Rory McIlroy earned $39,744 after finishing in a tie for 25th place at the recently concluded 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. The Northern Irish golfer competed in the DP World Tour event in Scotland but had a rough outing, struggling with his game throughout the tournament.
Last week’s event featured a stellar field of top-ranked golfers, including Brooks Koepka, Tyrrell Hatton, and Jon Rahm. The play was held at three different venues for the first three rounds, with the finale on Sunday taking place at the Old Course at St Andrews.
Rory McIlroy started off with two back-to-back rounds of 69, followed by a third round of 68. He shot another 68 in the finale, finishing with a total score of 14-under. Tyrrell Hatton won the tournament, earning $800,000 from a total purse of $5 million.
Here is the prize money breakdown of the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship:
- 1 Tyrrell Hatton: $800,000
- 2 Nicolas Colsaerts: $533,330
- 3 Tommy Fleetwood: $300,480
- T4 Rasmus Neergaard-Peterson: $203,840
- T4 David Puig: $203,840
- T4 Robin Williams: $203,840
- T7 Tom Valliant: $123,840
- T7 Haotong Li: $123,840
- T7 Jon Rahm: $123,840
- T10 Matthew Jordan: $92,160
- T10 Brooks Koepka: $92,160
- T12 Kazuma Kobori: $71,178
- T12 Darren Fichardt: $71,178
- T12 Niklas Norgaard: $71,178
- T12 Thornjorn Oleson: $71,178
- T12 Shane Lowry: $71,178
- T12 Alex Noren: $71,178
- T12 Dean Burmester: $71,178
- T19 Peter Uihlein: $55,200
- T19 Adrien Saddier: $55,200
- T19 David Mucheluzzi: $55,200
- T19 Jorge Campillo: $55,200
- T19 Yannik Paul: $55,200
- T19 Louis Albertse: $55,200
- T25 Maximilian Rottluff: $39,744
- T25 James Ashfield: $39,744
- T25 Jens Dantorp: $39,744
- T25 Daniel Hillier: $39,744
- T25 Callum Shinkwin: $39,744
- T25 Robert MacIntyre: $39,744
- T25 Rory McIlroy: $39,744
- T25 Padraig Harrington: $39,744
- T25 Andrew Putnam: $39,744
- T25 Scott Jamieson: $39,744
- T35 Jordan Smith: $28,975
- T35 Todd Clements: $28,975
- T35 Branden Grace: $28,975
- T35 Joost Luiten : $28,975
- T35 Matthew Baldwin: $28,975
- T35 Grant Forrest: $28,975
- T35 Patrick Reed: $28,975
- T35 Connor Syme: $28,975
- T43 Matthew Southgate: $23,520
- T43 John Parry: $23,520
- T43 Fabrizio Zanotti: $23,520
- T43 Tom McKibbin: $23,520
- T43 Wilco Nienaber: $23,520
- T43 Matt Wallace: $23,520
- T43 Richard Mansell: $23,520
- T43 Sam Jones: $23,520
- T43 Francesco LaPorta: $23,520
- T43 Marcus Armitage: $23,520
- T43 Matthis Besard: $23,520
- T54 Yurav Premlall : $15,235
- T54 Robert Rock: $15,235
- T54 Thriston Lawrence: $15,235
- T54 Daniel Brown: $15,235
- T54 John Cameron: $15,235
- T54 Lorenzo Scalise: $15,235
- T54 Jesper Svensson: $15,235
- 61 Justin Harding: $14,000
- 62 Matthieu Pavon: $13,500
- 63 Shubhankar Sharma: $13,000
- T64 Sebastian Soderberg: $12,250
- T64 Alex Fitzpatrick: $12,250
- T64 Sung Kang: $12,250
- T64 David Law: $12,250
- T68 James Nicholas: $10,250
- T68 Kiradech Aphibardrat: $10,250
- T68 Adrian Otaegui: $10,250
- T68 Sean Crocker: $10,250
A look into Rory McIlroy's performance at the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
McIlroy started off his campaign at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at Carnoustie Golf Club. He shot two birdies on the front nine and two on the back, along with a bogey on the third hole, for a round of 3-under 69. In the second round, he again shot a round of 3-under 69, with two birdies and a bogey on the front nine and two birdies on the back nine. He played at the Kingsbarns Golf Course for the second round.
For the third round of the tournament, Rory McIlroy teed it up at the Old Course at St Andrews and started great with seven birdies on the front nine. However, he ended up making three bogeys on the back nine to score 4-under 68. In the finale, he shot five birdies and a bogey for another 4-under 68, finishing in a tie for 25th place.