"Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 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 the Second World War), 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"
"with golf, with the course, laid upon land leased from the Cambo Estate, being in use until around 1850 when it was returned to farming. In 1922, Kingsbarns Golf Club was founded, and a nine-hole course designed by Willie Auchterlonie was laid out, but in 1939 the land was again returned to farming as an aid to the war effort. Kingsbarns Golf Links is a man-made links course designed by Kyle Phillips, a world-renowned golf course architect and developed by Mark Parsinnen. Opened in 2000, it has co-hosted the European Tour's Dunhill Links Championship along with the Old Course at"
"Links. The 54-hole 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"
"involvement in the Jacobite rising of 1715. Barry Buddon is a large training area (Barry Buddon Training Area) on the nearby dunes, adjacent to Carnoustie Golf Links. Barry, Angus Barry is a small village in Angus, Scotland, on Barry Burn at the mouth of the River Tay. The recent completion of a bypass for the village on the A930 road from Dundee to Carnoustie is something that was originally planned before the Second World War. There is a water mill (Barry Mill) operated by the National Trust for Scotland. The village is served by Barry Links railway station. The village"
"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. Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 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 St Andrews to economize on land use, but in modern times this is rare due to the potential for injury from balls coming the other way. Famous links courses include the Old Course at St. Andrews, often described as the ""Home of Golf"", and Musselburgh Links, which is generally regarded as the first recorded golf course. The Open Championship, the oldest of golf’s major championships, is always played on a links course. Links and links-style golf courses have been developed throughout the world, reproducing the broken, treeless terrain with deep bunkers of their Scottish prototypes. An ""executive course"" or"
"tourism. Crail is south of St Andrews and from Kingsbarns. To the south west are the links of Elie, Anstruther, Lundin and Leven. Within an hour to the north are Scotscraig, Carnoustie, Monifieth and Panmure. Crail Golfing Society owns and operates two courses, Balcomie and Craighead, which differ in character. Balcomie, designed by Old Tom Morris in 1895, is a traditional links, retaining original holes, and a diverse and distinctive set of Par 3s. The 14th is the most photographed hole, a Par 3 with an elevated tee high above the beach dropping down to a heavily bunkered green. Longer"
"St Andrews Links St Andrews Links in the town of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, is regarded as the ""Home of Golf"". It has one of the oldest courses in the world, where the game has been played since the 15th century. Today there are seven public golf courses; the Balgove, Eden, Jubilee, Strathtyrum, New, the Old Course (which is widely considered one of the finest, and certainly the most famous and traditional course in the world), and The Castle Course, sited on the cliffs a mile to the east of St Andrews and designed by the architect David McLay Kidd,"
"it had the highest winning score of all three qualifiers having a 36 hole score of -5, as opposed to around -9 or -10 at the other 2 courses. Panmure Golf Club Panmure Golf Club is a golf club close to the village of Barry, Angus, Scotland. It is one of the clubs that originally helped purchase the Amateur Championship trophy, and is one of the oldest golf clubs in the world, dating back to 1845. It is a private club that plays over the Barry Links, and is sometimes referred to as ""Barry"" or ""Panmure Barry"". Due to its"
"the half-way cut<br> ""T"" indicates a tie for a place<br> Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10 Jack Burns (golfer) John ""Jack"" Burns (7 January 1859 – 18 December 1927), a native of St Andrews, was a Scottish professional golfer for part of his life. He was the son of an Irish labourer, and started earning his living as a plasterer. However, there is reference to him being a professional golfer in the minutes of the St Andrews Golf Club in October 1885. Burns moved to Warwick, England in 1887 to become the golf professional and greenskeeper at the"
