Dunhill Links Championship 2026 Saturday Tee Times: Full day three order of play, prize money, format

It’s the penultimate day at the unique golf tournament.

The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship is a unique tournament that sees some of the world's top professional golfers team up with amateurs to play rounds at St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns golf courses.

Scotland's Robert MacIntyre is the defending champion at the Dunhill Links Championship. | Getty Images

placeholder image — Scotland's Robert MacIntyre is the defending champion at the Dunhill Links Championship. | Getty Images

Each partnership play a round at each of the courses before the top 60 professionals and the leading 20 pro-am teams progress to a final round at the home of golf - the iconic St Andrews’ Old Course.

Amongst the amateurs are a liberal smattering of famous faces from the worlds of music, film, media and sport - relishing the chance to swing alongside the pros.

And all eyes will be on Scottish player Robert MacIntyre, who triumphed at his home tournament 12 months ago and will be looking for a successful defence.

Here’s everything you need to know about the third day of play.

When is the Dunhill Links Championship?

This year’s event will take place this week, from October 1-4.

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What are the tee times for the third day of the Dunhill Links Championship?

Here’s who’ll be playing where and when on Saturday, October 3, from the professional to the celebrities and amateurs.

St Andrews (starting at 1st tee)

9.00am — Todd Clements / Brian Hook — Daniel Hillier / Craig Heatley
9.11am — Ryan Palmer / Brian Roberts — Charles Porter / Joshua Heatley
9.22am — Thomas Detry / Nikesh Arora — Oliver Lindell / Greg Johnson
9.33am — Brooks Koepka / Neal Elattrache — Davis Bryant / Dermot Desmond
9.44am — Alex Noren / Ernesto Bertarelli — Cam Smith / David Fox
9.55am — Jayden Schaper / Pat Battle — Luke Donald / Jamie Sahara
10.06am — Michael Hollick / Tom Nelson — Carlos Ortiz / Joe Baratta
10.17am — Michael La Sasso / Ryan Smith — Ross Fisher / Abdullah Al Naboodah
10.28am — Alex Fitzpatrick / Sue Fitzpatrick — Justin Rose / Peter Dubens
10.39am — Bubba Watson / Angie Watson — Matt Fitzpatrick / Russell Fitzpatrick
10.50am — Branden Grace / Johann Rupert — Danny Willett / Jimmy Dunne
11.01am — Lucas Herbert / Jack Dudum Jr — Tommy Fleetwood / Ogden Phipps II
11.12am — Robert MacIntyre / Brett Overman — Sepp Straka / Sam Straka
11.23am — Tyrrell Hatton / Jeff Hatton — Francesco Molinari / Stephen Miron

St Andrews (starting at 10th tee)

9.00am — Frederico Biondi Figueiredo / Sanjay Arora — Sebastian Garcia / Brett Pickett
9.11am — Joakim Lagergren / Jerry Yang — Declan O’Donovan / Brett Desmond
9.22am — Matthew Baldwin / Surinder Arora — Jordan Gumberg / Frank Quattrone
9.33am — Joshua Berry / Alan Quasha — Ockie Strydom / Bob Israel
9.44am — Niklas Nørgaard / Jay Monahan — Jose Luis Ballester / Dan Friedkin
9.55am — Jeff Winther / Michael Lund — David Puig / John Hess
10.06am — Dylan Frittelli / Frank Vivier — Jazz Janewattananond / Graham Head
10.17am — Louis de Jager / Gerard Rupert — Ollie Schniederjans / Barry Sternlicht
10.28am — Connor Syme / Oliver Baker — Daniel Cronje / Amit Bhatia
10.39am — Frankie Capan III / Seamus Dunne — Casey Jarvis / Hicky Bacon
10.50am — Pablo Larrazábal / Gaynor Rupert — Anthony Quayle / Louise del Balzo
11.01am — Rocco Repetto Taylor / Maggie Kayne — Michael Stewart / Hannah Heerema
11.12am — Lee Westwood / Ronan Keating — Joe Dean / Pat Brooks
11.23am — Padraig Harrington / Kieran McManus — Rafa Cabrera Bello / Kelly Slater

Carnoustie (starting at 1st tee)

9.00am — Albin Bergstrom / Mohammed Farooq — Sam Bairstow / Pawan Munjal
9.11am — Richard Sterne / Hank Plain — Jeremy Paul / John Hegarty
9.22am — Thomas Rosenmueller / Kelley James — James Marchesani / Drew Fleming
9.33am — Charley Hoffman / Jon Hoffman — Daniel Gavins / Dery Desmond
9.44am — Oliver Bekker / Andrew Reynolds — Marcel Siem / Mark Madden
9.55am — Daniel van Tonder / Paul du Toit — Haydn Porteous / Allan Stanton
10.06am — Joel Girrbach / Mike Meldman — Kevin Yuan / Richard Bevan
10.17am — Jack Senior / Ric Kayne — Connor McKinney / Jeff Edwards
10.28am — Dylan Naidoo / Rob Louw — Félix Mory / Ferdinand Groos
10.39am — Marc Leishman / Dan Wallace — Yurav Premlall / Schalk Burger Jr
10.50am — Austen Truslow / Scott Desano — MJ Daffue / Paul Harris
11.01am — Zander Lombard / Sean Summers — Quentin Debove / Philippe Bucheton
11.12am — Herman Loubser / Mandla Mlangeni — Robert Rock / Billy Getty
11.23am — Clement Charmasson / David Maclean — Richard Mansell / Tim Edwards

Carnoustie (starting at 10th tee)

