Sneaky's Daily Did You Know....? - Oddballs

Keen to rub shoulders with Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, Barrow crane driver Maurice Flitcroft entered the 1976 British Open - Even though he had never played a full 18 holes of golf. He took 121 in the qualifying round. Seven years later, he tried again, this time disguising himself as Swiss professional Gerald Hoppy. By the ninth hole of his qualifying round, he had already taken 62 strokes and was rumbled by officials who politely suggested that Herr Hoppy might care to retire.