The Phantom of the Open

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<p>When 46-year-old crane driver and former comedy stunt-diver 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 went nuclear, and banned him for life.</p><p>Maurice 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 Zapata moustache soaked in food dye).</p><p>In doing so, he sent the authorities into apoplexy, and won the hearts of hackers from Muirfield to Michigan, becoming arguably the most popular - but certainly the bravest - sporting underdog the world has ever known</p>

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<p>Scott Murray writes for the Guardian, the Fiver, FourFourTwo, GQ and Men's Health. He is the co-author of the football miscellany<i>Day of the Match: A History of Football in 365 Days</i>, and contributed to both volumes of<i>Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit?</i></p><p>Simon Farnaby is an actor and writer. Among his recent TV acting credits he was Spike in<i>Jam and Jerusalem</i>and he played Hamilton Cork, Pie-Face Records and Harold Boom in<i>The Mighty Boosh</i>. In film, he starred as Bunny in this year's British Indie hit<i>Bunny and The Bull</i>.</p>

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