Adrian Meronk claims fifth DP World Tour victory at Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

Adrian Meronk ended a 1,078 day wait to claim his fifth victory on the DP World Tour at the 2026 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, as he and Pro-Am partner Tom Chaplin also claimed the Team Championship.

The Pole, who last lifted a title at the 2023 Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters, came from two behind on the final day with a five-under 67 around the Old Course, St Andrews to finish two shots ahead of Casey Jarvis and Niklas Nørgaard on 20-under-par.

The 33-year-old spent the majority of the front nine locked in a battle with overnight leader Jarvis, but pulled ahead at the 12^th and held on down the stretch for his first victory in nearly three years.

"It's unreal, to be honest," Meronk said of his win. "I never usually cry, but this one, this one feels really special and, I'm sorry, I'm just lost for words.

"It's been, it's been quite tough year for me and to, to win here after near, after 10 years after turning pro, it's, it's a dream come true.

"And, it's unbelievable.But, I'm extremely happy and, very relieved."

While Casey parred his opening two holes, Meronk made the perfect start to his round in the penultimate group, rolling a 35 footer for birdie at the first to halve Jarvis’ lead and another from 10 feet at the second to join him at the top of the leaderboard.

Finding the right side of the slope at the fourth led Jarvis to his first birdie of the day to regain the outright lead, before both players birdied the par-five fifth and Meronk made a huge par save at the sixth.

The eventual winner dropped one behind after going long with his approach to the seventh, but converted a brilliant approach from two feet at the ninth. Coming up behind in the final group, Jarvis three-putted the same hole to see the pair locked at the top with nine to play.

It was Jarvis who made the next mistake, coming up short of the par three 11^th and failing to get up and down. With Meronk up ahead on 12, the Pole hit his approach to 11 feet and holed the putt for a two-shot swing to gain the outright lead.

Meronk extended his advantage to three with another birdie at the 14^th, before Jarvis holed from off the green at the 15^th to cut the gap to two. Meronk then went over the back of the 17^th, his ball coming to rest on a narrow strip of grass between the path and road. He was unable to get up and down, finding the back fringe with his third and his par putt coming just short.

As Meronk drove into the Valley of Sin on the 18th, Jarvis made a bogey of his own at the 17th, leading the four-time DP World Tour winner two ahead with one hole left to play.

Walking over the final bridge, Meronk said he just tried to enjoy the walk, and thought about both Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus as he made his way to the final green.

A final hole par was enough to secure his title at the same tournament Meronk made his first professional start, with Jarvis also making par to finish joint second alongside Denmark’s Niklas Norgaard.

"When, after, after my drive on 18, I was, I was quite happy with the position I was in, and I was just trying to enjoy the walk. It's, it's an amazing walk. When you cross the bridge, you look, you know, around, the people, the history.

"Actually, when I was crossing the bridge, I talked to myself. I was actually thinking about Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus walking on the bridge, and I was kind of asking for that, you know, good momentum, good energy from them, and, it was just a great feeling. I really enjoyed that walk."

Meronk's victory sees him retain his status on the DP World Tour, having been 141st on the Race to Dubai Ranking presented by DP World heading into the final event of the season.

"Yeah, definitely the, the, the goal for the rest of the season was to try to get my status for next year, and that helps me a lot," said Meronk.

"I'm super happy that I achieved that goal, but, definitely I will have to reevaluate, my goals for rest of the season and then, and see what happens. I'll do that for tomorrow and then, and, and yeah, see what happens. I'm super happy and super grateful to be in, in that position."

He also became the third player in the 25 year history of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship to win both the individual and Team Championship, alongside Tom Chaplin, on a combined 41-under-par.

He added: "I played really solid golf. We did a great job with my caddy, Stuart. And, it was quite stressful at times, but it was a lot of fun also playing with my partner, Tom.

"It's been so much fun for everyone involved. He played great golf as well. We did a great job as a team. Whenever I struggle, he got my back and the other way as well. So yeah, it was so much fun and, I'm super happy for him as well.

Nørgaard finished his day with a final hole birdie to end his week in solo third behind Jarvis, carding an eagle, four birdies and two bogeys during a final-round 67 at St Andrews to finish on 18-under-par.

Behind him, Scotland’s Michael Stewart continued his incredible week in Scotland by counting a hole out eagle among a final round 66 to end tied for third with Tommy Fleetwood, who carded an eight-under 64 for the lowest round of the day.

"It's hard to put into words," Stewart said of his week.

"I was a little bit on autopilot at the end, the last three holes, especially. Amazing. Just delighted that I could sort of put up a good showcase of myself today.

"I just think it solidifies the fact that you can compete. You can definitely compete at this style of golf.

What I was really, really pleased with coming down the stretch, I gave myself chances. It wasn't like once I holed that wedge shot, it would have been easy I feel like to sort of go into your Shell a little bit whereas I felt like I kept my foot down. Had a good chance on 14, really good chance on 15. 17, that back tee, it's so difficult to hit, and I actually had a terrible tee shot. I hit the ground before the ball and got seriously lucky.

Listen, 18 is 18. I left myself a little bit of a pull and it got in the wind and then where I was, I couldn't really bump it into it the bank to get it close, so I had to go high.