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Maurice Flitcroft - World's Best Worst Golfer

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There is a select group of people who, without any proof, believe that they are better at sport than they actually are. But most of those people don't go as far as todays hero, Maurice Flitcroft. Maurice had the grand idea one day in his mid 40s that he should become a professional golfer, despite never playing the sport before. So without ever playing a round, he entered the British Open, and infamously shot the worst score ever recorded in tournament history, an impressive 121. You might think that was the end of his story, especially after he was banned from all courses in Britain, but this is where the real story begins...So grab your trusty four wood, slap on a fake moustache and concoct the craziest fake name you can and get ready for a story of one of sports greatest games of cat and mouse on our journey to find the wildest story from the world of sport.Sources:https://www.todays-golfer.com/features/player-features/the-story-of-golfer-maurice-flitcroft-phantom-of-the-open/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12572040/ - The Phantom of the Openhttps://www.4moles.com/golf-world/discussions/how-the-world-s-worst-golfer-gate-crashed-the-openhttps://kids.britannica.com/students/article/British-Open/598833https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/62121946https://www.globalgolfpost.com/featured/the-besotted-open-journey-of-maurice-flitcroft/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/jul/16/theopen.golf5http://smh.com.au/national/anything-but-par-for-the-course-20070407-gdpuwq.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/sep/19/golf.rydercupPresenters;James WhybrowBen WhybrowCarlin SheavesMusic and cover art:Zoe Behrendt

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