Film

The Phantom of the Open

Name: The Phantom of the Open
Director: Craig Roberts
Released: 2022
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Rhys Ifans, Simon Farnaby, Mark Lewis Jones

2022 · 102 min · ★ 6.8 · Dir. Craig Roberts

Every dreamer deserves a shot.

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.