For reasons mostly lost in the sands of time, the golf course that will host this year’s Open Championship, Royal Liverpool on the Lancashire coast – known also as Hoylake – disappeared from the Open rota in 1967 and remained in the wilderness for 39 years.

When the Open returned to Hoylake in 2006, Tiger Woods put on a masterclass, shooting 18 under par on a dry, running course to win by two shots over his compatriot, Chris DiMarco. Eight years later the Open returned again, Irishman Rory McIlroy winning by two shots over Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia. Both events were hugely successful, and Hoylake secured itself back in the Open Championship fold.