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Item Details
Title:
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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN
MAURICE FLITCROFT, THE WORLD'S WORST GOLFER |
By: |
Scott Murray, Simon Farnaby |
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Electronic book text |
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£8.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1407090968 |
ISBN 13: |
9781407090962 |
Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
Pub. date: |
1 July, 2010 |
Pages: |
384 |
Description: |
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. This book tells his story. |
Synopsis: |
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 |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Vintage Digital |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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