Dunhill Links Championship 2026 Day One Tee Times: Thursday full order of play, format, prize money

Some of the world’s best golfers - and a fair few celebrities - are in Scotland this week.

The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship is a unique tournament 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.

Scotland's Robert MacIntyre is the defending champion at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. | Getty Images

placeholder image — Scotland's Robert MacIntyre is the defending champion at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. | Getty Images

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 - the iconic St Andrews’ Old Course.

Amongst the amateurs are a liberal smattering of famous faces from the worlds of music, film, media and sport - relishing the chance to swing alongside the pros.

And all eyes will be on Scottish player Robert MacIntyre, who triumphed at his home tournament 12 months ago and will be looking for a successful defence.

Here’s everything you need to know about the first day of play.

When is the Dunhill Links Championship?

This year’s event will take place this week, from October 1-4.

What are the tee times for the first day of the Dunhill Links Championship?

Here’s who’ll be playing where and when on Thursday, October 1, from the professional to the celebrities and the amateurs.

St Andrews Old Course

Starting at the 1st hole

9.00am – Nick Voke / Sean Fitzpatrick – Hennie du Plessis / Schalk Burger
9.11am – Oliver Wilson / Steve Redgrave – Jaco Prinsloo / Morné du Plessis
9.22am – Nathan Kimsey / Huey Lewis – Adrian Meronk / Tom Chaplin
9.33am – Elvis Smylie / Mike Rutherford – Jorge Campillo / Dave Farrell
9.44am – Charles Howell III / Ruud Gullit – Marcus Armitage / Gareth Bale
9.55am – Sean Crocker / James Milner – Ian Poulter / Tom Hartley Jr
10.06am – Cameron Adam / Mark Darbon – Dean Burmester / Nick Jonsson
10.17am – Matteo Manassero / Peter Dawson – Guido Migliozzi / Sammy Eldin
10.28am – Wade Ormsby / Kevin Pietersen – Matthew Jordan / Piers Morgan
10.39am – Ryggs Johnston / AP McCoy – James Morrison / Peter Jones
10.50am – Adri Arnaus / Max Herberstein – Austin Bautista / Michael Peña
11.01am – Renato Paratore / Ryan Friedkin – Jacob Skov Olesen / John Tyson
11.12am – Thriston Lawrence / Brian Higgins – Calum Hill / Seth Waugh
11.23am – Victor Perez / Lee Styslinger – Peter Uihlein / Scott Mahoney

Starting at the 10th hole

9.00am – Jens Dantorp / Boetie Strydom – Samuel Simpson / Jaco Buitendag
9.11am – Andreas Halvorsen / Kristofer Kraus – JC Ritchie / Shaun Seeliger
9.22am – Richard Bland / Nick Acquavella – Björn Hellgren / Reed Coleman
9.33am – Tom Vaillant / Stephane Connery – Pavit Tangkamolprasert / Tom Gilbane III
9.44am – Callum Shinkwin / Alex Acquavella – Fabrizio Zanotti / Ashton Curtis
9.55am – Sebastian Söderberg / David Gregory – Luke List / Tom McCall
10.06am – Jeong Weon Ko / Maeve Danaher – Euan Walker / Sandra Tuddenham
10.17am – Luis Carrera / Moss Ngoasheng – Grant Forrest / Martin Gilbert
10.28am – David Law / Will Ahmed – Daniel Rodrigues / David Kohler
10.39am – Daniel Brown / Manish Chopra – Eddie Pepperell / Geoff Yang
10.50am – Cameron John / Giuseppe Ciucci – Justin Walters / Dillie Malherbe
11.01am – Kiradech Aphibarnrat / Dilip Thomas – Daniel Young / Jim Davidson
11.12am – Marcus Kinhult / Mike Fascitelli – Filippo Celli / Ludovico del Balzo
11.23am – Ivan Cantero / Thomas Jermoluk – Will Florimo / Anthony Wreford

Carnoustie

Starting at the 1st hole

9.00am – Lee Westwood / Ronan Keating – Padraig Harrington / Kieran McManus
9.11am – Rafa Cabrera Bello / Kelly Slater – Joe Dean / Pat Brooks
9.22am – Dylan Frittelli / Frank Vivier – Louis de Jager / Gerard Rupert
9.33am – Ollie Schniederjans / Barry Sternlicht – Jazz Janewattananond / Graham Head
9.44am – Connor Syme / Oliver Baker – Frankie Capan III / Seamus Dunne
9.55am – Casey Jarvis / Hicky Bacon – Daniel Cronje / Amit Bhatia
10.06am – Pablo Larrazábal / Gaynor Rupert – Rocco Repetto Taylor / Maggie Kayne
10.17am – Michael Stewart / Hannah Heerema – Anthony Quayle / Louise del Balzo
10.28am – Frederico Biondi Figueiredo / Sanjay Arora – Joakim Lagergren / Jerry Yang
10.39am – Declan O’Donovan / Brett Desmond – Sebastian Garcia / Brett Pickett
10.50am – Matthew Baldwin / Surinder Arora – Joshua Berry / Alan Quasha
11.01am – Ockie Strydom / Bob Israel – Jordan Gumberg / Frank Quattrone
11.12am – Niklas Nørgaard / Jay Monahan – Jeff Winther / Michael Lund
11.23am – David Puig / John Hess – Jose Luis Ballester / Dan Friedkin

