The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on the DP World Tour is always one of the best events of the year. Not only is the field loaded, but the world’s best players walk the grounds of The Old Course at St. Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns alongside family and friends. For example, this week, Rory McIlroy is playing with his dad, Gerry.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — You’ve got to love the Old Course. Well, you don’t have to, but it seems like it helps to feel at home in the Home of Golf. Especially if your name is Tyrrell Hatton.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Nicolas Colsaerts of Belgium and Cameron John of Australia shared the lead at the Dunhill Links Championship, where players ranked outside the top 400 in the world shaded the big names and top golf leaders on Friday.

It all came down to a shoot-out on the 18th as Hatton and the gallant Belgian, Nicolas Colsaerts, marched up the final hole in a tie at the top. Things were so tight, you half expected them to reach for their dueling pistols as they clumped over Grannie Clark’s Wynd.

Belgium's Nicolas Colsaerts and Australia's Cameron John share a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

Hatton birdied the 18th to card a closing 70 and finish 24 under par, a shot ahead of Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts.