Ticket rush expected for Walker Cup

Demand is certain to exceed supply after the decision to put a crowd limit of 10,000 on Britain and Ireland’s attempt to regain the Walker Cup – the amateur equivalent of the Ryder Cup – at Royal County Down in the North on September 8-9.

The figure is only a third of the daily attendance at last year’s Ryder Cup in Dublin and Royal and Ancient Club championship director David Hill said today: “If we could accommodate more people safely we would do so, but moving crowds around on this course is particularly difficult and we have to be mindful of that.