Starting at the 10th hole

9.00am – Robert MacIntyre / Brett Overman – Tyrrell Hatton / Jeff Hatton
9.11am – Francesco Molinari / Stephen Miron – Sepp Straka / Sam Straka
9.22am – Michael Hollick / Tom Nelson – Michael La Sasso / Ryan Smith
9.33am – Ross Fisher / Abdullah Al Naboodah – Carlos Ortiz / Joe Baratta
9.44am – Alex Fitzpatrick / Sue Fitzpatrick – Bubba Watson / Angie Watson
9.55am – Matt Fitzpatrick / Russell Fitzpatrick – Justin Rose / Peter Dubens
10.06am – Branden Grace / Johann Rupert – Lucas Herbert / JJ Dudum
10.17am – Tommy Fleetwood / Ogden Phipps II – Danny Willett / Jimmy Dunne
10.28am – Todd Clements / Brian Hook – Ryan Palmer / Brian Roberts
10.39am – Charles Porter / Joshua Heatley – Daniel Hillier / Craig Heatley
10.50am – Thomas Detry / Nikesh Arora – Brooks Koepka / Neal Elattrache
11.01am – Davis Bryant / Dermot Desmond – Oliver Lindell / Greg Johnson
11.12am – Alex Noren / Ernesto Bertarelli – Jayden Schaper / Pat Battle
11.23am – Luke Donald / Jamie Sahara – Cam Smith / David Fox

Kingsbarns

Starting at the 1st hole

9.00am – Yanhan Zhou / James Goulding – Rikuya Hoshino / Andrew White
9.11am – Freddy Schott / Gary Saage – Tobias Jonsson / Dan Fireman
9.22am – David Micheluzzi / Cian Foley – Christiaan Burke / John van Wyk
9.33am – Benjamin Follett-Smith / Thomas Abt – Scott Jamieson / Duncan Simpson-Craib
9.44am – Jay Mackenzie / Ian Botham – Matias Sanchez / Allan Lamb
9.55am – Shubhankar Sharma / Mark Nicholas – Josh Hill / Michael Vaughan
10.06am – Quim Vidal / Beltrán Gómez-Acebo – Marcus Helligkilde / John Fry
10.17am – Jack Thompson / Fred Robertson – Ben Schmidt / Justin Waterman
10.28am – Brandon Stone / Michael Bloomberg – Mikael Lindberg / Jacob Wallenberg
10.39am – Caleb Surratt / Jim Crane – Jack Buchanan / Samir Kaul
10.50am – Jason Scrivener / Gerry McManus – Brandon Robinson Thompson / Matthew Stillman
11.01am – Adrien Saddier / Pierre-Henri Dentressangle – Ryan Peake / Ross Desmond
11.12am – David Ravetto / Norbert Dentressangle – Robin Williams / Ken Hitchner
11.23am – Hugo Townsend / Jan Bengtsson – Alejandro del Rey / Shantanu Narayen

Starting at the 10th hole

9.00am – Herman Loubser / Mandla Mlangeni – Richard Mansell / Tim Edwards
9.11am – Clement Charmasson / David Maclean – Robert Rock / Billy Getty
9.22am – Joel Girrbach / Mike Meldman – Jack Senior / Ric Kayne
9.33am – Connor Mckinney / Jeff Edwards – Kevin Yuan / Richard Bevan
9.44am – Dylan Naidoo / Rob Louw – Marc Leishman / Dan Wallace
9.55am – Yurav Premlall / Schalk Burger Jr – Félix Mory / Ferdinand Groos
10.06am – Austen Truslow / Scott Desano – Zander Lombard / Sean Summers
10.17am – Quentin Debove / Philippe Bucheton – MJ Daffue / Paul Harris
10.28am – Albin Bergstrom / Mohammed Farooq – Richard Sterne / Hank Plain
10.39am – Jeremy Paul / John Hegarty – Sam Bairstow / Pawan Munjal
10.50am – Thomas Rosenmueller / Kelley James – Charley Hoffman / Jon Hoffman
11.01am – Daniel Gavins / Dery Desmond – James Marchesani / Drew Fleming
11.12am – Oliver Bekker / Andrew Reynolds – Daniel van Tonder / Paul du Toit
11.23am – Haydn Porteous / Allan Stanton – Marcel Siem / Mark Madden

What’s the prize money at the Dunhill Links Championship 2026?

There’s a total of $5 million dollars up for grabs. Here’s what the top 10 players will earn at the tournament:

Winner: $800,000
Runner-up: $533,330
Third: $300,480
Fourth: $240,000
Fifth: $203,520
Sixth: $168,000
Seventh: $144,000
Eighth: $120,000
Ninth: $107,520
Tenth: $96,000

What’s the format of the Dunhill Links Championship 2026?

The Dunhill Links is actually two separate competitions in one.

First up is a simple individual tournament for 168 DP World Tour professionals taking place over four rounds.

Then there’s a Team Championship, where each professional paired with an amateur (including some famous faces). The amaturs receive a stroke allowance of two-thirds of their official handicap (a maximum of 18 for men and 24 for women). The team score is worked out by taking the lowest score from the amateur’s net score and the professional’s score at each hole.

All the teams place all three courses - St Andrews’ Old Course, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns over the firast three days, then the top 60 team (and ties) go on to complete for the title at St Andrews’ Old Course.

Can I watch the Dunhill Links Championship on television?

The tournament will be broadcast live on Sky Sports. If you are not a Sky subscriber you can watch it on NOW TV, with day passes starting from £14.99.

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