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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Maurice Flitcroft was an amateur golfer who achieved notoriety for his exceptionally poor play, shooting 49 over par for a score of 121 while attempting to qualify for the 1976 British Open. The ...

Grand Rapids — This week at historic Blythefield Country Club in nearby Belmont the scoring will be low, as it always is at the Meijer LPGA Classic. The last three years, the winning scores have been ...

Inspired by Maurice Flitcroft’s stunningly bad results at the 1976 British Open, this comedy plays with a genre in which underdogs so often triumph. By Lisa Kennedy When you purchase a ticket for an ...