Southport is to benefit from £500,000 worth of investment for the Open Golf Championship next year.
The money from Sefton Council will be spent on new signs, traffic management and on-site facilities for the event at Royal Birkdale.
Land at neighbouring Greenbank High school will be used as a "Gateway" to the course.
Marquees will house hospitality suites, a media centre and additional facilities for the players.
Royal Birkdale has hosted the Open on eight occasions in the past.
Sefton Council Chief Executive, Graham Haywood said: "This is something we have been planning over a number of years and I am extremely confident that we can meet and hopefully exceed the success of the last Merseyside Open at Hoylake in 2006."
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