{"product_id":"9781529195859-phantom-of-the-open","title":"The Phantom of the Open","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaurice Flitcroft, the World's Worst Golfer - NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING MARK RYLANCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe hilarious, heartwarming and - unbelievably - true story of Maurice Flitcroft, the World's Worst Golfer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The story of its greatest anti-hero is just what the game needs' \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 46-year-old crane driver 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 banned him for life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaurice 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 fake moustache).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn doing so, he sent the authorities into apoplexy, and won the hearts of fans from Muirfield to Michigan, becoming arguably the most popular - and certainly the bravest - sporting underdog the world has ever known\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hilarious' \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39903093162081,"sku":"9781529195859","price":7.82,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32408517.jpg?v=1737274840","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529195859-phantom-of-the-open","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}