Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 2024: Thursday’s opening round tee times and groups
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Tee times and groups for Thursday’s opening round of the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland.
The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship will commence on Thursday 3 October. The event is played across three courses; St Andrews Old Course, Carnoustie Championship Course, and Kingsbarns.
Each of the 168 professional golfers tee it up alongside 168 celebrities and amateurs for the first three rounds, with each group playing one round at the three courses before the cut is made on Saturday evening. The final round is then played on the Old Course where the individual and team champions are crowned.
The weather had other plans for the Championship last season when all three courses or access roads were underwater for the weekend. Organizers were forced to push play into an extra day and abandoned the cut. It was the first time in history that the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship concluded on a Monday and was played over three rounds.
Hopefully, all four rounds will be played this year and the tournament will finish on Sunday 6 October.
Matt Fitzpatrick is the defending champion of the individual and team championship. After three rounds the Englishman was 19-under par which was enough to win by three shots over fellow compatriots Marcus Armitage and Matthew Southgate, as well as 2022 champion, Ryan Fox.
It was a family affair in the team championship won by Matt Fitzpatrick and his mother, Susan. The pair became the first family winners of both championships at the event.
The fans are set to be well entertained this year with a star-studded field being assembled once again. World No.3, Rory McIlroy, is playing alongside his father, Gerry. Liv Golf’s Brooks Koepka, Tyrrell Hatton, and Jon Rahm are teeing it up in Scotland this week.
Home hero, Bob MacIntyre is another golfer playing alongside his father, Dougie, who caddied for his son during his maiden win on the PGA Tour at the RBC Canadian Open. Other notable professionals playing this week are Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry, Billy Horschel, Padraig Harrington, Thriston Lawrence, and the Hojgaard twins.
Among the amateur golfers in action this week are Hollywood’s finest, Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Kathryn Newton, and Bill Murray. Former Wales captain Gareth Bale leads a stunning list of sports stars that includes John Elway, Ruud Gullit, Kevin Pietersen, Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir A P McCoy, Jimmy Anderson, and Kelly Slater.
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship: Round One – Tee times and groups
ST ANDREWS | |||
TEE TIME | HOLE | GROUP 1 | GROUP 2 |
09:00 | 1 | Hudson Swafford & Scott Mahoney | Peter Uilhein & Jeff Kelter |
09:11 | 1 | Matthew Baldwing & Mossimo Giannulli | James Nicholas & John Elway |
09:22 | 1 | Sam Bairstow & Jimmy Anderson | Tom Lewis & Michael Vaughan |
09:33 | 1 | Barclay Brown & Kevin Pietersen | John Parry & Mark Nicholas |
