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The Phantom of the Open
  • Published: 15 July 2011
  • ISBN: 9780224083171
  • Imprint: Yellow Jersey
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $36.99
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The Phantom of the Open

Maurice Flitcroft, The World's Worst Golfer

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15 July 2011
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15 July 2010
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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
  • Published: 15 July 2011
  • ISBN: 9780224083171
  • Imprint: Yellow Jersey
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $36.99
Categories:

About the authors

Scott Murray

Scott Murray writes for the Guardian, the Fiver, FourFourTwo, GQ and Men's Health. He is the co-author of the football miscellany Day of the Match: A History of Football in 365 Days, and contributed to both volumes of Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit?
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Simon Farnaby

Simon Farnaby ("Paddington 2") and Paul King wrote the screenplay for " Wonka" , based on a story by King and characters created by Roald Dahl. Michael Siegel, Cate Adams, Rosie Alison and Tim Wellspring are serving as executive producers.
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Praise for The Phantom of the Open

Hilarious

Esquire

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

Spectator

Hilarious

Esquire

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

Spectator