What are the course records at Carnoustie, Kingsbarns and The Old Course, St Andrews? They've all been set by golfers at The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
The Open may have been hosted at the Old Course at St Andrews and Carnoustie on many occasions, but it’s the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship where their course records have been set.
With the addition of Kingsbarns, it’s a tournament that has seen sensational rounds of golf produced throughout the years. From Branden Grace’s 60 at Kingsbarns - matched a year later by Peter Uihlein - to Tommy Fleetwood's 63 at Carnoustie and Ross Fisher recording the first 61 at St Andrews (which has been matched twice since), the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship seems to get the best out of its players.
Kingsbarns, 60 (Twice)
Branden Grace: 2012
In a season where he claimed four DP World Tour titles, South African Branden Grace also equalled the course record with a round of 60 at Kingsbarns to lead after the first round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in 2012.
He knocked off two strokes from Lee Westwood's mark thanks to an eagle and ten birdies - five of them in a row to finish his round.
Peter Uihlein: 2013
A year after Grace achieved the course record, American Peter Uihlein equalled it with a 60 of his own, narrowly missing a long eagle putt on his final hole for a 59.
The same year he won his maiden title in Madeira, Uihlein started on the back nine at Kingsbarns and followed a birdie at the 11th with an eagle on the 12th. Two more gains came at the 17th and 18th to reach the turn in 31 - exactly same score as Grace had posted the year prior.
St Andrews, Old Course: 61 (three times)
Ross Fisher: 2017
Pushing Tyrrell Hatton all the way, Ross Fisher finished as the runner-up for a second year in a row after he claimed history on Sunday at The Old Course, St Andrews with the first ever 61.
Fisher made four birdies in a row from the second, rolled in a huge putt on the seventh, a 15-footer on the eighth and took advantage of the short ninth to turn in 29.
More smart approach play brought Fisher birdies on the 12th and 13th and when he took advantage of the par five 14th and holed a ten-footer on the next, there was talk of a first DP World Tour 59 in the galleries.
Romain Langasque: 2022
Romain Langasque equalled the course record at the Old Course after producing a remarkable burst of scoring in the closing stages of his first-round 61 to lead the 2022 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship by one shot.
The Frenchman started at the tenth tee and went out in 33 before coming home in 28 - having covered the final six holes in seven under - to match Fisher's record at the historic venue.
Tyrrell Hatton: 2024
On his way to a third victory in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Hatton made history by posting a record-equalling 61 with an eagle and nine birdies to take a one-shot lead into the final round.
Starting the day three shots off the lead after opening rounds of 65 and 68 at Carnoustie and Kingsbarns respectively, Hatton produced a brilliant burst of scoring on the front nine to grab a share of the lead after six holes.
Carnoustie: Tommy Fleetwood, 63, 2017
In the year where Fleetwood became Race to Dubai Champion, won the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and the HNA Open de France and welcomed son Frankie to the world, he also broke a 23-year-old course record at Carnoustie Golf Links during Friday's session of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
The -9 round meant Fleetwood bettered the 64 set by former Scottish professional, Alan Tait, back in 1994 which was subsequently matched by eight others, including Colin Montgomerie, Paul Lawrie and Alex Noren.
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