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

Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

Prévu · 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.

Une page d'événement vous indique quand il a lieu (avec le niveau de certitude sur la date), pourquoi il est important, quelle est l'atmosphère de la semaine qui l'entoure, quand arriver et repartir, où les participants séjournent, comment l'accès fonctionne, et quels événements le précèdent et le suivent sur le circuit.

Dates PrévuThe 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.
DestinationSt Andrews, United Kingdom · Old Course at St Andrews, Carnoustie Championship Course and Kingsbarns Golf Links
CatégorieGolf · DP World Tour pro-am championship
Rayonnement internationalInternational
AccèsPayant
Séjour type4-6 nights
Meilleure arrivéeWednesday of tournament week
Meilleur départthe Monday after the final round
Calendrier habituelfour 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
OrganisateurIMG, on the DP World Tour · depuis 2001
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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.

01Pourquoi c'est important

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.

02La semaine environnante

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.

03Quand arriver

Arrive Wednesday and stay to Sunday.

04Où séjourner

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.

05Accès et hospitalité

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.

06Où se déroule l'activité sociale

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.

07Comment s'y rendre

Aviation commercialeEdinburgh is about an hour and twenty minutes by road; Dundee has limited service and is twenty minutes from St Andrews.
RailLeuchars, five miles from St Andrews, is on the east coast main line; Carnoustie has its own station on the same line.
VoitureA 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.
Aviation privéeDundee is the closest field to St Andrews; Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow handle larger aircraft.
HélicoptèreCharter 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.

08Informations pratiques

Tenue vestimentaireAutumn 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.
MétéoEarly 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.
Se déplacerDrive if you plan to follow the tournament between courses; take the train if you intend to stay at St Andrews.
HôtelsSt 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.
Délais de réservationSpectator 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.
BilletsSold 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.
HospitalitéThe organizer sells official hospitality as course-side pavilions and clubhouse packages, principally at St Andrews and Carnoustie.

09Historique

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.

10Qui s'y trouve

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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Dates enregistrées

ÉditionDatesStatutSourceVérifié
2027 PrévuThe 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 ConfirméThe 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
Confirmé signifie que l'organisateur ou l'instance dirigeante a publié les dates. Attendu et Récurrence historique sont des estimations fondées sur le calendrier habituel de l'événement et peuvent évoluer. Date en attente signifie qu'aucune information fiable n'est encore disponible.

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Sources

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