Mark Rylance on what he learned from ‘world’s worst golfer’ Maurice Flitcroft

Sir Mark Rylance (Ian West/PA)

Sir Mark Rylance has said he wishes he could learn from golfer Maurice Flitcroft how to handle criticism, admitting he is “terribly sensitive”.

The Oscar-winning actor plays the man dubbed “the world’s worst golfer”, who entered himself into The Open in the mid-1970s despite never having played golf properly in his life, in new film The Phantom Of The Open.