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2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship: Round 2 Friday tee times, pairings, and featured groups
South African Daniel Fichardt leads the way after the first round of play at the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland.
South African Daniel Fichardt took full advantage of the lack of wind in Kingsbarns (Scotland) on Thursday to complete a solid card of 61 (eleven under par) on the first day of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship with Jon Rahm continued the good golf of recent weeks with the Spaniard completing a round of 65 strokes in Carnoustie.
The first day of this tournament was a good day for Rahm as he lies four strokes behind Fichardt, who leads the way at this unusual tournament, which also brings together sports and cultural stars such as Gareth Bale, Ruud Gullit, Michael Douglas, and is played on three different courses.
The 168 players, accompanied by an amateur and in some cases high profile media stars, played one one of the three St. Andrews courses this Thursday before moving to a different course this Friday.
Rahm, with his -7, was the best at Carnoustie, while Fichardt was the leader in Kingsbarns in the overall standings with Australian Daniel Hillier finishing the best at Saint Andrews, with his 63 strokes (nine under par).
Rahm moves to Kingsbarns
The Basque player, who will play this Friday at Kingsbarns, the most difficult of three courses should the wind pick up, finished eighth, tied at four strokes behind the leader in the overall standings, while two strokes behind Rahm were the next three Spaniards, Jorge Campillo from Cáceres, who closed the Kingsbarns round in 67 strokes (five under par), and Adrián Otaegui and Adri Arnaus from San Sebastian, with the same strokes, but at Saint Andrews.
Meanwhile, the big favorites for the tournament lost out on the leaderboard on this first day in which only Britain’s Tyrrell Hatton, a two-time winner of this event, matched Rahm on the same course, while Britain’s Matt Fitzpatrick finished -5 and Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy finished with a -3 at Carnoustie.
In teams, Britain’s Andrew Wilson and amateur Tom Leonard lead the table with -15, tied with India’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Linkin Park bassist Dave Farrell, while Welshman Gareth Bale is just two strokes behind the leaders, being the ‘amateur’, accompanied by Britain’s Daniel Brown.
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship: day 2 tee times (all ET)
Old Course St Andrews: Tee 1
4:00am: Hudson Swafford & Scott Mahoney, Peter Uhlein & Jeff Kelter
4:11am: Matthew Baldwin & Mossimo Gianulli, James Nicholas & John Elway
4:22am: Sam Bairstow & Jimmy Anderson, Tom Lewis & Michael Vaughan
4:33am: Barclay Brown & Kevin Pietersen, John Parry & Mark Nicholas
4:44am: Daniel Hilllier & Steve Redgrave, Matthew Griffin & Peter Jones
4:55am: Matthew Jordan & Piers Morgan, Haotong Li & Allan Lamb
5:06am: Louis Albertse & Schalk Burger Jr, Sam Jones & Rob Louw
5:17am: Dylan Frittelli & Morné Du Plessis, Patrick Reed & Nicholas Jonsson
5:28am: Rasmus Neegard-Petersen & Huey Lewis, Adrián Otaegui & Tico Torres
5:39am: Rafa Cabrera Bello & Mike Rutherford, Kiradech Aphibarnrat & Dave Farrell
5:50am: James Ashfield & Jamie Redknapp, Daan Huizing & Ruud Gullit
6:01am: Daniel Brown & Gareth Bale, Marcus Armitage & Tom Chaplin
6:12am: Sebastian Söderberg & Dan Wallace, Tom McKibbin & Brett Overman
6:23am: Guido Migliori & Sammy Eldin, Jack Davidson & Rurik Gobel
Old Course St Andrews: Tee 10
4:00am: Pablo Larrazábal & Allan Stanton, Branden Grace & Shaun Seeliger
4:11am: Jens Fahbrring & Shantanu Narayen, Richard T Lee & Billy Getty
4:22am: Adri Arnaus & Tom McCall, Iván Cantero & Ross Desmond
4:33am: Daniel Gavins & Jon Bond, Caleb Surratt & Will Ahmed
4:44am: Brandon Stone & Greg Maffei, Callum Shinkwin & Alex Acquavella
4:55am: Darius van Driel & Ashton Curtis, Nicolas Colsaerts & Ari Emanuel
5:06am: Kyle Barker & Paul Harris, Ryan van Velzen & Frank Vivier
5:17am: Tom Vaillant & Andrew White, Dale Whitnell & Richard Bevan
5:28am: Guxin Chen & Stephen Miron, Filippo Celli & Dan Fireman
