Missed the cut – by 70 shots!
Jul 14 2008 Posted in Euro, Golf News by GoKart
Maurice Flitcroft is of course Immortal (even though he died last year) for his tenacity for entering the Open by various means. But less well known is a certain Walter Daniecki.
Daniecki, a mail-sorter from Milwaukee, had been a pro for three years but wasn’t attached to a club, and hadn’t played in a single tournament. Deciding to aim high, he saved for a year to pay the fare, entered the 1965 Open at Birkdale, and found himself with the task of two qualifying rounds at the testing Hillside course next door. A swift 108 in the first round, followed by a 113 in the second left him 81 over par. Ouch.
He kept the day job.
