The Phantom of the Open

Year: 2021

Actors: Rhys Ifans, Mark Lewis Jones, Sally Hawkins, Mark Rylance

Duration: 106 min

Maurice Flitcroft is a crane operator at a shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, England. After never having played a round of golf in his life and with an estimation of his golf abilities that far exceeded them, he applies to play in the 1976 British Open. To his surprise, his application is accepted. In the opening round he shoots 121, the highest round of golf at a major tournament. This is his (largely true) story.—grantss

Genre: Comedy   Drama   Sport