By Will Pearson and Jamie Kennedy, europeantour.com
in St Andrews
Back for its 15th anniversary edition this week, europeantour.com delves deep inside the world-class field of professionals and celebrities assembled for the unique, always-entertaining Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
In the field, there are:
168 professionals from 24 different countries
91 European Tour winners with a combined 358 victories
10 Major Championship winners with 18 Major victories between them
Ernie Els (5)
Padraig Harrington (3)
John Daly, Martin Kaymer (2 each)
Stewart Cink, Darren Clarke, Paul Lawrie, Graeme McDowell, Charl Schwartzel, YE Yang (all 1 each)
6 European Number Ones
Luke Donald (2011)
Martin Kaymer (2010)
Lee Westwood (2000, 2009)
Robert Karlsson (2008)
Padraig Harrington (2006)
Ernie Els (2003, 2004)
4 former World Number Ones
Ernie Els
Luke Donald
Martin Kaymer
Lee Westwood
11 former winners of the Dunhill Links including one multiple winner
Padraig Harrington (2002, 2006)
Oliver Wilson (2014)
David Howell (2013)
Branden Grace (2012)
Michael Hoey (2011)
Martin Kaymer (2010)
Robert Karlsson (2008)
Nick Dougherty (2007)
Stephen Gallacher (2004)
Lee Westwood (2003)
Paul Lawrie (2001)
7 players who have contested all 15 Dunhill Links events
Darren Clarke
David Howell
Raphael Jacquelin
James Kingston
Paul McGinley
Padraig Harrington
Paul Lawrie
4 multiple winners from The 2015 Race to Dubai
Danny Willett (Nedbank Golf Challenge, Omega European Masters)
Branden Grace (Alfred Dunhill Championship, Commercial Bank Qatar Masters)
Andy Sullivan (SA Open, Joburg Open)
Thomas Pieters (D+D Real Czech Masters, KLM Open)
22 Ryder Cup players including 7 from the victorious European side at Gleneagles
Thomas Bjorn
Jamie Donaldson
Victor Dubuisson
Stephen Gallacher
Martin Kaymer
Graeme McDowell
Lee Westwood
5 World Golf Championships winners with 7 victories combined
Shane Lowry (2015 Bridgestone Invitational)
Luke Donald (2011 Match Play)
Martin Kaymer (2011 HSBC Champions)
Ernie Els (2010 Cadillac Championship, 2004 Cadillac Championship)
Darren Clarke (2000 Match Play, 2003 Bridgestone Invitational)
PLUS…
3 Ballon d’Or winners with 5 wins between them
Johan Cruyff (1971, 1973, 1974)
Ruud Gullit (1987)
Andriy Schevchenko (2004)
1 FIFA World Cup winner
Alessandro Del Piero (2006)
2 Olympic Gold Medallists
Franz Klammer (1976)
Sir Steve Redgrave (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)
1 record breaking surfer
11-time ASP World Tour champion Kelly Slater
1 record breaking jockey
4,348-time jump race winning horse jockey A.P. McCoy
1 Golden Globe Winner
Hugh Grant
5 cricketing centurions
Kevin Pietersen (104 test caps for England)
Sir Ian Botham (102 test caps for England)
Jacques Kallis (166 test caps for South Africa)
Mark Boucher (147 test caps for South Africa)
Shane Warne (145 test caps for Australia)
1 British Lions rugby captain
Brian O’Driscoll
4 world famous musicians
Don Felder (The Eagles)
Huey Lewis (Huey Lewis and the News)
Tom Chaplin (Keane)
Ronan Keating (Boyzone)
And finally…
1 shade of Grey
50 shades actor Jamie Dornan
PLUS MANY MORE