5:39am: Adrien Saddier & Philippe Bucheton, Lorenzo Scalise & Ludovico Del Balzo
5:50am: Oliver Wilson & John Tyson, Ángel Hidalgo & Dan Friedkin
6:01am: MJ Daffue & Pawan Munjal, Daniel Gale & Samir Kaul
6:12am: Sampson-yunhe Zheng & James Golding, David Puig & John Hess
6:23am: Renato Paratore & Neal Elattrache, Wilco Nienaber & Mike Meldman
Carnoustie: Tee 1
4:00am: Eugenio Chacarra & Beltrán Gómez-Acebo, Joakim Lagergren & Mark Madden
4:11am: Rupert Kaminski & Guy Sanan, Kazuma Kobori & Stephen Bell
4:22am: Sean Crocker & Gaynor Rupert, Justin Harding & Angie Rutherford
4:33am: Louis de Jager & Hannah Heerema, Jayden Schaper & Maggie Kayne
4:44am: Chase Hanna & Heidi Ueberroth, Joel Girrbach & Annabelle Bond
4:55am: Lachlan Barker & Maeve Danaher, Clément Sordet & Louise Del Balzo
5:06am: Casey Jarvis & Henry Hickman Bacon, Barend Botha & Oliver Baker
5:17am: David Boriboonsub & Amit Bhatia, Alex Maguire & Seamus Dunne
5:28am: Jaco Prinsloo & Moss Ngoasheng, Shubhankar Sharma & Dilip Thomas
5:39am: Ricardo Gouveia & Ric Lewis, Robert Rock & Ken Hitchner
5:50am: Justin Walters & Schalk Burger, Jak Carter & Ian Botham
6:01am: Joe Dean & AP McCoy, Jannik de Bruyn & Scott Desano
6:12am: Thomas Aiken & Dillie Malherbe, Calum Hill & Peter Dubens
6:23am: Marco Penge & Joe Baratta, Jacques Kruyswijk & Giuseppe Ciucci
Carnoustie: Tee 10
4:00am: Billy Horschel & Jay Monahan, Dean Murmester & Yasir Al Rumayyan
4:11am: Rory McIlroy & Gerry McIlroy, Louis Oosthuizen & Johann Rupert
4:22am: Tommy Fleetwood & Ogden Phillips II, Brooks Koepka & Brian Thompson
4:33am: Danny Willett & Jimmy Dunne, Jon Rahm & Mohammed Farooq
4:44am: Rasmus Hojgaard & Greg Mondre, Jesper Svensson & Jacob Wallenberg
4:55am: Thomas Detry & Nikesh Arora, Thrison Lawrence & Lee Styslinger
5:06am: Matt Wallace & Stepehn Summers, Talor Gooch & Ryan Smith
5:17am: Alex Noren & Justin Waterman, Padraig Harrington & Kieran McManus
5:28am: Alex Fitzpatrick & Kathryn Newton, Nacho Elvira & Michael Douglas
5:39am: Jordan Smith & Bill Murray, Eddie Pepperell & Andy Garcia
5:50am: Matt Jones & Kelly Slater, Matthieu Pavon & Xavier Richomme
6:01am: Nicolai Hojgaard & Abdullah Al Naboodah, Niklas Hojgaard & Jeff Edwards
6:12am: Shane Lowry & Gerry McManus, Robert MacIntyre & Dougie MacIntyre
6:23am: Matt Fitzpatrick & Sue Fitzpatrick, Tyrrell Hatton & Jeff Hatton
Kingsbarns Golf Links: Tee 1
4:00am: Jens Dantorp & Drew Fleming, Sebastian Friedrichsen & Tom Hartley Jr
4:11am: Nikhil Rama & Thabo Mosololi, Robin Williams & John van Wyk
4:22am: Joost Luiten & Wijnand Pon, Stephen Lewton & Todd Wagner
4:33am: Hurly Long & David Simon, David Law & Dan Martin
4:44am: Yannik Paul & Manish Chopra, James Morrison & Hugh Roberts
4:55am: Todd Clements & Ferdinand Groos, Kade McBride & Jannie Durand
5:06am: Jordan Zunic & Reuben Richards, Om Prakash Chouhan & Richie McLarty
5:17am: Andrew Wilson & Tom Leonard, Sunghoon Kang & Ralph Wardlaw
5:28am: Santiago Tarrio & Jim Davidson, Greg Dalziel & Steve McNichols
5:39am: Grant Forrest & Martin Gilbert, Jordan Gumberg & Mike Fascitelli
5:50am: Nick Bachem & Gary Saage, Will Enefer & Tony Bird
6:01am: Brett Coletta & Sean Summers, Freddy Schott & John Fry
6:12am: Soren Kjeldsen & Michael Lund, Maximilian Kieffer & Ric Kayne
6:23am: Matthew Southgate & Peter Dawson, Gunner Wiebe & Tom Jermoluk
Kingsbarns Golf Links: Tee 10
4:00am: Matthias Schwab & Alan Quasha, Fabrizio Zanotti & Bob Israel
4:11am: Darren Fichardt & Harry van Dyk, Jeff Winther & Gerard Rupert
4:22am: Maximilian Rottluff & Cian Foley, Simon Forsström & Dery Desmond
4:33am: Manuel Elvira & Frank Quattrone, Scott Jamieson & Duncan Simpson-Craib
4:44am: Antoine Rozner & Brian Higgins, David Howell & Michael Bloomberg
4:55am: Jorge Campillo & Philippe Laffont, Thorbjorn Olesen & Dermot Desmond
5:06am: Oliver Bekker & Matthew Stillman, Francesco Laporta & Ryan Friedkin
5:17am: Andrew Putnam & Barry Sternlicht, Sebastián García & Brett Desmond
5:28am: Stephen Gallacher & Mandla Mlangeni, George Coetzee & Jaco Buitendag
5:39am: David Micheluzzi & Paul du Toit, Jacques P de Villiers & David MacLean
5:50am: Don Bradbury & Tim Edwards, Cameron John & Neil Coulson
6:01am: Ross Fisher & Ian Todd, Matthis Besard & John Hegarty
6:12am: Richard Mansell & Anthony Wreford, Yurav Premlall & Erwee Botha