{"product_id":"the-phantom-of-the-open-scott-murray-9781529195859","title":"The Phantom of the Open","description":"The hilarious, heartwarming and - unbelievably - true story of Maurice Flitcroft, the World's Worst Golfer\n'The story of its greatest anti-hero is just what the game needs' Spectator\nWhen 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.\nMaurice 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).\nIn 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\n'Hilarious' Esquire","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51157253423392,"sku":"9781529195859","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781529195859.jpg?v=1780956322","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/the-phantom-of-the-open-scott-murray-9781529195859","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}