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
https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-phantom-of-the-open1344370The Phantom of the Open<p><strong>The hilarious, heartwarming and - unbelievably - true story of Maurice Flitcroft, the World's Worst Golfer</strong></p>
<p><strong>'The story of its greatest anti-hero is just what the game needs' <em>Spectator</em></strong></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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).</p>
<p>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</p>
<p><strong>'Hilarious' <em>Esquire</em></strong></p>https://kbimages1-a.akamaihd.net/Images/9633cf6d-14d7-4aed-80fc-11b52e354726/300/300/False/image.jpg249instock24924900000https://www.gandhi.com.mx/media/catalog/product/2022-04-09T10:09:25+0000SPO016000Simon FarnabyEpub 3SPO016000