"was reduced to 54 holes by strong winds. St Andrews Links Trophy The St Andrews Links Trophy is an international amateur golf tournament contested on the St Andrews Links in Scotland. It has been played annually since 1989. The format is 72-hole stroke play over 3 days. 144 players compete the first two rounds, which are split across the Old Course and another course at St Andrews. After 36 holes the leading 40 competitors and ties play a further 36 holes over the Old Course on the final day. In 1999 and 2000 the event was reduced to 36 holes"
"Famous winners at St Andrews have included: Old Tom Morris (1861, 1862, 1867 and 1874), Bobby Jones (1927 and 1930 British Amateur), Jack Nicklaus (1970 and 1978) and Tiger Woods (2000 and 2005). According to Jack Nicklaus, ""if a golfer is going to be remembered, he must win at St Andrews"". There are seven golf courses in total – Old, New, Jubilee, Eden, Strathtyrum, Balgove and the Castle - surrounding the western approaches of the town. The seventh golf course (the Castle) was added in 2007 at Kinkell Braes, designed by David McLay Kidd. Other leisure facilities in the town"
"at St Andrews include Tiger Woods (twice), Louis Oosthuizen, John Daly, Zach Johnson (first Monday finish since 1988), Nick Faldo, Seve Ballesteros, Jack Nicklaus (twice), Tony Lema, Kel Nagle, Bobby Locke, Peter Thomson, Sam Snead, Dick Burton, Denny Shute, Bobby Jones, Jock Hutchison, James Braid (twice), John Henry Taylor (twice), Hugh Kirkaldy, Jack Burns, Bob Martin (twice), Jamie Anderson, Tom Kidd, Lorena Ochoa, and most recently Stacy Lewis at the 2013 Women's British Open. In 2005 the Old Course was ranked as the greatest golf course outside the United States, by ""Golf Digest"". Since 1990, the Old Course has been"
"""St. Andrew's"" of Ireland. The original links was laid out by Old Tom Morris. Alister MacKenzie, who co-designed Augusta National Golf Club, redesigned the Old Course and extended the links in 1927 for a fee of £2000. Lahinch is actually two 18 hole courses, the ""Old Course"", is between the road and the sea, situated at the opposite side of the road from the Old Course is the ""Castle Course"". The Castle Course is a flatter links named after the ruins of a nearby castle tower that stands to the northof the course. One unusual feature of the Old Course"
"St Andrews Links Trophy The St Andrews Links Trophy is an international amateur golf tournament contested on the St Andrews Links in Scotland. It has been played annually since 1989. The format is 72-hole stroke play over 3 days. 144 players compete the first two rounds, which are split across the Old Course and another course at St Andrews. After 36 holes the leading 40 competitors and ties play a further 36 holes over the Old Course on the final day. In 1999 and 2000 the event was reduced to 36 holes because of adverse weather. In 2015 the event"
"Cambo Estate Cambo Estate lies close to the village of Kingsbarns in north-east Fife, Scotland. It is located in the East Neuk, south-east of St Andrews. At the heart of the estate lies the 19th-century Cambo House, the home of Sir Peter Erskine, Bt and Lady Catherine Erskine. The gardens of Cambo are open to the public, and include the walled garden and seasonal snowdrop gardens. Elsewhere on the estate is the Kingsbarns Links golf course, which co-hosts the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship every year. The estate of Cambo was granted to Robert de Newenham by a charter of King"
"beach was also featured in the 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony The beach is adjacent to the famous St Andrews Links golf course. Sand dunes on the beach, which have long protected the golf course, are themselves in danger of eroding away, and are the subject of a restoration project. The Lade Braes Walk is a scenic public footpath of about that follows the route of a medieval mill lade through St Andrews. The walk starts in the town centre near Madras College and runs roughly westward, through Cockshaugh Park to Law Mill. The lade's function was to transport water"
"Panmure Golf Club Panmure Golf Club is a golf club close to the village of Barry, Angus, Scotland. It is one of the clubs that originally helped purchase the Amateur Championship trophy, and is one of the oldest golf clubs in the world, dating back to 1845. It is a private club that plays over the Barry Links, and is sometimes referred to as ""Barry"" or ""Panmure Barry"". Due to its location next to Carnoustie it is often overlooked by visitors, and with the number of members limited to 500 it is one of the most underplayed courses in Scotland."