09:44 | 1 | Daniel Hillier & Sir Steve Redgrave | Matthew Griffin & Peter Jones |
09:55 | 1 | Matthew Jordan & Piers Morgan | Haotong Li & Allan Lamb |
10:06 | 1 | Louis Albertse & Schalk Burger Jr. | Sam Jones & Rob Louw |
10:17 | 1 | Dylan Frittelli & Morne Du Plessis | Patrick Reed & Nicholas Jonsson |
10:28 | 1 | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen & Huey Lewis | Adrian Otaegui & Tico Torres |
10:39 | 1 | Rafa Cabrera Bello & Mike Rutherford | Kiradech Aphibarnrat & Dave Farrell |
10:50 | 1 | James Ashfield & Jamie Redknapp | Daan Huizing & Ruud Gullit |
11:01 | 1 | Daniel Brown & Gareth Bale | Marcus Armitage & Tom Chaplin |
11:12 | 1 | Sebastian Soderberg & Dan Wallace | Tom McKibbin & Brett Overman |
11:23 | 1 | Guido Migliozzi & Sammy Eldin | Laurie Canter & Rurik Gobel |
09:00 | 10 | Pablo Larrazabal & Allan Stanton | Branden Grace & Shaun Seeliger |
09:11 | 10 | Jens Fahrbring & Shantanu Narayen | Richard T Lee & Billy Getty |
09:22 | 10 | Adri Arnaus & Tom McCall | Ivan Cantero & Ross Desmond |
09:33 | 10 | Daniel Gavins & Jon Bond | Caleb Surratt & Will Ahmed |
09:44 | 10 | Brandon Stone & Greg Maffei | Callum Shinkwin & Alex Acquavella |
09:55 | 10 | Darius Van Driel & Ashton Curtis | Nicholas Colsaerts & Ari Amanuel |
10:06 | 10 | Kyle Barker & Paul Harris | Ryan Van Velzen & Frank Vivier |
10:17 | 10 | Tom Vaillant & Andrew White | Dale Whitnell & Richard Bevan |
10:28 | 10 | Guxin Chen & Stephen Miron | Filippo Celli & Dan Fireman |
10:39 | 10 | Adrien Saddier & Philippe Bucheton | Lorenzo Scalise & Ludovico Del Balzo |
10:50 | 10 | Oliver Wilson & John Tyson | Angel Hidalgo & Dan Friedkin |
11:01 | 10 | Mj Daffue & Pawan Munjal | Daniel Gale & Samir Kaul |
11:12 | 10 | Sampson-Yunhe Zheng & James Goulding | David Puig & John Hess |
11:23 | 10 | Renato Paratore & Neal Elattrache | Wilco Nienebar & Mike Meldman |
CARNOUSTIE | |||
TEE TIME | HOLE | GROUP 1 | GROUP 2 |
09:00 | 1 | Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra & Beltran Gomez-Acebo | Joakim Lagergren & Mark Madden |
09:11 | 1 | Rupert Kaminski & Guy Sanan | Kazuma Kobori & Stephen Bell |
09:22 | 1 | Sean Crocker & Gaynor Rupert | Justin Harding & Angie Rutherford |
09:33 | 1 | Louis De Jager & Hannah Heerema | Jayden Schaper & Maggie Kayne |
09:44 | 1 | Chase Hanna & Heidi Ueberroth | Joel Girrbach & Annabelle Bond |
09:55 | 1 | Lachlan Barker & Maeve Danaher | Clement Sordet & Louise Del Balzo |
10:06 | 1 | Casey Jarvis & Henry Hickman Bacon | Barend Botha & Oliver Baker |
10:17 | 1 | David Boriboonsub & Amit Bhatia | Alex Maguire & Seamus Dunne |
10:28 | 1 | Jaco Prinsloo & Moss Ngoasheng | Shubhankar Sharma & Dilip Thomas |
10:39 | 1 | Ricardo Gouveia & Ric Lewis | Robert Rock & Ken Hitchner |
10:50 | 1 | Justin Walters & Schalk Burger | Jak Carter & Sir Ian Botham |
11:01 | 1 | Joe Dean & Sir AP McCoy | Jannik De Bruyn & Scott Desano |
11:12 | 1 | Thomas Aiken & Dillie Malherbe | Calum Hill & Peter Dubens |
11:23 | 1 | Marco Penge & Joe Baratta | Jacques Kruyswijk & Giuseppe Ciucci |
09:00 | 10 | Billy Horschel & Jay Monahan | Dean Burmester & H.E. Yasir Al Rumayyan |
09:11 | 10 | Rory McIlroy & Gerry McIlroy | Louis Oosthuizen & Johann Rupert |
