ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 01: Former Cricketer, Ian Botham talks with Jay Mackenzie of Australia on day one of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at Kingsbarns Golf Links on October 01, 2026 in St Andrews, Scotland. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)

ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 01: Former Cricketer, Ian Botham talks with Jay Mackenzie of Australia on day one of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at Kingsbarns Golf Links on October 01, 2026 in St Andrews, Scotland. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)

ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 01: A general view of a golf pin on the ninth green on day one of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews Old Course on October 01, 2026 in St Andrews, Scotland. (Photo by Kate McShane/Getty Images)

ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 01: A general view of a golf pin on the ninth green on day one of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews Old Course on October 01, 2026 in St Andrews, Scotland. (Photo by Kate McShane/Getty Images)

ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 01: Jack Senior of England looks across the eighth hole on day one of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at Kingsbarns Golf Links on October 01, 2026 in St Andrews, Scotland. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)

ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 01: Scott Jamieson of Scotland tees off on the 15th hole on day one of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at Kingsbarns Golf Links on October 01, 2026 in St Andrews, Scotland. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)

ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 01: Christiaan Burke of South Africa tees off on the 15th hole on day one of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at Kingsbarns Golf Links on October 01, 2026 in St Andrews, Scotland. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)

CARNOUSTIE, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 01: Bubba Watson of the United States and his wife, Angie Watson interact on the 14th hole on day one of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at Carnoustie Golf Links on October 01, 2026 in Carnoustie, Scotland. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty images)