The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship is a unique tournamnet that sees some of the world's top professional golfers team up with amateurs to play rounds at St Andrews, Carnoustie and KIngsbarns golf courses.
Each partnership play a round at each of the courses before the top 60 professionals and the leading 20 pro-am teams progress to a final round at the Home of Golf.
Amongst the amatuers are a liberal smattering of famous faces from the worlds of music, film, media and sport - relishing the chance to swing alongside the pros.
Here are 13 of the celebs adding some glitz to this year's tournament, being played from October 5-9.
5. Andy Garcia
Andy Garcia began acting at Florida International University and soon went to Hollywood. His breakthrough came when director Brian De Palma cast him in The Untouchables, then in 1989 Francis Ford Coppola cast him as Vincent, the illegitimate son of Sonny Corleone, in The Godfather III and he was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor. He has since appeared in many successful films, including Internal Affairs, Hero, When a Man Loves a Woman, Things To Do in Denver When You’re Dead, Night Falls On Manhattan and Desperate Measures. One of his most popular performances came as a Las Vegas casino owner in Ocean’s Eleven. A member of Lakeside at Toluca Lake in California, he is an enthusiastic golfer who won the AT&T Pro-Am in 1997. This is the seventh time he has played in the Alfred Dunhill Links. | Getty Images for AFI
6. Tom Chaplin
Tom Chaplin is a singer-songwriter and lead vocalist of British alternative rock band Keane, which sold more than ten million records. The band was inactive for five years from 2013 during which Tom released a solo album The Wave, which he followed the next year with Twelve Tales of Christmas. The band returned after the hiatus with their fifth studio album entitled Cause and Effect, which was released in September 2019. His grandfather was a golf mad headmaster of a prep school and designed a course in the grounds where Tom began to play. He says he can perform at Wembley without a problem but has never felt as frightened as when he teed up on the 1st hole at St Andrews in 2015. A member of Rye in Kent, this is his sixth appearance in the Alfred Dunhill Links. | Getty Images
7. Kathryn Newton
From Orlando, Hollywood star Kathryn Newton has been golfing from an early age. Her high school team won three state championships and her record of five-under-par in a nine-hole match still stands. Her best handicap has been plus two. She initially wanted to play in the 2012 US Women's Open, but had to withdraw from the qualifier after getting the lead in Paranormal Activity 4. Known for her starring roles in CBS comedy series Gary Unmarried, HBO mystery drama Big Little Lies and Netflix drama The Society, she most recently starred as Marvel’s newest superhero in Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania. Also appeared in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Blockers and Freaky. This is her second appearance in the Alfred Dunhill Links. She is an ambassador for the R&A. | Getty Images
8. Piers Morgan
Television personality Piers Moragan was a writer and editor for several British newspapers, including the Daily Mirror. He's now an author, columnist and host of daily TV show Piers Morgan Uncensored on the new channel Talk TV. Plays his golf at Coombe Hill in Kingston upon Thames. This is his fifth appearance in the Alfred Dunhill Links. Says his most memorable moments include hitting the clubhouse wall at Carnoustie with his opening tee shot in 2018. | Getty Images