Description
| Product ID: | 9781529195859 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Phantom of the Open |
| Subtitle: | Maurice Flitcroft, the World's Worst Golfer - NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING MARK RYLANCE |
| Authors: | Author: Scott Murray, Simon Farnaby |
| Page Count: | 384 |
| Subjects: | Biography: sport, Biography: sport, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, History of sport, Golf, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, History of sport, Golf |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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' SpectatorWhen 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 The hilarious, heartwarming and - unbelievably - true story of Maurice Flitcroft, the World''s Worst Golfer |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-03-17 |
