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11 mar 2022 · Maurice’s twin sons had no idea their dad was taking part in the British Open qualifying during the summer of 1976 — and neither did his employers.
Flitcroft was married to Jean, who died in 2002. They had two sons, one of whom caddied for him. . Death. In its obituary of Flitcroft, The Daily Telegraph commented:
- 24 March 2007 (aged 77)
- Maurice Gerald Flitcroft, 23 November 1929, Manchester, England
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12 mar 2022 · James is the son of golfing hero Maurice Flitcroft, a crane driver at Barrow shipyard, who managed to gain entry to the British Open Golf Championship in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst...
18 set 2008 · Flitcroft's tale would be amazing as it stands, yet At Home With the Flitcrofts somehow managed to embellish it further by covering the antics of his twin sons, Gene van Flitcroft and James...
7 giu 2022 · Having learned how to do that and having researched the book with Scott Murray, and gone to Barrow-in-Furness to meet Maurice’s twin sons, Gene and James, I was in a much better position to...
26 apr 2022 · 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...
16 mar 2022 · Film. 16 March 2022. The Phantom of the Open is a very British tribute to failure. Mark Rylance is charming as the golf hoaxer Maurice Flitcroft, but there's not quite enough here to sustain a feature. By David Sexton. Photo by Alamy. Endearing failure is a peculiarly British genre.