Andy Murray was in action at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship over the weekend, where the tennis legend produced a moment of magic on the golf course
John Jones Sport Reporter and Steve Wollaston
13:31, 08 Oct 2025
Murray showed off his golf skills again at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
Over the weekend, Sir Andy Murray demonstrated his remarkable golfing prowess at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, where he competed alongside a number of well-known personalities.
Having retired from tennis over a year ago, Murray has been devoting a significant amount of time to honing his golf skills, with an ambition to participate in The Open one day. Despite only taking up golf seriously a few months ago, he has already made a strong impression on some of the sport’s top players and once again left fans in awe during the weekend’s pro-am competition.
The three-time Grand Slam winner took part in the Amateur Team Championship event, where each of the 168 professional golfers is paired with an amateur. Murray was teamed up with English golfer Eddie Pepperell, but it was a moment of brilliance from the amateur that truly thrilled the crowd.
On Sunday, Murray found himself putting for birdie on the par-four 13th hole, a good 80 feet away from the pin. Simply getting close would have earned the 38 year old applause from the spectators, but he exceeded expectations, hitting the ball with confidence and watching it roll all the way into the hole.
This extraordinary moment was just one of many impressive putts from Murray over the weekend, contributing to him and Pepperell finishing with a total of -23 after three rounds on the course, reports the Express.
Despite being a crowd favourite, the ex-Wimbledon champ, Andy Murray, faced tough competition from a host of other celebrity amateurs on the leaderboard. These included Hollywood bigwigs Bill Murray, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, singers Ronan Keating and Huey Lewis, Dragons Den’s Peter Jones and broadcaster Piers Morgan.
Joining them were sporting legends like hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky, Olympic hero Steve Redgrave and cricketing stars Kevin Pietersen and Michael Vaughan.
Out of 168 teams, Murray and Pepperell secured a commendable joint-18th-place finish, which they shared with seven other teams including two-time Masters winner Bubba Watson and his wife Angie.
However, the Scotsman wasn’t the highest-placed celebrity, with Ghostbusters actor Bill Murray finishing in joint-15th alongside professional partner Jordan Smith.
Former South Africa rugby captain Morne Du Plessis achieved a joint-seventh place finish with partner Yurav Premlall, while Wall Street star Douglas finished joint-fifth with John Parry. Sharing fifth spot with Douglas was Morgan, who despite having a handicap of 16, also finished on -27 alongside professional partner Matthew Jordan.
But it was English actor Michael Goode who claimed the celebrity crown, securing third position with a remarkable final tally of -31 alongside Alejandro Del Rey, whose stunning eagle three on the closing hole propelled them up the rankings.
The team trophy went to Ireland’s Cian Foley – son-in-law of Irish racehorse owner and businessman JP McManus – who posted a score of -33 alongside Australian professional Harrison Crowe.
Though he came up short against the calibre of Morgan and Goode over the weekend, Murray remains undeterred in his ambition to qualify for The Open one day, confessing it would be a “fun thing to do”.
“A couple of my friends who are very good golfers have done it,” he said.
“If I can improve enough, I think it would be a fun thing to do. I played in the club championships at Beaverbrook a few months ago and I loved it.
“It was the most fun I’d had playing golf and the more I play, the less I enjoy just playing socially. I don’t know if I’ll be capable of entering, but I want to try and play in a few more events.
“I’ve been pretty amazed at how willing the pros are to help,” he added.
“Because spending five hours with people who are hacking it around probably isn’t that enjoyable.”
