A world-class field of golfers will team up with some of the biggest names from entertainment and sport at next week’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
Sir Ian Botham and Sir Steve Redgrave will tee up in the tournament at St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns.
In addition to a strong team of sporting legends, the field includes stars of entertainment such as Hugh Grant, Ronan Keating and Don Felder of the Eagles.
Making their debut this year are former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen and record-breaking jump jockey AP McCoy.
Sir Ian Botham said: “I’m not there just to walk round a golf course and look at the wildlife. I am really looking forward to it.”
He added: “I don’t play as much as I would like to, particularly this year with England playing the Ashes, so my TV work has been pretty full on. But I’ll practise before we go up to St Andrews for what is always a great week.”
With a prize fund of $5 million, the championship incorporates two separate competitions an individual professional tournament for the world’s leading golfers and a team event in which the professionals are paired with some celebrated amateur golfers.
A classic line-up of Major Championship winners will be playing this year, including Scotland’s Paul Lawrie, who won the very first staging of the event in 2001.
He joins a strong field of major champions including Stewart Cink, Darren Clarke, John Daly, Ernie Els, Padraig Harrington, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel and YE Yang.
England’s Lee Westwood, winner in 2003, and Danny Willett, who won the Omega European Masters in July and had an excellent performance in The Open at St Andrews, are also in the field.