SHANK launches its coverage of The 2027 Open After a hugely successful 2025 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship which reached 40,000 people, and generated more than 200,000 views, SHANK today launches its coverage of the 2027 Open. SHANK's coverage of the 2025 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship included 19 website articles and features, including 40 years of the Dunhill (in collaboration with Peter German, Executive Director of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship), 40 years of

For many years there has been speculation and conjecture about the Old Course's status on the Rota for The Open, not due to its ability to handle the infrastructure, but due to the course and its ability to challenge the best golfers in the world. So, despite many traditionalists objecting, the R&A and St Andrews Links have announced a series of enhancements to the Old Course, to be undertaken alongside a major irrigation project which commences this month. R&A CEO Mark Darbo

The golfing calendar is beginning to wind down for the year, and nights are drawing in, and the clocks will go back this weekend. There are 65 days until Christmas. Coming from November 16 to December 31, across Facebook, Instagram, X, Bluesky and Threads - SHANKmas. SHANKmas features an array of original content across the platform including website only features and content exclusively on social media. Original Features on www.shank.golf and across SHANK on Facebook, Insta

Institutions across the world and the greatest college talent on the planet could come to St Andrews every year; event can become the meeting place of some of the most important and influential academic institutions in the world The University of St Andrews is Scotland's oldest, with a history dating back to 1413. The Old Course is considered to be the home of golf, with a history dating back to 1552. St Andrews is the meeting place for golfers and students from across the wh

Ryder Cup hero Rory McIlroy has confirmed he will return to Dubai Creek Resort for the 2026 Dubai Invitational, taking place from January 15-18. Getty Images The five-time Major Champion will tee it up in the second edition of the event following a history-making 2025 season, which saw him play a starring role in Europe’s Ryder Cup victory at Bethpage Black - their first win on American soil in 13 years. McIlroy’s performance capped a remarkable year for the Northern Irishman

Jubilee course shows its teeth despite flat calm conditions on Monday Just 13 of the 48 golfers competing in the 2025 St Andrews Links Collegiate broke par in the first round on the Jubilee course on Monday, with 12 players shooting 75 or higher on what is renowned as the toughest test in St Andrews. Ellie Monk leads by 1 from St Andrews teammate Caitlin Maurice in women's individual Poor rounds from Dana and Joo damage St Andrews' hopes in the team competition, as Princeton

Englishman locks up 2026 PGA TOUR Card, Masters Invitation and Open Championship berth; moves to within 400 points of Rory McIlroy at the...

SHANK CLUB GOLF SERVICE SHANK launched in 2013 as St Andrews Golf Magazine, an online golf magazine dedicated to covering golf and the industry in St Andrews, before becoming a website and social media platform in 2021. In the early days of the magazine SHANK was based around covering local events, with my job at the New Golf Club giving me an opportunity to cover their events when shifts allowed. The magazine also published results from some of the local golf clubs on a regu

Saturday’s final round of the World Amateur Team Championship at Tanah Merah Country Club served as a coronation round for South Africa,...

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34th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy Christiaan Maas of South Africa lines up his putt at the ninth hole,...

34th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy Christiaan Maas of South Africa plays his third shot at the third hole,...

Pro Shop, PGA TOUR Studios and Propagate Content reboot iconic event after 15-year hiatus on Nov. 28; coverage tees off historic day of...

St Andrews' John Paterson ends week with spectacular 31 on back nine at Kingsbarns Scotland win the Alfred Dunhill Cup in 1995. Monty wins the Alfred Dunhill Links in 2005. Robert MacIntyre wins the Alfred Dunhill Links in 2025. Robert MacIntyre with the trophy on the Swilcan Bridge © Matt Hooper Photography "It's a special, special win" says Bob. It is THE trophy shot every golfer wants. Sat on the Swilcan Bridge. "To be on this trophy with some of the other names is amazin

A selection of the best photographs from day three of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship PAGE WILL BE UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE NEXT 24...

St Andrews Citizen is failing to serve the residents of St Andrews St Andrews Citizen was first published in 1870, and was a St Andrews...

A selection of our best photographs from the Second Round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at Carnoustie - THIS PAGE WILL BE...

Alfred Dunhill Links Debutant shoots 73 in wretched wind and rain at fearsome Angus links, as Young and Syme fall back in bid to make the...

A selection of our best photographs from the first round on the Old Course Greenkeepers prepare the course before sunrise © Matt Hooper...

Exclusive report on the St Andrews Locals playing in the 2025 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship John Paterson hits his first tee shot on...