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Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Preview

Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 2023: Preview

The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship is one of the more unique tournaments on the golfing calendar, with players competing over three of Scotland’s finest links courses: Carnoustie, Kingsbarns, and the Old Course at St Andrews.

The tournament also has a different format, with two separate competitions taking place at the same time: an individual professional tournament and a pro-am team competition featuring some of the world’s most popular, celebrity-amateur golfers playing alongside the professionals.

The Players

The individual competition features a field of some of the world’s best golfers, including defending champion Ryan Fox, not to mention some of the Team Europe winners from the Ryder Cup in Matt Fitzpatrick who will partner his mum, Tommy Fleetwood and Scotland’s own, Robert Macintyre.

The team competition also features a star-studded cast, with celebrities such as Gareth Bale, Piers Morgan, Kevin Pietersen and Stuart Broad.

Tommy Fleetwood is looking for another memorable week! (Credit Le Monde)

The Courses

The three courses used for the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship are all world-class, and they will test the players to the limit.

Carnoustie is known for its brutal finishing stretch, Kingsbarns is a challenging but fair links course, and the Old Course is the most iconic golf course in the world. 

In recent years the weather has played its part as you’d expect in Scotland! It always makes for a testing, yet entertaining event. 

2022 Champion – Ryan Fox

Last year Ryan Fox took the victory, finishing one shot ahead of Alex Noren and Callum Shinkwin. He had seven birdies and three bogeys on Sunday to finish 15-under par overall to win.

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It’s Go Time For The Ryder Cup

The Ceremony has now passed indicated the beginning of proceedings for the 2023 Ryder Cup from Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Rome. 

Captain’s Luke Donald and Zach Johnson have addressed the crowds, welcomed their teams and most importantly set the first element of excitement in revealing Friday’s pairings for

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the opening foursomes, offering up some surprises! 

The final practice is done, including a superb Hole In One on the Par-4 5th hole from Viktor Hovland. Now It’s go time for the Ryder Cup. 

An exciting opening group with U.S pairing Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns taking on Europe’s newly dubbed pairing of Team Angry in Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton! 

The big talking point is the exclusion of one of USA’s top scoring pairs from recent years in Justin Thomas and lifelong mate, Jordan Spieth! It’s been no secret in Justin’s lack of form this year, but with their history could that be a mistake? And to be replaced by a rookie pairing in Brian Harman and Max Homa, time will tell if Captain Johnson has made the right decision. 

All in all, it makes for an exciting opener to this years Ryder Cup.

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Marco Simone Golf & Country Club – The Ryder Cup

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club is host to the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome, where Europe will look to claim back the Ryder Cup on home soil after a painful defeat at Whistling Straits in 2021. 

Home to the last 3 Italian Opens, Marco Simone has been a happy hunting ground for many, in particular 2 of the current European Team. 

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Nicolai Højgaard and Robert MacIntyre have both been victorious at Marco Simone in recent years at the Italian Open and will be hoping to take advantage of those fond memories against the U.S team. 

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club feature an 18- & 9-hole course. It is located in Guidonia Montecelio, Italy, about 30 kilometers from Rome. 

The club was designed by Jim Fazio and opened in 1994. It was completely renovated by Tom Fazio II and European Golf Design in 2018 to prepare for the Ryder Cup. The course is known for its challenging layout, rolling hills, and stunning views of the Italian countryside.

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The course has a selection of incredible long and short holes with the thick rough and blind shots not to mention the huge bunkers that will need to be avoided.  Add in the high temperatures that are currently being experiences and you have a test like no other. 

Well documented in recent weeks is the height and thickness of the rough which like Le Golf National in France, 5 years ago, will pose the biggest punishment for wayward tee shots. 

The course isn’t the longest, therefore if Europe are to beat USA, then straight drives are a must! 

The most played driver on Team Europe is the Taylormade Stealth 2, which is not only big hitting but more forgiving! 

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Meet The Ryder Cup’s Team Europe

2 long years of planning and the time is finally here for Luke Donald and his 12 Europeans ready to do battle in Rome.

Following a disappointing 2021 loss at Whistling Straits, Luke will be focused on bringing back the Cup and putting us back to the winning ways we enjoyed so often in the previous decade. 

It’s time to meet the Ryder Cup’s Team Europe for 2023. 

Team Europe in official World Ranking order.

Team Europe have a mix of experience and rookies amongst their team, with 3 of the top 5 players in the world representing them. 

Taylormade is the most played equipment choice for Team Europe, however there is a lot of combo sets with a mix of clubs, new and old. 

Something we often educate our customers on when enjoying a FREE custom fitting. 

Our 6 highest ranked players are all captain picks with our most experienced Ryder Cup player in Justin Rose and 4 Rookies including Sepp Straka, Robert MacIntyre, Ludvig Aberg, Nicolai Højgaard. 

All the brands played by our 12 stars are readily available with the most up to date models in our fitting studios across all 3 stores. 

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Meet The Ryder Cup’s Team USA

Team Europe have been victorious in 7 of the last 10 Ryder Cups, with questions asked about the team cohesion between the U.S team over the past decade. On paper, Team USA always tend to head into a Ryder Cup the stronger party, but for whatever reason, recent history hasn’t been so kind to them. 

However, that changed at Whistling Straits in 2021, when Steve Stricker triumphed with a devastating 19-9 victory over Team Europe! 

This year will again bring a new found belief in Team USA, however Europe will be ready! It’s time to meet the Ryder Cup’s Team USA  

Zach Johnson is ready to lead his team in Rome

In ranking order of the Official World Rankings, here is team USA. 

Team USA have the World’s best player on their side as well as the most Top 10 players with 6 players, half of their team. 4 of the team are rookies with Wyndham Clark, Brian Harman, Max Homa and Sam Burns all making their first appearance. 

Titleist is the most played driver within the team with 50% of the group playing a Titleist model, ranging from TS, TSi and TSR.

Brooks Koepka is the only player within the 24 man field from the controversial LIV tour to make the trip to Rome. This comes after speculation that no LIV tour player would be welcomed onto either side for this years contest. However, with incredible form over 2023 including a Major win at the PGA Championship, Brooks made himself impossible to ignore for Captain Zach Johnson.

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