09:22 | 10 | Tommy Fleetwood & Ogden & Phipps II | Brooks Koepka & Brian Thompson |
09:33 | 10 | Danny Willett & Jimmy Dunne | Jon Rahm & Mohammed Farooq |
09:44 | 10 | Rasmus Hojgaard & Greg Mondre | Jesper Svensson & Jacob Wallenberg |
09:55 | 10 | Thomas Detry & Nikesh Arora | Thriston Lawrence & Lee Styslinger |
10:06 | 10 | Matt Wallace & Stephen Summers | Talor Gooch & Ryan Smith |
10:17 | 10 | Alex Noren & Justin Waterman | Padraig Harrington & Kieran McManus |
10:28 | 10 | Alex Fitzpatrick & Kathryn Newton | Nacho Elvira & Michael Douglas |
10:39 | 10 | Jordan Smith & Bill Murray | Eddie Pepperell & Andy Garcia |
10:50 | 10 | Matt Jones & Kelly Slater | Matthieu Pavon & Xavier Richomme |
11:01 | 10 | Nicolai Hojgaard & Abdullah Al Naboodah | Niklas Norgaard & Jeff Edwards |
11:12 | 10 | Shane Lowry & Gerry McManus | Robert MacIntyre & Dougie MacIntyre |
11:23 | 10 | Matt Fitzpatrick & Susan Fitzpatrick | Tyrrell Hatton & Jeff Hatton |
KINGSBARNS | |||
TEE TIME | HOLE | GROUP 1 | GROUP 2 |
09:00 | 1 | Jens Dantorp & Drew Fleming | Sebastian Friedrichsen & Tom Hartley Jr. |
09:11 | 1 | Nikhil Rama & Thabo Mosololi | Robin Williams & John Van Wyk |
09:22 | 1 | Joost Luiten & Wijnand Pon | Stephen Lewton & Todd Wagner |
09:33 | 1 | Hurly Long & David Simon | David Law & Dan Martin |
09:44 | 1 | Yannik Paul & Manish Chopra | James Morrison & Hugh Roberts |
09:55 | 1 | Todd Clements & Ferdinand Groos | Kade McBride & Jannie Durand |
10:06 | 1 | Jordan Zunic & Reuben Richards | Om Prakash Chouhan &Richie McLarty |
10:17 | 1 | Andrew Wilson & Tom Leonard | Sunghoon Kang & Ralph Wardlaw |
10:28 | 1 | Santiago Tarrio & Jim Davidson | Greg Dalziel & Steve McNichols |
10:39 | 1 | Grant Forrest & Martin Gilbert | Jordan Gumberg & Mike Fascitelli |
10:50 | 1 | Nick Bachem & Gary Saage | Will Enefer & Tony Bird |
11:01 | 1 | Brett Coletta & Sean Summers | Freddy Schott & John Fry |
11:12 | 1 | Soren Kjeldsen & Michael Lund | Maximilian Kieffer & Ric Kayne |
11:23 | 1 | Matthew Southagte & Peter Dawson | Gunner Wiebe & Tom Jermoluk |
09:00 | 10 | Matthias Schwab & Alan Quasha | Fabrizio Zanotti & Bob Israel |
09:11 | 10 | Darren Fichardt & Harry Van Dyk | Jeff Winther & Gerard Rupert |
09:22 | 10 | Maximilian Rottluff & Cian Foley | Simon Forsstrom & Dery Desmond |
09:33 | 10 | Manuel Elvira & Frank Quattrone | Scott Jamieson & Duncan Simpson-Craib |
09:44 | 10 | Antoine Rozner & Brian Higgins | David Howell & Michael Bloomberg |
09:55 | 10 | Jorge Campillo & Philippe Laffont | Thorbjorn Olesen & Dermot Desmond |
10:06 | 10 | Oliver Bekker & Matthew Stillman | Francesco Laporta & Ryan Friedkin |
10:17 | 10 | Andrew Putnam & Barry Sternlicht | Sebastian Garcia & Brett Desmond |
10:28 | 10 | Stephen Gallacher & Mandla Mlangeni | George Coetzee & Jaco Buitendag |
10:39 | 10 | David Micheluzzi & Paul Du Toit | Jacque P De Villiers & David Maclean |
10:50 | 10 | Dan Bradbury & Tim Edwards | Cameron John & Neil Coulson |
11:01 | 10 | Ross Fisher & Ian Todd | Matthis Besard & John Hegarty |
11:12 | 10 | Richard Mansell & Anthony Wreford | Yurav Premlall & Erwee Botha |
11:23 | 10 | Stuart Manley & Walter Shanahan | Connor Syme & Peter Bowden |
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