European Tour Alfred Dunhill Links Championship leaderboard http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2015/tournamentid=2015076/leaderboard/index.html#KFiUPOmsIiBQ7BbX.97
You will never see Carnoustie, the Old Course or Kingsbarns in more pristine conditions than we are watching over these first two days of this Dunhilll Links Championship. Emerald green with nothing but blue skies and brilliant sunshine are showing off these three jewels in the golfing world.
Spectators are in for free for the first 3 days, they haven't erected the huge stands that are necessary to house the Open Championship so the courses look more like they are day in and day out. I am so impressed with the new Kingsbarns which looks like a links but isn't really in that it hasn't been built on land linking the sea to the mainland, but it looks like it's been there for a long time and I am glad they built a stone clad traditional looking Scottish clubhouse instead of some monster 5 star hotel. It like the rest of the course, fits..
Two young Walker Cup team mates England's Jimmy Mullen (-11) and Irishman Paul Dunne (-10) both playing St Andrews today and both playing their first pro tournament, lead the way after opening 64's in round one and continue to do so as play is under way in round two.
Martin Kaymer and Jamie Donaldson, much more well known, are lurking just behind at -9 currently, playing Kingsbarns. As always Carnoustie is playing the toughest of the three courses. There are 5 players at -8, so a long way and many twists and turns to come
Consider Paul Dunne's life recently. He led the Open championship going into the final round, then won the Walker Cup in convincing fashion, turned pro and here he is leading his first tournament ! Mullen won all 4 of his matches in the Walker Cup, only the fourth man to do so. Mullen ranks 1695th in the World Rankings while Dunne is World Number 942.
They both will try and get their cards via Q school, however a win here by either would change all that.
The weather will get partly cloudy tomorrow with rain in the forecast for Sunday, but more importantly no significant wind.
Bryan Angus
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