The Phantom of the Open

Informationen zum Autor Scott Murray and Simon Farnaby Klappentext The hilarious, heartwarming and - unbelievably - true story of Maurice Flitcroft, the World's Worst Golfer 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 Zusammenfassung The hilarious, heartwarming and - unbelievably - true story of Maurice Flitcroft, the World's Worst GolferWhen 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.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Farnaby, Farnaby Simon, Scott Murray, Scott Farnaby Murray
• Publisher: Yellow Jersey
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.07.2011
• EAN: 9780224083171
• ISBN: 978-0-224-08317-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; HUMOR / Topic / Sports, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, Humour, history of sport, Biography: sport, Sporting events and management