Harrington to defend Dunhill Links title

Ireland's Padraig Harrington, British Open champion Ernie Els and twice major winner Vijay Singh head a strong line-up for this…

Ireland's Padraig Harrington, British Open champion Ernie Els and twice major winner Vijay Singh head a strong line-up for this year's Dunhill Links Championship.

The trio are among a field of 168 professionals who will play in the European Tour's pro-am event from September 25-28.

They will be joined by 2001 US Open winner Retief Goosen and Australia's Stephen Leaney, who finished second behind Jim Furyk in last month's US Open.

The event, being held for the third time, features an individual competition and a celebrity pro-am team event. It will be played on three of Scotland's most famous links courses.

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A professional will play with a celebrity amateur for 54 holes on the Old Course at St Andrews, Carnoustie and the Kingsbarns course. After 54 holes, the leading 60 professionals and top 20 teams will play the final round at St Andrews.

Harrington won last year's title, edging out Argentina's Eduardo Romero at the second extra hole of sudden-death.