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
US Captain Davis Love III’s reaction in the aftermath of an amazing Ryder Cup summed it up for all of us, players and onlookers alike: "We're all kind of stunned.”
Stunned is...
2005
Kingston's Collapse
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A...
You could easily imagine the pounding hearts and the sweaty palms of the HK Golfer editorial team as we watched the clock and waited for news to come in from the government’s Mega Events Fund...
Everyone who saw the 1991 Ryder Cup remembers it vividly. This might sound like a rather obvious question but what was your inspiration behind the book?
The idea to write the book came across by...
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McIlroy validated his record-setting US Open...
India's Jeev Milkha Singh rolled in a 12-foot birdie putt at the first play-off hole to beat Francesco Molinari and win the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open – the curtain-raiser to the...
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In the week after the grandstands and hoardings had been taken down from around the Olympic Club, you can imagine USGA Executive Director Mike Davis and his colleagues returning to their Far Hills,...