{"id":293336,"date":"2023-10-05T20:23:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T20:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=293336"},"modified":"2023-10-05T20:23:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T20:23:57","slug":"gareth-bale-is-among-celebs-playing-in-pro-am-at-alfred-dunhill-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/golf\/gareth-bale-is-among-celebs-playing-in-pro-am-at-alfred-dunhill-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Gareth Bale is among celebs playing in Pro-Am at Alfred Dunhill Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Bill Murray, Piers Morgan and Gareth Bale are among the celeb stars hitting the links at St. Andrews &#8211; as they take part in Pro-Am ahead of Alfred Dunhill Championship<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The former Wales captain shot a remarkable round of 1-under 71 at Carnoustie\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Bloomberg and Ronan Keating were also there<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bill Murray, Piers Morgan, and Gareth Bale have been hitting the links at St Andrews with other celebrity stars as part of the Pro-Am tournament before the Alfred Dunhill Championship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bale, who retired from professional soccer last year, shot a remarkable round of 1-under 71 at Carnoustie, which is considered as the toughest course on the three-track rotation at this week&#8217;s $5million prize fund tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We had a great day,&#8217; he told <span>Sky Sports<\/span> after the round. &#8216;To be fair the first six or seven holes we couldn&#8217;t have asked for better weather, then the wind and rain came in and it was a great test. It was the first time I had been here and it&#8217;s an incredible golf course.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I shot 1-under today. The tees were a bit further forward so I could obviously take advantage of my distance and stuff, so it was good, I can&#8217;t complain.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Considering that the former Real Madrid and Wales winger has a handicap of 0.5, it didn&#8217;t come as a surprise that he even outperformed his own team partner and 2020 Wales Open champion, Romain Langasque, who carded a 2-over 74.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/20\/76220913-12599367-image-m-7_1696534606682.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ex-Wales captain and Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale at the Alfred Dunhill Links on Thursday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/20\/76220911-12599367-image-a-8_1696534619972.jpg\" height=\"402\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Actor &amp; comedian Bill Murray made his ninth appearance at the Pro-Am in Scotland this week<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/20\/76220931-12599367-image-m-11_1696534636734.jpg\" height=\"910\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Piers Morgan was also at the Pro-Am on Thursday after practicing with Lord Ian Botham<\/p>\n<p>Together, Langasque and Bale teamed up for an opening round of 6-under par, but ended the day tied in 74th place.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan &#8211; an avid Arsenal\u00a0fan &#8211; was also in Bale&#8217;s group, to which the former Spurs man said: &#8216;I need more than ear plugs around Piers, it didn&#8217;t work unfortunately.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Morgan also played a practice round with cricket legend Lord Ian Botham prior to the Pro-Am&#8217;s start on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He, along with Bale and Murray, will get a chance to play on easier courses on Friday and Saturday, starting by Kingsbarns before taking on the Old Course at St Andrews.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/20\/76220915-12599367-image-a-12_1696534650006.jpg\" height=\"453\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Morgan &#8211; an Arsenal fan &#8211; poked fun at Bale for his ties to Spurs throughout Thursday&#8217;s round<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/20\/76221011-12599367-image-m-18_1696534809601.jpg\" height=\"388\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones also showed up at\u00a0the Alfred Dunhill Links on Thursday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/20\/76221059-12599367-image-m-17_1696534803422.jpg\" height=\"743\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg sported a beanie while in full swing, Thursday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/20\/76221077-12599367-image-m-16_1696534796871.jpg\" height=\"356\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ronan Keating &#8211; the ex-lead singer of the band Boyzone &#8211; plays his second shot on the 16th hole<\/p>\n<p>The highest-ranked 20 teams qualify for the final round at St Andrews on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bale was a member of the victorious Team Monty at the Celebrity Ryder Cup at Marco Simone before the actual Ryder Cup got underway last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also played with Rory McIlroy in the BMW PGA Pro-Am at Wentworth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Murray, who plays a lot of golf at Pebble Beach, where he won the AT&amp;T Pro-Am with professional D.A. Points, made his ninth appearance in the Alfred Dunhill Links this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones and singer Ronan Keating are also in Scotland for the Pro-Am tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/golf\/article-12599367\/Bill-Murray-Piers-Morgan-Gareth-Bale-celeb-stars-hitting-links-St-Andrews-Pro-ahead-Alfred-Dunhill-Championship.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Murray, Piers Morgan and Gareth Bale are among the celeb stars hitting the links at St. Andrews &#8211; as they take part in Pro-Am ahead of Alfred Dunhill Championship The former Wales captain shot a remarkable round of 1-under 71 at Carnoustie\u00a0 Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Bloomberg and Ronan Keating were also there DailyMail.com provides&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gareth Bale is among celebs playing in Pro-Am at Alfred Dunhill Links - Tell My Sport<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/golf\/gareth-bale-is-among-celebs-playing-in-pro-am-at-alfred-dunhill-links\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gareth Bale is among celebs playing in Pro-Am at Alfred Dunhill Links - Tell My Sport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bill Murray, Piers Morgan and Gareth Bale are among the celeb stars hitting the links at St. Andrews &#8211; 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