The Phantom of the Open

Maurice Flitcroft, the World's Worst Golfer - NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING MARK RYLANCE

Scott Murray, Simon Farnaby (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

384 Seiten

2022
Vintage (Verlag)
978-1-5291-9585-9 (ISBN)

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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

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.

Erscheinungsdatum	18.03.2022
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	305 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sport ► Ballsport ► Golf
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-5291-9585-3 / 1529195853
ISBN-13	978-1-5291-9585-9 / 9781529195859
Zustand	Neuware