"play on the Senior PGA Tour (now known as the Champions Tour). His best finish at that level is a T-9 at the 2000 Brickyard Classic. He lives and plays in Quail Ridge Country Club in Boynton Beach, Florida. PGA Tour playoff record (0–2) European Tour playoff record (2–0) CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1978 Open Championship)<br> ""T"" indicates a tie for a place Amateur George Burns (golfer) George Francis Burns III (born July 29, 1949) is an American professional golfer who has won several tournaments at both the amateur and professional levels. Burns was"
"at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Jack Burns won the Championship by a stroke from David Anderson, Jr. and Ben Sayers. Grant played solid golf and finished in a tie for sixth place. He carded rounds of 88-88=176 and won 10 shillings. Grant died on 24 June 1903 of tuberculosis at age 42. He left behind a wife and 10 children. ""Note: Grant played only in The Open Championship."" DNP = Did not play<br> ? = played, finish unknown<br> ""T"" indicates a tie for a place<br> Yellow background for top-10 Davie Grant Davie Grant, Sr. (16 July 1860 – 24 June"
"and played marginally longer at in 2015. Citations Sources Turnberry (golf course) Turnberry is a golf resort located on the coast of the Firth of Clyde in South Ayrshire, southwestern Scotland. It comprises three links golf courses, a golf academy, a five-star James Miller-designed hotel from 1906, along with lodge and cottage accommodations. The prominent rock island Ailsa Craig is visible to the southwest. Turnberry was designed as a popular golf course and resort from its inception, and was made accessible because of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway. It was closed during both World Wars for military use, and"
"6 August 2017"" ""Final round"" ""Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par"" 2017 Women's British Open The 2017 Ricoh Women's British Open was played 3–6 August in Scotland at Kingsbarns Golf Links in Fife. It was the 41st Women's British Open, the 17th as a major championship on the LPGA Tour, and the first at Kingsbarns, southeast of nearby St Andrews. This was the first WBO organised by The R&A, which merged with the Ladies' Golf Union in late 2016. The event was televised by Golf Channel and NBC Sports in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom."
"David Anderson Jr. went on to manage the Tommy Morris golf shop as did his son and grandson. The 1888 Open Championship was the 28th Open Championship, held 6 October at the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Jack Burns won the Championship by a stroke from David Anderson Jr. and Ben Sayers. Willie Campbell was in good form—working his way around in 84—and was the leader after 18 holes for the third consecutive year. Sayers was one shot further back on 85 and four players were bunched on 86. In the afternoon Sayers, in the first group, scored"
"and coastal views. Golf is also a major draw with two courses at Scoonie and Leven Links and another within easy walking distance at Lundin Links. Leven Links has been used as a qualifying course for the Open Championship when it is held at St Andrews, the ""home of golf"" only to the north. There are also numerous bowls clubs in and around the town. A heritage railway has also been established near the Burnmill industrial estate, alongside the now disused Leven-Thornton branch line. With trains running along the yard for half a mile, between April and October with a"
"Valley Links – Championship tees Royal Portrush Golf Club Royal Portrush Golf Club is a private golf club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The 36-hole club has two links courses, the Dunluce Links (the championship course) and the Valley Links. The former is one of the courses on the Open championship rota and will next host the tournament in 2019. In 1951, Royal Portrush hosted the Open Championship, the oldest of golf's major championships; the only Open not held on the island of Great Britain. The Open will return to Portrush in 2019; it hosted the Irish Open in 2012,"
