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.
9. Ian Botham
As one of cricket’s greatest all-rounders, Lord Ian Botham scored more than 5,000 runs in 102 Test matches and took 383 wickets. The 1981 Ashes series is now famously remembered as ‘Botham’s Ashes’ after his outstanding performances, particularly at Headingley. He retired from international cricket in 1992 and became a cricket analyst. A great worker for charity, he did sponsored endurance walks, such as from Land’s End to John O’Groats. He is a member of the Laureus World Sports Academy and in November 2013 walked across Sri Lanka to raise funds. He says making the top ten in the 2004 Alfred Dunhill Links with Ian Woosnam was one of his best golfing moments. This is his 19th appearance. | Getty Images
10. Matthew Goode
Admired British actor Matthew Goode has a long list of successful films in which he has appeared including Match Point, Imagine Me & You, My Family and Other Animals, Copying Beethoven, The Lookout, Brideshead Revisited, Watchmen, A Single Man, Leap Year, Stoker and The Imitation Game. Was a member of the cast of the popular Downton Abbey series and played Anthony Armstrong-Jones, Princess Margaret’s husband, in The Crown. Says his best golfing moment was partnering Danny Willett in the 2010 Championship and playing with Martin Kaymer, the eventual winner, in the final group. This is the eighth time he has played. Says he once hit the ball straight right at the 18th and it bounced on the road and onto a building before ricocheting on to the green. | Getty Images for Paramount+
11. Huey Lewis
Huey Lewis and the News were one of the most successful music bands of the 1980s. The Power of Love and Hip to be Square were two of their biggest hits and the 1983 album Sports sold more than ten million copies in the US alone. The band remains in great demand for live performances. Huey is also an accomplished actor. He played Billy Flynn in the Broadway production of Chicago, and in Duets in 2000 he played Ricky Dean, the karaoke hustler father of the film’s star Gwyneth Paltrow. This is his 15th appearance in the Alfred Dunhill Links. Plays most of his golf at Stockfarm, Montana. Once holed a ball from the Road Hole bunker – by throwing it! And was awarded Sky TV’s Shot of the Day. Also had a ‘proper’ birdie at the Road Hole one Saturday on a day when there were only two; the other was from Graeme McDowell. | Getty Images
12. Sir Steve Redgrave
One of the greatest Olympians, Sir Steve Redgrave won rowing gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games, beginning with the coxed fours in 1984 in Los Angeles and finishing with the coxless fours in Sydney in 2000. Steve is a member of the Laureus World Sports Academy. Since being diagnosed with diabetes in 1997, he has become an inspiration to other sufferers and is a Vice-President of Diabetes UK. He plays most of his golf at Harleyford near Marlow. Has played in all 22 Alfred Dunhill Links. Says his best golfing moment was having his own charity golf day at Harleyford and a very young Tyrrell Hatton winning a competition to be part of the day. | Getty Images