DID YOU KNOW – ALFRED DUNHILL LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP
• Oliver Wilson will be aiming to become the first player to successfully defend the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
• Oliver Wilson claimed his maiden European Tour title at the 2014 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, after been given an invitation to play. The Englishman is the last sponsor’s invitation to win a European Tour event.
• Prior to his St Andrews triumph, Oliver Wilson held the record for the most runner-up finishes without a victory on The European Tour, with nine.
• Peter Uihlein shot a course record-equalling 60 in round two at Kingsbarns, on his way to finishing second, losing out in a play-off to David Howell in 2013. Uihlein’s 60 saw him become the 16th different player to record an official round of 60 on The European Tour.
• To highlight the strength of the 2015 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, there are ten players in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking, ten Major Champions, four World Number Ones, six European Tour Number Ones’ and 19 winners from the 2015 European Tour season.
• The albatrosses made by Lee Westwood and Steen Tinning in 2003 at Kingsbarns, at the ninth and third holes respectively, both in round three, marked the first time in European Tour history that two albatrosses were made in the same round of the same tournament.
• The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship marked the last time that two different Scottish players won the same European Tour event in consecutive seasons, with Stephen Gallacher (2004) and Colin Montgomerie (2005).
• Two-time winner Padraig Harrington has played in all 14 previous Alfred Dunhill Links Championships. He is the only multiple winner, back in 2002 and 2007. Overall he has amassed six top eight finishes in the tournament. The only other player to have recorded six top ten finishes in the event is the 2003 winner, Lee Westwood.
• The 2014 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship marked the 30th consecutive year of Alfred Dunhill sponsorship of European Tour events at St Andrews. It began with the Alfred Dunhill Cup, between 1985-2000 and the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship from 2001 onwards.
