The R&A has warned spectators who misbehave at the Open that they will be identified and ejected under its new code of conduct.
Mark Darbon, the R&A chair, stopped short of endorsing calls by Sir Nick Faldo, the last Englishman to win the Open, for anyone who abuses a player to also be fined $10,000. But he confirmed that a team of R&A staff, marshals and officials would be monitoring the expected 300,000 spectators to ensure good behaviour.