Simon Farnaby, who co-wrote "The Phantom of The Open: Maurice Flitcroft, the World's Worst Golf" in 2010, turned the book into a screenplay that was recently made into the movie “The Phantom of the ...

Simon Farnaby was searching for just the right ending to his feel-good-book, the Phantom of the Open. The 49-year-old English author found it overseas in West Michigan. Farnaby’s book, which was ...

Maurice Flitcroft had a dream to compete in one of golf's most prestigious events. The only problem was, he didn’t know how to play golf. In fact he didn't even own golf clubs But that wasn’t going to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A light and lyrical feel-good tale about Mancunian golf legend Maurice G. Flitcroft — the shipyard crane operator who improbably ...

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 ...