"Barnbougle Dunes Barnbougle Dunes Golf Links is a golf course located near the seaside village of Bridport in Tasmania's North-East. The 18 hole championship layout was designed by course architects Tom Doak and Mike Clayton, and is set among sand dunes overlooking Bass Strait. The course has been highly rated since opening in 2005, recognised as Australia's number one public access course, and fifth best course of any sort in Australia. Barnbougle Dunes is the first new Australian course to enter the World's Top 100 courses since rankings began, coming in at 49 after its first appraisal. It has since"
"back and forth while it was still moving. After all of the missed putts and penalty strokes were counted, Barnes had scored a 15 for the hole. European Tour playoff record (3–2) ""Note: Barnes only played in the Masters Tournament and The Open Championship.""<br> CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> ""T"" indicates a tie for a place Brian Barnes (golfer) Brian William Barnes (born 3 June 1945) is a professional golfer. He was born in Addington, Surrey, England, and lives in England, but generally represented Scotland at the international level. Barnes was educated at Millfield School in Somerset. Barnes is"
"2017 Women's British Open The 2017 Ricoh Women's British Open was played 3–6 August in Scotland at Kingsbarns Golf Links in Fife. It was the 41st Women's British Open, the 17th as a major championship on the LPGA Tour, and the first at Kingsbarns, southeast of nearby St Andrews. This was the first WBO organised by The R&A, which merged with the Ladies' Golf Union in late 2016. The event was televised by Golf Channel and NBC Sports in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom. The field is 144 players, and most earn exemptions based on"
"King's Links Golf Club. The club moved to its present location at Ballgownie Links on the other side of the River Don estuary in 1888. The course gained its royal patronage from King Edward VII in 1903 and subsequently changed its name to Royal Aberdeen Golf Club. The course was originally designed by Archie Simpson and Robert Simpson but was later re-bunkered and lengthened to its current layout by James Braid. Since its expansion Royal Aberdeen has hosted many top golf tournaments both on an amateur and professional level including the Scottish Open, Senior British Open and the Walker Cup."
"Kingsbarns The village and parish of Kingsbarns in Scotland lies near the eastern coast of Fife, in an area known as the East Neuk, southeast of St Andrews and north of Crail. The name derives from the area being the location of the barns used to store grain before being transported to the Palace at Falkland. The coast around Kingsbarns is also known as a challenging surfing area. Pitmilly, a former estate that was owned by the Moneypenny family for over seven centuries, is located about 1.5 miles from Kingsbarns on the road to St Andrews. Ruins of two mills"
"early days — in 1982 and 1986. After nearly folding in 1983, the tournament was held at the best of the ""second-tier"" courses, including Woburn Golf and Country Club for seven straight years, 1990 through 1996, as well as in 1984 and 1999. As its prestige continued to increase, more of the links courses that are in the rotation for The Open Championship, such as Turnberry (2002) and Royal Lytham & St Annes (1998, 2003, 2006) hosted the tournament, in addition to Royal Birkdale (2000, 2005, 2010). In 2007, the tournament took place at the Old Course at St Andrews"
"is played in Scotland. In 2016, the Alfred Dunhill Championship replaced the South African Open as the tour's flagship event by the Official World Golf Ranking governing board, starting in December 2016. The winner is awarded a minimum of 32 OWGR points. ""<nowiki>*</nowiki> Two events in 2004 due to change in scheduling from January to December.""<br> "" 2000 event reduced to three rounds because of rain."" Alfred Dunhill Championship The Alfred Dunhill Championship is a men's professional golf tournament which is played in South Africa. It is part of the Southern African Sunshine Tour and is one of four events"
"Morris to be designer. The New Course opened for play in 1895. St Andrews Links St Andrews Links in the town of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, is regarded as the ""Home of Golf"". It has one of the oldest courses in the world, where the game has been played since the 15th century. Today there are seven public golf courses; the Balgove, Eden, Jubilee, Strathtyrum, New, the Old Course (which is widely considered one of the finest, and certainly the most famous and traditional course in the world), and The Castle Course, sited on the cliffs a mile to the"