Everything you need to know from last week's Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
Home hero wins to cap dream fortnight
Home favourite Robert MacIntyre became the first Scottish winner of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship since 2005 a week after helping Europe to Ryder Cup victory.
Fresh from playing a huge part in Luke Donald's side's famous away win over the U.S. at Bethpage Black, MacIntyre returned to home soil to take on Carnoustie Golf Links, Kingsbarns Golf Links and The Old Course, St Andrews in this unique event.
With the tournament being reduced to 54 holes following weather interruptions on Friday and Saturday, early starter MacIntyre played his third and final round on The Old Course on Sunday and flew out of the blocks, notching six birdies over the first 13 holes to move five strokes clear at the top of the leaderboard.
The World Number Nine then mixed a birdie at the 16th with a bogey on the 17th before having to settle for a tap-in par on the last to sign for a closing 66 and set the clubhouse target at 18 under par.
The Scot faced an anxious wait as several players in the chasing pack made their way down the stretch but no-one was able to catch MacIntyre and, around 90 minutes after holing his final putt, he was able to celebrate a four-shot victory and his fourth DP World Tour title in all.
MacIntyre said: "Unbelievable. Any time you can win a golf tournament on these shores is special. But I'm just delighted with the way I've done it.
"I've played really nice over the three days and here we are.
"I don't know how we're going to celebrate after the celebration we had last Sunday! We'll try our best. I don't know if it'll be tonight but it'll be over the next couple of weeks.
"We'll have a nice celebration. Any time you can win, it's difficult to win. It's just a beautiful ending to a good week."
Crowe and Foley win team competition
One of the many unique elements of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship is the wide array of celebrities from all walks of life – sport, music and entertainment – who make the annual pilgrimage to Scotland.
Among the high-profile amateurs to tee it up were movie star couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Douglas, Bill Murray, Ronan Keating, Wayne Gretzky and Sir Andy Murray.
While Murray impressed on his way to a total of 23 under par alongside partner Eddie Pepperell, it was Harrison Crowe and Cian Foley who were crowned winners of the team competition.
Australian Crowe and his amateur partner Foley, of Ireland, reached a total of 33 under par, with the highlight being a 14-under-par round of 58 at The Old Course on Friday.
Crowe said: "We teamed up brilliantly.
"I played very well on the first day and Cian came in strongly in the second round.
"Today we had a solid team round at Carnoustie and it’s been a lot of fun.”
Foley, son-in-law of JP McManus, said: "It was so enjoyable playing with Harrison and we had a great time."
Colsaerts bids emotional farewell to Dunhill Links
Nicolas Colsaerts said an emotional farewell to the Home of Golf on Sunday as he capped off his 500th DP World Tour event with a birdie ahead of his upcoming retirement from professional golf.
An outstanding albatross and a second-place finish at last year's Alfred Dunhill Links Championship meant Colsaerts earned his playing rights for this season and could say goodbye to his life as a professional golfer on his own terms at the end of the 2025 season.
“I'm pretty at peace because it's something that I've been thinking about for a few years," he said. "It's not a decision that I took overnight.
“When you play on Tour for 25 years and you have the chance to celebrate a milestone like this at the Home of Golf, I think anyone would feel quite grateful."
For him, that meant one final Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and he was visibly emotional as he walked up the 18th fairway of The Old Course, St Andrews for a final time and could be heard saying "this is a special walk".
One under for his day on the 18th tee, Colsaerts who drove through the green of the final par-four and had a straightforward up and down for birdie to cap off a final round two-under-par 70.
At the start of the week he was presented with a plaque on the fairway at Kingsbarns, where he holed his brilliant albatross with a six iron during the third round last year, and at the end there was another presentation - this time a customary silver salver to celebrate his 500th event on the DP World Tour.
Afterwards, the Belgian was also given a framed record with his nickname 'The Dude', which was a gift organised by friend and fellow DP World Tour player Marcel Siem.
Kimsey equals DP World Tour record with birdie blitz
Nathan Kimsey wrote his name into the DP World Tour record books during the second round on Friday.
Playing at The Old Course, St Andrews, the Englishman reeled off nine successive birdies to emulate Australian James Nitties as just the second player to achieve the feat.
No-one has ever recorded more birdies in succession during a single round in DP World Tour history.
