The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship runs two competitions at once: an individual stroke-play tournament for professionals and a team pro-am. In the first three rounds, each pair plays the Old Course at St Andrews, Carnoustie Championship Course and Kingsbarns Golf Links once; the final round is at the Old Course. The professional and team leaderboards use different scoring rules.
How the two competitions work
The current championship format pairs 168 professionals with 168 amateurs. Each professional competes in the individual tournament and also forms a team with one amateur. The amateur’s score affects the team contest, not the professional’s individual score. The official format is described on the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship website.
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Individual professional competition
Professionals play their own stroke-play event. After three rounds, the leading 60 professionals and ties advance to the final round.
Team pro-am competition
On each hole, the team counts whichever is lower: the professional’s score or the amateur’s net score. The amateur receives an allowance of two-thirds of their official handicap, capped at 18 for men and 24 for women. The team leaderboard is therefore separate from the individual professional leaderboard.
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Every pair plays one round at each of the three venues during the opening three rounds. The draw sets the order, so pairs do not necessarily visit the courses in the same sequence. After those rounds, the leading 20 teams continue, alongside the professionals who make the individual cut. The final round is played at St Andrews’ Old Course.
| Course | Role in the championship | What the organizer highlights |
|---|---|---|
| Old Course, St Andrews | One of the three opening-round venues and the sole final-round venue | The tournament describes it as the “Home of Golf,” with a history of play stretching back hundreds of years. |
| Carnoustie Championship Course | One of the three opening-round venues | The organizer calls it one of the most challenging links courses and notes that the Barry Burn winds around the closing two holes. |
| Kingsbarns Golf Links | One of the three opening-round venues | The coastal layout south of St Andrews is described by the organizer as a risk-and-reward links course, designed by Kyle Phillips and Mark Parsinen. |
These characterizations are the tournament’s descriptions, not measured comparisons of course difficulty. The format’s defining contrast is that St Andrews hosts the finale, Carnoustie is presented as especially testing, and Kingsbarns as a newer coastal risk-and-reward venue. Course details are on the organizer’s course guide.
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What changes at St Andrews in 2026
A 2026 DP World Tour preview reports that renovation work on the Old Course began on November 3, 2025, ahead of the next Open Championship. For 2026, it identifies changed bunkering on holes 2, 6, 10 and 16; new championship tees on the 6th and 7th; and enlarged teeing areas at the 11th and 16th. The preview gives the revised championship length as 7,375 yards, 57 yards longer. These are dated 2026 details, not permanent specifications; see the DP World Tour’s 2026 preview.
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