9.00am — Brandon Stone / Michael Bloomberg — Jack Buchanan / Samir Kaul
9.11am — Mikael Lindberg / Jacob Wallenberg — Caleb Surratt / Jim Crane
9.22am — Jason Scrivener / Gerry McManus — Ryan Peake / Ross Desmond
9.33am — Brandon Robinson Thompson / Matthew Stillman — Adrien Saddier / Pierre-Henri Dentressangle
9.44am — David Ravetto / Norbert Dentressangle — Alejandro del Rey / Shantanu Narayen
9.55am — Robin Williams / Ken Hitchner — Hugo Townsend / Jan Bengtsson
10.06am — David Micheluzzi / Cian Foley — Scott Jamieson / Duncan Simpson-Craib
10.17am — Christiaan Burke / John van Wyk — Benjamin Follett-Smith / Thomas Abt
10.28am — Jay Mackenzie / Ian Botham — Josh Hill / Michael Vaughan
10.39am — Matias Sanchez / Allan Lamb — Shubhankar Sharma / Mark Nicholas
10.50am — Quim Vidal / Beltrán Gómez-Acebo — Ben Schmidt / Justin Waterman
11.01am — Marcus Helligkilde / John Fry — Jack Thompson / Fred Robertson
11.12am — Yanhan Zhou / James Goulding — Tobias Jonsson / Dan Fireman
11.23am — Rikuya Hoshino / Andrew White — Freddy Schott / Gary Saage

Kingsbarns (starting at 1st tee)

9.00am — Wade Ormsby / Kevin Pietersen — James Morrison / Peter Jones
9.11am — Matthew Jordan / Piers Morgan — Ryggs Johnston / AP McCoy
9.22am — Adri Arnaus / Max Herberstein — Jacob Skov Olesen / John Tyson
9.33am — Austin Bautista / Michael Peña — Renato Paratore / Ryan Friedkin
9.44am — Thriston Lawrence / Brian Higgins — Peter Uihlein / Scott Mahoney
9.55am — Calum Hill / Seth Waugh — Victor Perez / Lee Styslinger
10.06am — Nathan Kimsey / Huey Lewis — Jorge Campillo / Dave Farrell
10.17am — Adrian Meronk / Tom Chaplin — Elvis Smylie / Mike Rutherford
10.28am — Charles Howell III / Ruud Gullit — Marcus Armitage / Gareth Bale
10.39am — Marcus Kinhult / Mike Fascitelli — Will Florimo / Anthony Wreford
10.50am — Cameron Adam / Mark Darbon — Guido Migliozzi / Sammy Eldin
11.01am — Dean Burmester / Nick Jonsson — Matteo Manassero / Peter Dawson
11.12am — Nick Voke / Sean Fitzpatrick — Hennie de Plessis / Schalk Burger
11.23am — Oliver Wilson / Steve Redgrave — Jaco Prinsloo / Morné du Plessis

Kingsbarns (starting at 10th tee)

9.00am — David Law / Will Ahmed — Eddie Pepperell / Geoff Yang
9.11am — Daniel Rodrigues / David Kohler — Daniel Brown / Manish Chopra
9.22am — Cameron John / Giuseppe Ciucci — Daniel Young / Jim Davidson
9.33am — Justin Walters / Dillie Malherbe — Kiradech Aphibarnrat / Dilip Thomas
9.44am — Marcus Kinhult / Mike Fascitelli — Will Florimo / Anthony Wreford
9.55am — Filippo Celli / Ludovico del Balzo — Ivan Cantero / Thomas Jermoluk
10.06am — Richard Bland / Nick Acquavella — Björn Hellgren / Reed Coleman
10.17am — Tom Vaillant / Stephane Connery — Pavit Tangkamolprasert / Tom Gilbane III
10.28am — Callum Shinkwin / Alex Acquavella — Fabrizio Zanotti / Ashton Curtis
10.39am — Sebastian Söderberg / David Gregory — Luke List / Tom McCall
10.50am — Jeong Weon Ko / Maeve Danaher — Euan Walker / Sandra Tuddenham
11.01am — Luis Carrera / Moss Ngoasheng — Grant Forrest / Martin Gilbert
11.12am — Jens Dantorp / Boetie Strydom — Samuel Simpson / Jaco Buitendag
11.23am — Andreas Halvorsen / Kristofer Kraus — JC Ritchie / Shaun Seeliger

What’s the prize money at the Dunhill Links Championship 2026?

There’s a total of $5 million dollars up for grabs. Here’s what the top 10 players will earn at the tournament:

Winner: $800,000
Runner-up: $533,330
Third: $300,480
Fourth: $240,000
Fifth: $203,520
Sixth: $168,000
Seventh: $144,000
Eighth: $120,000
Ninth: $107,520
Tenth: $96,000

What’s the format of the Dunhill Links Championship 2026?

The Dunhill Links is actually two separate competitions in one.

First up is a simple individual tournament for 168 DP World Tour professionals taking place over four rounds.

Then there’s a Team Championship, where each professional paired with an amateur (including some famous faces). The amaturs receive a stroke allowance of two-thirds of their official handicap (a maximum of 18 for men and 24 for women). The team score is worked out by taking the lowest score from the amateur’s net score and the professional’s score at each hole.

All the teams place all three courses - St Andrews’ Old Course, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns over the firast three days, then the top 60 team (and ties) go on to complete for the title at St Andrews’ Old Course.

Can I watch the Dunhill Links Championship on television?

The tournament will be broadcast live on Sky Sports. If you are not a Sky subscriber you can watch it on NOW TV, with day passes starting from £14.99.

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