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.
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
08Informations pratiques
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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Le circuit se poursuit
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Dates enregistrées
| Édition | Dates | Statut |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
| 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. |
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Sources
- Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Wikipedia encyclopedia consulté 6 September 2026
- Alfred Dunhill Links Championship - official site, IMG / Alfred Dunhill Links Championship official consulté 6 September 2026