02-19-2018, 07:03 AM
OT Our rivals' Olympian
02-19-2018, 07:46 AM
There were 2,141 comments on her video, so...someone's interested, I suppose.
In 1976, a crane driver named Maurice Flitcroft signed up to play in the British Open. Just a regular guy, he saw golf on television two years earlier, thought it looked easy, so he ordered a set of clubs. When he entered the Open, he had never played a full round of golf before. How did he get in? Amateurs could enter, but had to have a handicap of one or less. But pros didn't have to submit...anything. They didn't even have to be attached to a club. He shot a 121. And he signed up every year, for years.
The story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...azers.html
In 1976, a crane driver named Maurice Flitcroft signed up to play in the British Open. Just a regular guy, he saw golf on television two years earlier, thought it looked easy, so he ordered a set of clubs. When he entered the Open, he had never played a full round of golf before. How did he get in? Amateurs could enter, but had to have a handicap of one or less. But pros didn't have to submit...anything. They didn't even have to be attached to a club. He shot a 121. And he signed up every year, for years.
The story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...azers.html
Audaces fortuna iuvat
There were 2,141 comments on her video, so...someone's interested, I suppose.
In 1976, a crane driver named Maurice Flitcroft signed up to play in the British Open. Just a regular guy, he saw golf on television two years earlier, thought it looked easy, so he ordered a set of clubs. When he entered the Open, he had never played a full round of golf before. How did he get in? Amateurs could enter, but had to have a handicap of one or less. But pros didn't have to submit...anything. They didn't even have to be attached to a club. He shot a 121. And he signed up every year, for years.
The story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...azers.html
In 1976, a crane driver named Maurice Flitcroft signed up to play in the British Open. Just a regular guy, he saw golf on television two years earlier, thought it looked easy, so he ordered a set of clubs. When he entered the Open, he had never played a full round of golf before. How did he get in? Amateurs could enter, but had to have a handicap of one or less. But pros didn't have to submit...anything. They didn't even have to be attached to a club. He shot a 121. And he signed up every year, for years.
The story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...azers.html
Audaces fortuna iuvat
02-19-2018, 08:29 AM
Giants 70's shortstop Johnny Lemaster displayed no athletic skills yet played in the NL for years. Must have known something sinister about Bob Laurie.
02-19-2018, 02:52 PM
(02-19-2018, 07:46 AM)Mick link Wrote:There were 2,141 comments on her video, so...someone's interested, I suppose.
In 1976, a crane driver named Maurice Flitcroft signed up to play in the British Open. Just a regular guy, he saw golf on television two years earlier, thought it looked easy, so he ordered a set of clubs. When he entered the Open, he had never played a full round of golf before. How did he get in? Amateurs could enter, but had to have a handicap of one or less. But pros didn't have to submit...anything. They didn't even have to be attached to a club. He shot a 121. And he signed up every year, for years.
The story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...azers.html
There must be a movie made about this, right? Or will be someday?
(02-19-2018, 07:46 AM)Mick link Wrote:There were 2,141 comments on her video, so...someone's interested, I suppose.
In 1976, a crane driver named Maurice Flitcroft signed up to play in the British Open. Just a regular guy, he saw golf on television two years earlier, thought it looked easy, so he ordered a set of clubs. When he entered the Open, he had never played a full round of golf before. How did he get in? Amateurs could enter, but had to have a handicap of one or less. But pros didn't have to submit...anything. They didn't even have to be attached to a club. He shot a 121. And he signed up every year, for years.
The story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...azers.html
There must be a movie made about this, right? Or will be someday?
02-19-2018, 02:56 PM
(02-19-2018, 02:52 PM)OutsiderFan link Wrote:There must be a movie made about this, right? Or will be someday?
maybe
http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2017/02/24...to_cinemas
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
(02-19-2018, 02:52 PM)OutsiderFan link Wrote:There must be a movie made about this, right? Or will be someday?
maybe
http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2017/02/24...to_cinemas
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
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