turned professional in September 2022, and made his pro debut at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on the European Tour. [5]After winning the Farmfoods Scottish Challenge at Newmachar Golf Club in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in August 2023, [15] Bairstow finished the 2023 Challenge Tour season 18th on the Order-of-Merit, earning an exemption category for the 2024 European Tour.