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Golf · DP World Tour pro-am championship · St Andrews

Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

Erwartet · Old Course at St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns

A four-day pro-am across St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns, and the largest gathering of amateur golfers with professionals anywhere.

Eine Veranstaltungsseite informiert darüber, wann die Veranstaltung stattfindet (mit Angabe der Datumssicherheit), warum sie relevant ist, wie sich die Woche um sie herum anfühlt, wann die Anreise und Abreise sinnvoll ist, wo Teilnehmer übernachten, wie der Zugang funktioniert und welche Veranstaltungen im Circuit davor und danach folgen.

Daten ErwartetThe organizer has published no 2027 dates. The championship's pattern is a Thursday-to-Sunday tournament at the turn of the month, which in 2027 gives 30 September to 3 October. The 2027 edition also follows within a fortnight of the Ryder Cup at Adare Manor, which may affect the professional field.
ZielSt Andrews, United Kingdom · Old Course at St Andrews, Carnoustie Championship Course and Kingsbarns Golf Links
KategorieGolf · DP World Tour pro-am championship
Bedeutung64 Bemerkenswert · Circuit Score, redaktionell und vorläufig
Internationale AnziehungskraftInternational
ZugangKostenpflichtig
Typischer Aufenthalt4-6 nights
Beste AnreiseWednesday of tournament week
Beste Abfahrtszeitthe Monday after the final round
Üblicher Zeitrahmenfour rounds from Thursday to Sunday at the turn of September into October, with one round on each of three links courses and the final round at St Andrews
OrganisatorIMG, on the DP World Tour · seit 2001
Offizielle Websitewww.alfreddunhilllinks.com/ ↗
KalenderZum Kalender hinzufügen (ICS) · Eine Reise darum planen
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The Alfred Dunhill Links is a DP World Tour event with an unusual shape. Each professional is paired with an amateur partner for the whole week, and the field plays one round on each of three links courses in Fife and Angus, the Old Course at St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns, before a cut takes the leading professionals and teams back to St Andrews for the final round. Two competitions run at once, an individual tournament for a purse of USD 5,000,000 and a team competition scored on better ball.

The amateur field is why the week has a life beyond golf: IMG assembles several hundred amateur players from business, sport and entertainment, making this one of the largest corporate gatherings in the golf calendar. For a spectator the appeal is simple: three of the best links courses in the world, walkable on consecutive days, with a fraction of an Open's crowds. Autumn weather on this coast is the price.

01Warum es relevant ist

The Dunhill Links closes the Scottish golf year and is the last significant week of the northern European season before the tour moves south and east. In our reading it is the most enjoyable tournament in Britain to attend as an ordinary spectator, precisely because it takes itself less seriously than the championships around it.

02Die Woche darum

Early October is the end of the Scottish golf season and St Andrews is between its summer visitors and its university term at full strength.

The tournament's social programme is substantial and largely private, built around the amateur field's dinners and receptions, and it is not publicly reported in detail.

03Anreisezeitpunkt

Arrive Wednesday and stay to Sunday.

04Unterkunft

St Andrews is the natural base and has a small stock of hotels plus a large amount of holiday letting; the town is walkable and the Old Course is at the end of the main street.

05Zugang und Hospitality

The organizer publishes ticket information on the championship's own site each year, and spectator admission has been priced far below major-championship levels, which is part of the event's character; the tickets page could not be read in this pass and current terms should be checked.

06Wo das gesellschaftliche Geschehen stattfindet

The public places are the town of St Andrews itself, which is the tournament's real venue: the Jigger Inn beside the 17th, the bars and restaurants along Market Street and South Street, the Dunvegan, and the clubhouse terraces overlooking the 18th.

07Anreise

LinienluftfahrtEdinburgh is about an hour and twenty minutes by road; Dundee has limited service and is twenty minutes from St Andrews.
BahnLeuchars, five miles from St Andrews, is on the east coast main line; Carnoustie has its own station on the same line.
AutoA car is close to essential if you intend to follow all three courses: Carnoustie is forty-five minutes from St Andrews and Kingsbarns fifteen the other way.
PrivatluftfahrtDundee is the closest field to St Andrews; Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow handle larger aircraft.
HubschrauberCharter operates across the region and transfers between the three courses are used by some of the amateur field; there is no public landing.
MarinasAnstruther, Crail and Arbroath offer small-harbour berthing, though none is a practical arrival route.

08Praktische Hinweise

KleidungAutumn links clothing, and more of it than you think: waterproofs, warm layers, hat and gloves are all reasonable by early October on the Angus coast.
WetterEarly October in Fife and Angus typically brings daily highs of 13 to 15C, about 55 to 59F, with lows near 7C, frequent rain and a persistent North Sea wind.
Vor Ort navigierenDrive if you plan to follow the tournament between courses; take the train if you intend to stay at St Andrews.
HotelsSt Andrews has a small hotel market that fills for the week and prices accordingly, and holiday lets are contracted from the previous season.
RestaurantsSt Andrews's better restaurants book out for tournament week and take reservations a month or more ahead; the pubs absorb the rest.
ReservierungszeitpunktSpectator tickets are available late. Accommodation in St Andrews should be fixed six to nine months out, and any visiting golf on the three tournament courses a full year ahead.
TicketsSold by the organizer through the championship site, with tickets covering the courses in play on the day and the option of choosing which of the three links to walk on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
HospitalityThe organizer sells official hospitality as course-side pavilions and clubhouse packages, principally at St Andrews and Carnoustie.

09Geschichte

The Alfred Dunhill Cup, a match-play competition between three-man national teams, was played at St Andrews from 1985 to 2000 and was for years the town's second-biggest golf week after an Open.

10Wer ist dort

A mixed crowd of Scottish golf followers, visiting golf travellers finishing their season, the amateur field's own guests drawn from business, sport and entertainment, and the DP World Tour's sponsors.

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Bisher erfasste Termine

AusgabeDatenStatusQuelleVerifiziert
2027 ErwartetThe organizer has published no 2027 dates. The championship's pattern is a Thursday-to-Sunday tournament at the turn of the month, which in 2027 gives 30 September to 3 October. The 2027 edition also follows within a fortnight of the Ryder Cup at Adare Manor, which may affect the professional field. Alfred Dunhill Links Championship - official site ↗ 6 September 2026
2026 BestätigtThe organizer's own site gives 1 to 4 October 2026 and describes the edition as the championship's 25th anniversary. Rounds are played across the Old Course at St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns, with the final round at St Andrews after a 54-hole cut. As of today's date the edition has not yet taken place. Alfred Dunhill Links Championship - official site ↗ 6 September 2026
Confirmed bedeutet, dass der Veranstalter oder das zuständige Gremium die Termine veröffentlicht hat. Expected und Historical pattern sind Schätzungen auf Basis des üblichen Ablaufs und können sich verschieben. Date pending bedeutet, dass noch keine verlässliche Angabe möglich ist.

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Quellen

  1. Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Wikipedia encyclopedia aufgerufen 6 September 2026
  2. Alfred Dunhill Links Championship - official site, IMG / Alfred Dunhill Links Championship official aufgerufen 6 September 2026
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