This week could be an important one for the future of golf. Players from the PGA Tour, LIV Golf, and DP World Tour have gathered at St. Andrews, Carnoustie, and Kingsbarns for the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. The leaders of all three tours, including Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, LIV Golf’s Yasir Al-Rumayyan, and DP World Tour CEO Guy Kinnings, are on site as well.
Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Tyrrell Hatton, Shane Lowry, Robert MacIntyre, Patrick Reed, Louis Oosthuizen, and Billy Horschel are among the players representing the two sides of golf’s civil war taking on these infamous venues. Here are some photos of golf’s leaders smiling and hugging it out during the first round across the pond.
Jay Monahan, Commissioner of the PGA Tour, and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, Governor of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund embrace during day one of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 2024 at Carnoustie Golf Links on October 03, 2024 in Carnoustie, Scotland. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
Yasir Al-Rumayyan, Governor of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund interacts with Jay Monahan, Commissioner of the PGA Tour (obscured) during day one of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 2024 at Carnoustie Golf Links on October 03, 2024 in Carnoustie, Scotland. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)
Billy Horschel of the United States and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, Governor of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, interact at the 10th tee during day one of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 2024 at Carnoustie Golf Links on October 03, 2024 in Carnoustie, Scotland. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)
These are just a few of the moments captured during the first round of the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
