The 2016 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship was won by Tyrrell Hatton of England, who won his first European Tour event on the Old Course at St. Andrews, winning by four shots over Ross Fisher and Richard Sterne at 23-under-par 265.
Martin Kaymer was the highest finisher among the members of the 2016 European Ryder Cup team to play, finishing sixth.
Hatton won the €711,073 winner's share of the $5 million purse.
2016 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship leaderboard and final results and prize money payouts
| POS | PLAYER | TO PAR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | TOTAL | MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyrrell Hatton | -23 | 67 | 70 | 62 | 66 | 265 | €711,073 |
| T2 | Ross Fisher | -19 | 65 | 68 | 69 | 67 | 269 | €370,562 |
| T2 | Richard Sterne | -19 | 69 | 69 | 65 | 66 | 269 | €370,562 |
| 4 | Joakim Lagergren | -17 | 66 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 271 | €213,322 |
| 5 | Marc Warren | -16 | 72 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 272 | €180,897 |
| 6 | Martin Kaymer | -15 | 71 | 68 | 65 | 69 | 273 | €149,325 |
| T7 | Florian Fritsch | -13 | 68 | 71 | 65 | 71 | 275 | €103,888 |
| T7 | Soren Kjeldsen | -13 | 71 | 68 | 67 | 69 | 275 | €103,888 |
| T7 | Renato Paratore | -13 | 71 | 70 | 66 | 68 | 275 | €103,888 |
| T7 | Bernd Wiesberger | -13 | 73 | 66 | 69 | 67 | 275 | €103,888 |
| T11 | Bradley Dredge | -12 | 69 | 72 | 68 | 67 | 276 | €71,463 |
| T11 | David Horsey | -12 | 72 | 69 | 66 | 69 | 276 | €71,463 |
| T11 | Lasse Jensen | -12 | 71 | 69 | 66 | 70 | 276 | €71,463 |
| T11 | Alexander Noren | -12 | 64 | 71 | 73 | 68 | 276 | €71,463 |
| T15 | Tommy Fleetwood | -11 | 72 | 67 | 70 | 68 | 277 | €60,157 |
| T15 | Jbe Kruger | -11 | 68 | 68 | 75 | 66 | 277 | €60,157 |
| T15 | Graeme McDowell | -11 | 74 | 67 | 67 | 69 | 277 | €60,157 |
| T18 | Richard Bland | -10 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 278 | €49,917 |
| T18 | Niclas Fasth | -10 | 72 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 278 | €49,917 |
| T18 | Gregory Havret | -10 | 76 | 67 | 70 | 65 | 278 | €49,917 |
| T18 | Mikko Ilonen | -10 | 73 | 71 | 67 | 67 | 278 | €49,917 |
| T18 | Shane Lowry | -10 | 72 | 68 | 72 | 66 | 278 | €49,917 |
| T18 | Romain Wattel | -10 | 78 | 66 | 68 | 66 | 278 | €49,917 |
| T18 | Jordan Zunic | -10 | 70 | 71 | 67 | 70 | 278 | €49,917 |
| T25 | Jaco Ahlers | -9 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 279 | €41,171 |
| T25 | George Coetzee | -9 | 72 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 279 | €41,171 |
| T25 | Paul Dunne | -9 | 72 | 72 | 66 | 69 | 279 | €41,171 |
| T25 | Pablo Larrazabal | -9 | 71 | 73 | 66 | 69 | 279 | €41,171 |
| T25 | Craig Lee | -9 | 69 | 73 | 69 | 68 | 279 | €41,171 |
| T25 | Graeme Storm | -9 | 71 | 72 | 69 | 67 | 279 | €41,171 |
| T31 | Rafa CabreraBello | -8 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 72 | 280 | €33,217 |
| T31 | Nicolas Colsaerts | -8 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 280 | €33,217 |
| T31 | Michael Lorenzo-Vera | -8 | 73 | 66 | 74 | 67 | 280 | €33,217 |
| T31 | Robert Rock | -8 | 70 | 73 | 68 | 69 | 280 | €33,217 |
| T31 | Tjaart vanderWalt | -8 | 74 | 70 | 67 | 69 | 280 | €33,217 |
| T31 | Anthony Wall | -8 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 280 | €33,217 |
| T31 | Fabrizio Zanotti | -8 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 67 | 280 | €33,217 |
| T38 | Stephen Gallacher | -7 | 70 | 75 | 68 | 68 | 281 | €28,585 |
| T38 | James Morrison | -7 | 71 | 74 | 67 | 69 | 281 | €28,585 |
| T38 | Callum Shinkwin | -7 | 67 | 74 | 69 | 71 | 281 | €28,585 |
| T41 | Gregory Bourdy | -6 | 69 | 74 | 70 | 69 | 282 | €24,745 |
| T41 | Alejandro Canizares | -6 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 282 | €24,745 |
| T41 | Grant(a) Forrest | -6 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 71 | 282 | €24,745 |
| T41 | Peter Hanson | -6 | 71 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 282 | €24,745 |
| T41 | Rikard Karlberg | -6 | 68 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 282 | €24,745 |
| T41 | Borja Virto | -6 | 71 | 69 | 68 | 74 | 282 | €24,745 |
| T47 | Andrew Dodt | -5 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 283 | €20,906 |
| T47 | David Drysdale | -5 | 72 | 72 | 68 | 71 | 283 | €20,906 |
| T47 | Ben Evans | -5 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 283 | €20,906 |
| T50 | Thorbjorn Olesen | -4 | 73 | 72 | 68 | 71 | 284 | €18,346 |
| T50 | Thomas Pieters | -4 | 70 | 68 | 73 | 73 | 284 | €18,346 |
| T50 | Julien Quesne | -4 | 72 | 69 | 69 | 74 | 284 | €18,346 |
| T53 | Robert Dinwiddie | -3 | 73 | 68 | 70 | 74 | 285 | €14,577 |
| T53 | Matthew Guyatt | -3 | 69 | 74 | 69 | 73 | 285 | €14,577 |
| T53 | Robert Karlsson | -3 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 74 | 285 | €14,577 |
| T53 | Louis Oosthuizen | -3 | 71 | 71 | 68 | 75 | 285 | €14,577 |
| T53 | Rhys West | -3 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 72 | 285 | €14,577 |
| T53 | Y.E. Yang | -3 | 71 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 285 | €14,577 |
| 59 | Erik vanRooyen | -1 | 72 | 69 | 72 | 74 | 287 | €12,373 |
| T60 | Matt Ford | 1 | 66 | 72 | 74 | 77 | 289 | €11,733 |
| T60 | Ulrich Vandenberg | 1 | 69 | 69 | 74 | 77 | 289 | €11,733 |
| 62 | Marcel Siem | 3 | 77 | 68 | 67 | 79 | 291 | €11,093 |
