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Adrian Meronk of LIV Golf rallies to win Dunhill Links and secure European tour membership

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The Associated Press. (2026, October 4). Adrian Meronk of LIV Golf rallies to win Dunhill Links and secure European tour membership. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/golf/adrian-meronk-of-liv-golf-rallies-to-win-dunhill-links-and-secure-european-tour-membership/article_814f4bb0-18ab-50d4-95e4-25743c7f8795.html

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Adrian Meronk won the Dunhill Links Championship on Sunday, securing his full European tour membership for 2027 with a two-shot victory over Casey Jarvis at St. Andrews in Scotland. Playing a 4-under 68, Meronk rallied from behind after Jarvis made crucial mistakes late in the round, including bogeys on holes nine and eleven that led to a tied score heading into the final stretch. Meronk’s win is particularly significant as it comes amid uncertainty at LIV Golf due to its bankruptcy proceedings.
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Adrian Meronk, a 33-year-old Polish golfer, won the Dunhill Links Championship on Sunday at St. Andrews in Scotland with a final round score of 4-under 68, securing his spot on the European Tour for 2027. This victory was crucial because Meronk had joined LIV Golf after being left off the Ryder Cup team in Rome, and the future of LIV Golf is uncertain as it undergoes Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Meronk trailed Casey Jarvis by two shots early but closed with three birdies in five holes to take the lead, ultimately winning by two strokes when Jarvis failed to hole out for eagle on the final hole. The win marks Meronk’s fifth title on the European Tour and comes after he accepted a deal earlier this year that allowed him to retain his membership despite joining LIV Golf.

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European LIV Golf ST. ANDREWS Scotland Tartan Pro Tour

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European NORP · 5× Jarvis PERSON · 5× Meronk PERSON · 3× LIV Golf ORG · 2× Tartan Pro Tour ORG · 2× Adrian Meronk PERSON · 1× Casey Jarvis PERSON · 1× Poland GPE · 1× ST. ANDREWS GPE · 1× Scotland GPE · 1×

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Adrian Meronk caught up quickly and pulled ahead on the mistakes of Casey Jarvis to win the Dunhill Links Championship on Sunday with a 4-under 68, giving the 33-year-old from Poland a full card on the European tour when he desperately needed it.
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🔮 He said he would return to the Tartan — he would be eligible for the Spanish Open next week — to make sure he has status somewhere in 2027.

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Adrian Meronk caught up quickly and pulled ahead on the mistakes of Casey Jarvis to win the Dunhill Links Championship on Sunday with a 4-under 68, giving the 33-year-old from Poland a full card on the European tour when he desperately needed it. asserted
he → catch → it
Meronk was the tour player of the year in 2023 when he was left off the Ryder Cup team in Rome, and then defected to LIV Golf the following year. asserted
he → leave → Golf
He was among eight players who accepted a deal from the European tour earlier this year that allowed him to keep his membership. asserted
him → accept → membership
The two-shot victory at St. Andrews, his fifth title on the European tour and perhaps the most important, gives him a full European card for 2027. asserted
victory → give → 2027
That’s important with so much in doubt at LIV Golf as it goes through Chapter 11 bankruptcy. asserted
it → ’ → bankruptcy
Victory was not secure until Jarvis failed to hole out for eagle from the Valley of Sin on the 18th at the Old Course. asserted
Jarvis → fail → Course
“I never usually cry, but this one feels really special,” Meronk said. asserted
Meronk → cry → ?
“I’m lost for words. asserted
I → ’m → words
I’m extremely happy and quite relieved.” asserted
I → ’m → ?
He opened with three birdies in five holes to make up a two-shot deficit on Jarvis, the South African going for his third European tour title this year. asserted
He → open → title
Jarvis still had a one-shot lead and was in prime position on the short par-4 ninth. asserted
Jarvis → have → par-4
But he ran it by 4 feet and wound up three-putting for a shocking bogey, leaving him tied. asserted
he → run → him
On the par-3 11th, Jarvis came up short of the green and played it smartly with a high pitch beyond the flag to take the slope back toward the hole. asserted
Jarvis → come → hole
But it was too much spin, aided by the wind, and rolled all the way back off the green leading to another bogey. asserted
it → aid → bogey
Meronk holed an 8-foot birdie putt ahead of him on the 12th, and suddenly his lead was two shots. asserted
lead → hole → 12th
He stretched the lead to three shots with a superb pitch-and-run to 2 feet for birdie on the par-5 14th, and a bogey on the Road Hole at the 17th did him no harm. asserted
bogey → stretch → harm
Jarvis, who made a 30-foot putt from just short of the 15th green to stay in the game, lost all hope when he missed the green well left on the 17th, putted to 6 feet and missed the par putt. asserted
he → make → putt
He closed with a 72 and tied for second with Niklas Norgaard (68), whose amateur partner was outgoing PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan. asserted
partner → close → Norgaard
Michael Stewart capped off a dream week with a 66, which included a stretch on the back nine when he made a 25-foot birdie on the 11th, a 30-foot birdie on the 12th and then holed out from 112 yards for eagle on the 13th. asserted
he → cap → 13th
He tied for fourth with Tommy Fleetwood (64). asserted
He → tie → Fleetwood
Stewart, the No. 979 player in the world, was playing a Tartan Pro Tour event on Wednesday. asserted
Stewart → play → Wednesday
He said he would return to the Tartan — he would be eligible for the Spanish Open next week — to make sure he has status somewhere in 2027. asserted
he → say → 2027
To win would give him a card on the Challenge Tour. asserted
win → win → Tour
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