Dunhill Links

Martin Dempster reports from the final day of the Dunhill Links.

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00:00Hello it's Martin Dempster the Scotsman Golf Correspondent here coming to you from close

00:08to the 18th green on the old course at St Andrews where Tyrell Hatton made a birdie

00:17at the 72nd hole to win the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Lynx Championship and in the process he created

00:28history as the first player to win the DP World Tour event three times as he emulated

00:35successes here in 2016 and 2017. The last day which was played out in sort of intermittent

00:46rain after some great weather early in the week really was a two horse race between Hatton

00:53and Belgian Nicholas Coulsarts. They came to the last locked together both in similar

01:01position after their tee shots. Hatton went first knocked a little nudge with an iron

01:09up to about three feet. Coulsarts who was closer to the green really had to go with

01:14a putter came up 10 feet short then missed it leaving Hatton with a pretty straightforward

01:21putt if there's such a thing anywhere in golf but even harder here at St Andrews to

01:30clinch victory. Great record here the Englishman he really just rises to the occasion when

01:39he gets to Scotland in this event which is also played at Carnoustie and Kings Barnes.

01:45He's picked up some valuable Ryder Cup points. He's met the requirement now he's a lived

01:50golf player of course. He's met the requirement to retain his DP World Tour membership making

01:57him eligible for next year's Ryder Cup. He's got an appeal pending against fines and suspension

02:05imposed by the DP World Tour but there's no doubt that Luke Donald will want Tyrell Hatton

02:10on his team when Europe defend the Ryder Cup in Bethpage Black in New York in just under

02:18a year's time. Bob McIntyre and Scott Jamieson they were the leading Scots finishing tie

02:24for 25th. Great week here the weather after a horrible weekend last year. Mother Nature

02:35shone on the event this year. Johan Rupert the driving force behind this event really

02:41deserves huge credit for what he brings with this tournament. The players love it. Yeah

02:49it's slow but it's a really terrific golf tournament and the crowds on this occasion

02:55were fantastic. To keep up to date with everything in the golf world log on to Scotsman.com or

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