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The Phantom of the Open: Maurice Flitcroft, the World's Worst Golfer - SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING MARK RYLANCE

The hilarious, heartwarming and — unbelievably — true story of Maurice Flitcroft, the World's Worst Golfer

'The story of its greatest anti-hero is just what the game needs' Spectator

When 46-year-old crane driver Maurice Flitcroft chanced his way into the Open — having never before played a round of golf in his life — he ran up a record-worst score of 121. The sport's ruling classes banned him for life.

Maurice didn't take it lying down. In a hilarious game of cat-and-mouse with The Man, he entered tournaments again — and again, and again — using increasingly ludicrous pseudonyms such as Gene Pacecki, Arnold Palmtree and Count Manfred von Hoffmanstel (more often than not disguised by a fake moustache).

In doing so, he sent the authorities into apoplexy, and won the hearts of fans from Muirfield to Michigan, becoming arguably the most popular — and certainly the bravest — sporting underdog the world has ever known

'Hilarious' Esquire

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 384
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-1-5291-9585-9
  • EAN
  • 9781529195859
  • Release date
  • 2022