Dunhill To Tee Off

Rory and Gerry McIlroy to begin their bid for Alfred Dunhill Links team title at Carnoustie.

World No.1 Rory McIlroy is teaming up with his father Gerry, as they start their challenge for the Alfred Dunhill Links Team Championship at Carnoustie. They are drawn in a fourball with former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel and Jeremy Ord.

Defending champion David Howell once again partners Hugh Grant, while 2013 runner-up Peter Uihlein is reunited with US rock star Huey Lewis, with whom he was due to play last year, but the rock star had to withdraw with a shoulder injury.

Two-time Team Championship winners Padraig Harrington and Irish racehorse owner JP McManus will be playing together again bidding for a hat-trick of successes, also at Carnoustie.

Football fans should head to St Andrews for two consecutive fourballs which include Johan Cruyff and Daan Huizing, Michael Ballack and Marcel Siem, Ruud Gullit and Morten Orum Madsen and Sir Bobby Charlton and Darren Fichardt.

Selected pairings for today's play are:

Carnoustie (All 1st tee)

09.22: Ernie Els & Johann Rupert / Ryan Palmer & Ogden Phipps II
09.33: Rory McIlroy & Gerry McIlory / Charl Schwartzel & Jeremy Ord
09.44: Louis Oosthuizen & Andrew Chandler / Martin Kaymer & Patrick Roeseler
09.55: Colin Montgomerie & Jerry Yang / Padraig Harrington & J.P.McManus
10.06: Thongchai Jaidee & Bill Murray / Danny Willett & Jamie Dornan
10.17: Tommy Fleetwood & Tim Henman / Peter Uihlein & Huey Lewis
10.50: Sir Nick Faldo & Matthew Faldo / Victor Dubuisson & Jean-Pierre Rouvet
11.12: Edoardo Molinari & Greg Kinnear / David Howell & Hugh Grant
11.23: Paul McGinley & Kyle MacLachlan / Robert Karlsson & Damian Lewis

St Andrews (All 1st tee)

09.00: Robert Rock & Joe Kernen / Oliver Fisher & Brian O’Driscoll
09.22: Alvaro Quiros & Johan Elliot / David Horsey & Sir Ian Botham
09.44: Ricardo Santos & Luis Figo / Fabrizio Zanotti & Michael Vaughan
09.55: Daan Huizing & Johan Cruyff / Marcel Siem & Michael Ballack
10.06: Morten Orum Madsen & Ruud Gullit / Darren Fichardt & Sir Bobby Charlton
10.17: Andrew Johnston & Alan Hansen / Ross Fisher & Jamie Redknapp
11.12: Darren Clarke & Andrew Harding / Chris Wood & Sir Steve Redgrave
11.23: Graeme Storm & Damon Hill / Sandy Lyle & Don Felder
 
The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, which begins today and celebrates links golf at its finest, is played over three of the world's best known and respected links courses, the Old Course at St Andrews, the Championship Course at Carnoustie and the highly regarded Kingsbarns Golf Links.

With a prize fund of US$5 million, the championship incorporates two separate competitions - an individual professional tournament for the world's leading golfers and a team event in which the professionals are paired with some of the most celebrated amateur golfers which creates a unique atmosphere.