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Maurice Gerald Flitcroft (23 November 1929 – 24 March 2007) was a British golfer. Flitcroft received widespread attention after shooting a score of 121 in the qualifying competition for the 1976 Open Championship – the worst score recorded at the Open Championship by a self-professed "professional golfer", having been an inexperienced golfer.
The Phantom of the Open is a 2021 British biographical comedy-drama film directed by Craig Roberts, about the exploits of Maurice Flitcroft.The screenplay by Simon Farnaby was based upon the biography The Phantom of the Open: Maurice Flitcroft, The World's Worst Golfer by Farnaby and Scott Murray.
A good-natured crane operator for a shipyard in Cumbria who decided in his mid-40s to take up golf after watching it on television, Flitcroft finagled his way into the 1976 British Open even ...
The inspiring true story follows Maurice Flitcroft (Rylance), an unrelenting optimist who managed to gain entry to the Britis Sony Pictures Classics Scores ‘The Phantom of the Open’ Starring ...
The 1976 Open Championship was the 105th Open Championship, played 7–10 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Johnny Miller won his only Open championship, six strokes ahead of runners-up Seve Ballesteros and Jack Nicklaus.
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During the first qualifying round, he was playing directly behind crane operator Maurice Flitcroft, who had never played golf before. Flitcroft ended up shooting an extremely high score, delaying groups behind him. This personally frustrated Cahill. [37] "I just snapped at the 12th and accosted him," he later said.
A look at five golf movies that capture the sport’s drama – and comedy.