The Phantom of the Open is a delightful 2022 comedy-drama directed by Craig Roberts. The audience is taken on a whimsical journey inspired by the true story of Maurice Flitcroft, an unlikely golfer ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: From Happy Madison to Tiger Woods jokes, golf is an easy target to poke fun at. But British golfer Maurice Flitcroft did a bit more than just poking fun—he committed ...

Mark Rylance finds another custom-fit role in "The Phantom of the Open," a biographical dramedy that you can file in the "so crazy that it must be true" category. Directed by Craig Roberts, this ...

There’s a wonderful scene in the new motion picture “The Phantom of the Open” in which the real-life character named Maurice Flitcroft—the Great Impersonator who five times attempted to qualify for ...

In 1975, Maurice Flitcroft was a 45-year-old shipyard worker who decided that his dream was to golf in the 1976 British Open. As he had hardly golfed before, this was a somewhat stupid dream, but ...

Simon Farnaby, who co-wrote "The Phantom of The Open: Maurice Flitcroft, the World's Worst Golf" in 2010, turned the book into a screenplay that was recently made into the movie “The Phantom of the ...

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Mark Rylance as Maurice Flitcroft lines up a putt at the British Open qualifying round in 'The Phantom Of The Open.' Oscar winner Mark Rylance (Bridge Of Spies) recalls practicing his golf swing as a ...

In the summer of 1976, Maurice Flitcroft, an easygoing crane operator from northern England, registered to play in the local qualifier for the Open Championship. But that was not the story. What made ...

Blythefield Country Club wanted to hold a tournament each spring that celebrates bad golf. Thus began the Maurice G. Flitcroft Spring Stag in 1978, named after a man dubbed the 'World's Worst Golfer.' ...

Mark Rylance as Maurice Flitcroft in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN. Photo credit Nick Wall. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics. In the charming true-story comedy PHANTOM OF THE OPEN, Mark Rylance plays the ...