A fairway of fun, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN is on par to be the best comedy you’ll see this year.

From grin and giggle to guffaw, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA scores more holes in one in humour and hilarity than most comedy’s can poke a stick at – or in this case, a club.

No knowledge of golf needed, nor interest neither, to enjoy this unabashed tall tale but true. The humanity and the humour transcends mere sport.

An unlikely story, mostly, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN is about an ordinary bloke, Maurice Flitcroft, a crane driver who pursued his dream of entering the British Open golf tournament despite his lack of acumen with the game.

A good crane driver but not so good with a driver on the course, wood or iron, Flitcroft had the dubious distinction of shooting the event’s worst ever score. Yet in losing, he became a winner, a victor of determination and achieving a dream.

Academy award winning actor, Mark Rylance tees up a marvellous performance and drives it through the whole momentous event, slicing and swinging between comedy and drama, serving up plenty of laughter on the links with high jinks aplenty.

Academy award nominee, Sally Hawkins is superb as his supportive spouse, a perfect match in dream drive and optimistic pluck.

Directed by Craig Roberts from a screenplay by Simon Farnaby, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN is a feel good movie devoid of any hint of mawkish sentimentality, achieving a hole in one in humanity and humour.

A formidable fraud but not a fake, an estimable challenger to the Establishment, and an over par underdog, Maurice Flitcroft is an enviable and entertaining character worth spending a couple of hours with.