Dyson wins Dunhill Championship, McIlroy second

England’s Simon Dyson fired a superb closing 66 to win the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship by three shots at St Andrews today, with Rory McIlroy coming in second.

One behind Luke Donald overnight, Dyson captured the £485,850 (€529,000) first prize – the biggest of his career – with a 20-under-par total after grabbing birdies on six of the first seven holes in an outward 30.