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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.
This article lists the lowest recorded rounds in golf.In professional competition, a round of 59 or less is regarded as a significant achievement. [1] In men's major championships the lowest rounds are 62 by Branden Grace at the 2017 Open Championship, by Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele at the 2023 U.S. Open, and by Xander Schauffele and Shane Lowry at the 2024 PGA Championship.
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.
Hagen even lost a prestigious golf trophy while partying After winning his third PGA Championship in Chicago in 1925, Hagen was booked for a two-week run of exhibition matches beginning 24 hours ...
High schooler Emily Nash, 16, won the Central Massachusetts Division 3 boys' golf tournament on Tuesday, but was not granted her trophy.
Tway attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where he had a distinguished career as a member of the golf team — a three-time, first-team All-American his last three years. [4] In 1978, Tway's freshman year, the Cowboys, led by seniors Lindy Miller and David Edwards, won the NCAA Championship. When Oklahoma State won again ...
The match play format fell out of favor in professional individual golf tournaments with the growth of television. The two major match play tournaments in the pre TV era were the PGA Championship, which converted to stroke play format in 1958, [4] and the British PGA Matchplay Championship which faced a slow decline after the introduction of the British PGA Championship in 1955 (which had a ...
During the 1950s, the short-lived World Championship of Golf was viewed as a "major" by its competitors, as its first prize was worth almost ten times any other event in the game, and it was the first event whose finale was televised live on U.S. television. The oldest of the majors is The Open Championship, commonly referred to as the "British ...