The 148th British Open at Royal Portrush is set to become the second-highest attended tournament in the championship's history with 237,750 spectators expected across the week, organisers the R&A said on Wednesday.
The first Open to be held in Northern Ireland since 1951 will be the best-attended outside of St Andrews.
"I said last year that big-time sport needs big-time crowds and we certainly have that at Royal Portrush as we stage the biggest sporting event ever to be held in Northern Ireland," said R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers.
"The eyes of the sporting world are firmly set on Royal Portrush."
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