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There will be a horseshoe grandstand around the 18th green for the first time at a British Open as part of a number of course changes for this year's tournament at Hoylake.
Organizers say the Royal Liverpool course will be extended by 54 yards compared to 2006 -- the last time it held the major -- and the green on the first hole has been reshaped and rebunkered to make it the ''hardest opening hole on the Open rota.''
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Around 200,000 spectators are expected for the tournament, which would be a slight decrease compared to 2006, when 230,000 golf fans watched Tiger Woods win his 11th major title.
Malcolm Booth, communications director for organizer The R&A, says the cauldron feel around the 18th will ''provide a unique atmosphere for an Open.''
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