
The Phantom of the Open
Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.
- Genre: Drama, Comedy
- Studio: BBC Films, Ingenious Media, Baby Cow Productions, BFI, Water & Power Productions
- Keyword: underdog, based on novel or book, 1970s, golf, northern england, biography, sports, based on true story, twins, shipyard, local legend, cumbria, barrow-in-furness
- Cast: Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Rhys Ifans, Simon Farnaby, Mark Lewis Jones, Jonah Lees