Record English attendance at Open

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.

It represents a success for the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, which is staging the tournament for the first time in 39 years.

This week’s attendance bettered last year’s total of 223,000 at St Andrews but was surpassed by the 2000 tournament at the home of golf, where 239,000 watched Tiger Woods claim his maiden Claret Jug.