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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN
MAURICE FLITCROFT, THE WORLD'S WORST GOLFER |
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Scott Murray, Simon Farnaby |
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Paperback |
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£11.99 |
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£8.75 |
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ISBN 10: |
0224083171 |
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9780224083171 |
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VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
Pub. date: |
7 July, 2011 |
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384 |
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When 46-year-old crane driver and former comedy stunt-diver 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 went nuclear, and banned him for life. But he entered tournaments again and again. |
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When 46-year-old crane driver and former comedy stunt-diver 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 went nuclear, and 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 Zapata moustache soaked in food dye). In doing so, he sent the authorities into apoplexy, and won the hearts of hackers from Muirfield to Michigan, becoming arguably the most popular - but certainly the bravest - sporting underdog the world has ever known. |
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UK |
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Yellow Jersey Press |
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