It was if Dickens himself had strolled down Meols Drive and meandered into Royal Liverpool Golf Club to witness the 143rd Open Championship.

NO Tiger Woods, no Phil Mickelson. Surely then no better opportunity for Lee Westwood to win his first World Golf Championships title.

The R&A has announced that Royal Liverpool Golf Club will host The Open Championship in 2014.

The 135th Open championship at Hoylake set a new record for the event in England, with 230,000 people coming through the gates this week.