The Phantom of the Open by Scott Murray

The Phantom of the Open by Scott Murray

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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 sine die. Maurice didn't take it lying down.

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The Phantom of the Open by Scott Murray

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 sine die. Maurice didn't take it lying down.

Scott Murray writes for the Guardian, the Fiver, FourFourTwo, GQ and Men's Health. He is the co-author of the football miscellany Day of the Match: A History of Football in 365 Days, and contributed to both volumes of Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit?

Simon Farnaby is an actor and writer. Among his recent TV acting credits he was Spike in Jam and Jerusalem and he played Hamilton Cork, Pie-Face Records and Harold Boom in The Mighty Boosh. In film, he starred as Bunny in this year's British Indie hit Bunny and The Bull.

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ISBN 13 9780224083164
ISBN 10 0224083163
Title The Phantom of the Open
Author Scott Murray
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 2010-07-08
Number of pages 384
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.