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Ropes will be set further back from the greens and marshals from the army are set to patrol the tee boxes as the Open prepares to welcome back crowds and protect its players at Royal St George’s.
Some 32,000 spectators will be allowed on the course for each of the four days of competition this week. It will be the biggest crowd at a major since Portrush in 2019, after the Open was included in the third stage of the government’s events research programme (ERP).
