The Phantom of the Open Maurice Flitcroft, the World's Worst Golfer

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

ISBN:	9781529195859
Publisher:	Random House
Imprint:	Vintage
Published date:	17 Mar 2022
DEWEY:	796.352092
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	400
Weight:	302g
Height:	128mm
Width:	197mm
Spine width:	34mm

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