As a world-class Dunhill professional tournament took place on the Old Course for the 33rd consecutive year, Charles McLaughlin was there to witness a nail-biting finish and an Asian team win. He also took time out from the action on the links to look into the history of this great event, why it’s so popular and the impact of the charitable donations directed by the Alfred Dunhill Links foundation
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Written by Charles McLaughlin
Photography by Courtesy of Dunhill
What is always hammered into the players in any team situation is that they should keep fighting whatever the situation. The American Ryder Cup side did just that in 1999 to turn a 6 - 10 deficit...
Looking at the stats my form was poor heading into the Hong Kong Open. I missed five cuts in six tournaments and wasn’t driving the ball well at all. I went to Bangkok and got my old driver back...
With a field comprising 100 players from The European Tour, 50 players from China Golf Association and six sponsors’ invitations, the US$2.5 million tournament will be played the week after...
A total of four places at the 2015 Open Championship, to be held next July at St Andrews, the Home of Golf, will be up for grabs in Thailand, thereby strengthening the tournament's status as the...
Edfors put together four consecutive birdies to cap a fine 66 for a total of 15-under-par and a three-shot win over Michael Lorenzo-Vera of France in second place. China's Hu Mu, Bernd Ritthammer...
The Macau Open, which will be played between 23-26 October, has long been a favoured stop on the Asian Tour, and for good reason. The Macau Golf and Country Club, and the risk/reward nature of its...
The 2013 Hong Kong Open, which saw Miguel Angel Jiménez overcome Prom Meesawat and Stuart Manley on the first hole of a sudden-death play-off for his fourth victory, provided tremendous...
There's nothing quite like the Ryder Cup. By far and away golf's premier team event, this year's edition, which takes place from 26-28 September at the stunning Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire ,...
We’ve seen this before, but from only a precious few.
Rory McIlroy’s US PGA Championship victory at soggy Valhalla Country Club in Louisville, Kentucky extended his major championship...
It was back at the 2007 Open at Carnoustie that the then 18-year-old Rory McIlroy talked to the world’s press about how he had been totally smitten with the game from the moment he watched Tiger...