16 Open Championship records that could be broken at Royal Liverpool

1. Lowest round

Currently: 62 – Branden Grace (2017)

2. Highest round

Currently: 91 – David Duval (2019)

3. Lowest round by an amateur

Currently: 65 – Tom Lewis (2011)

Potential record-breaker: The par at Royal Liverpool has changed from 72 to 71 and the elite amateurs in the field will have to go low with a 64 for Lewis’ record at Royal St George’s to be broken. Tiger Christensen, the German amateur who qualified at West Lancashire, will be among a handful of amateurs hoping to create history if conditions are favourable at Hoylake. 

4. Lowest 72-hole score by an amateur

Currently: 281 – Iain Pyman (1993), Tiger Woods (1996)