https://www.theguardian.com/sport/b...of-seve-a-hacker-and-johnny-millers-1976-open
golf fans may enjoy this revisit to the 1976 Open Championship.
It was the worst round in Open Championship history, no great surprise, given that Flitcroft had never before played 18 holes in his entire life. A 46-year-old crane operator from Barrow-in-Furness, he simply filled out an entry form on a whim, declared himself professional and was given a tee time by the R&A
The greens were also frazzled by the heatwave and proved something of a test. “Freckles of brown spread to disfiguring blotches at a speed almost detectable to the naked eye, making it impossible to judge the pace of the ball as it crossed from living green to dead brown,” the Observer’s Peter Dobereiner reported.
What would happen if he broke his favourite club, Miller was asked? “It would be like a death in the family,”
golf fans may enjoy this revisit to the 1976 Open Championship.
It was the worst round in Open Championship history, no great surprise, given that Flitcroft had never before played 18 holes in his entire life. A 46-year-old crane operator from Barrow-in-Furness, he simply filled out an entry form on a whim, declared himself professional and was given a tee time by the R&A
The greens were also frazzled by the heatwave and proved something of a test. “Freckles of brown spread to disfiguring blotches at a speed almost detectable to the naked eye, making it impossible to judge the pace of the ball as it crossed from living green to dead brown,” the Observer’s Peter Dobereiner reported.
What would happen if he broke his favourite club, Miller was asked? “It would be like a death in the family,”
