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Flitcroft's celebrity led to a number of golf trophies (usually those celebrating poor play or egregious mishaps) being named after him. He also had the distinction of being celebrated with the "Maurice Gerald Flitcroft Member-Guest Tournament" which was first held in 1978 by the Blythefield Country Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan . [ 13 ]
The Phantom of the Open: Directed by Craig Roberts. With Mark Rylance, Ian Porter, Tommy Fallon, David Mara. Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, manages to gain entry to the 1976 British Open Golf Championship qualification round despite being a complete novice.
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- Comedy, Drama, Sport
- Craig Roberts
- 2022-03-18
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. [3][4] The film stars Mark Rylance, Sally ...
Jul 13, 2022 · The Maurice G Flitcroft Spring Stag had been set up by Tim Moore in 1978. The event rewarded bad play with golf lessons, bowling balls and goldfish. By the year 2000, two holes were cut into some ...
May 23, 2022 · Maurice Flitcroft was not a golfer, but that didn’t stop him trying to qualify for golf’s most famous tournament. Fitting then that Sir Mark Rylance had only played a handful of rounds himself when he was cast to play ‘the world’s worst golfer’ in new film The Phantom of The Open. We’ve long been fans of Maurice Flitcroft’s ...
- Michael Catling
Oct 21, 2024 · Now the ‘world’s worst golfer’ is the subject of a star-studded movie. 15 years after Maurice Flitcroft’s passing, a new British film will tell the extraordinary true story of how the chain-smoking crane driver from Barrow-on-Furness, attempted to qualify for The Open despite never having played a round of golf before.
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Mar 16, 2022 · Maurice Flitcroft, played by Mark Rylance Credit: Entertainment One. He continued to enter the Open under pseudonyms. Maurice would sometimes use disguises such as fake moustaches, wigs and a deer ...
