Just Stop Oil protesters target 17th green at Open Championship

ARRESTS MADE: Three Just Stop Oil protesters invaded the 17th green at The Open. Pic: Richard Sellers/PA

American golfer Billy Horschel intervened to help remove protesters who invaded the 17th green at Royal Liverpool on the second day of the Open Championship.

The 36-year-old escorted a woman wearing a Just Stop Oil T-shirt covered in orange paint off the green of the Hoylake links and into the custody of a police officer.