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.
- genus: Drama, Comedy
- Studio: BBC Film, Baby Cow Productions, BFI, Ingenious Media, Water & Power Productions
- keyword: underdog, northern england, based on novel or book, sports, 1970s, golf, biography, based on true story, twins, shipyard, local legend, cumbria, barrow-in-furness
- cast: Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Jonah Lees, Christian Lees, Jake Davies, Mark Lewis Jones
