The Phantom of the Open - Maurice Flitcroft, World s Worst Golfer NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING

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

Product details

• Authors: Simon Farnaby, Farnaby Simon, Scott Murray
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 17.03.2022
• EAN: 9781529195859
• ISBN: 978-1-5291-9585-9
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; HUMOR / Topic / Sports, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, Humour, history of sport, Biography: sport, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Sporting events and management