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32 Of The Best Golf Scenes In Hollywood History
Golf scenes in movies are great, even for non-golfers. Some are funny, some are poignant, and with so much material to draw from, it's easy to see why Hollywood loves them. Like these, some of the best golf scenes in Hollywood history.
It's the story of a young greenskeeper, with tears in his, I guess, about to become Masters Champion. Though, it's not exactly that, it's Bill Murray in one of his most iconic scenes taking out flowers near the clubhouse in Caddyshack and he tells the imaginary story of himself winning the most prestigious tournament in golf. It's in the hole!
James Bond doesn't actually play much golf in the series, but, in the movie that is one of the best of the Bond franchise, Goldfinger, he does play around against the titular villain, betting gold bars and countering Goldfinger's cheating with a few tricks of his own.
Tin Cup is one of the best golf movies for guys that are just working-class duffers. One of the best scenes in the movie has to be when Kevin Costner's character, a washed up old pro bets Don Johnson's character that Johnson can't hit a 7 iron as far as Costner can. Johnson wins the bet when he turns and hits the ball down a paved road, bouncing forever.
The Legend Of Bagger Vance isn't a perfect movie, but it still has some amazing moments for golfers. The best has to be when the caddy Bagger (Will Smith) is trying to calm his golfer (Matt Damon) down while explaining why the great Bobby Jones is so good.
When Happy Gilmore was released in 1996 it became an instant golf classic. There is no question one of the most repeated quotes from a movie on any golf course is from the scene where Happy (Adam Sadler) gets angrier and angrier about the ball not going in "its home."
Imagine playing a round with Bill Murray, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Seinfeld star Wayne Knight. It would be amazing and funny. That's exactly what happens in Space Jam and frankly, it's Bill Murray's umbrella hat that steals the show.
The golfing scene in I Love You, Man is one of the funniest scenes in the movie. It's a total disaster for Sydney (Jason Segel), who, let's be honest, goes through a lot of disasters in the movie. Meanwhile, for Peter (Paul Rudd) and Zooey (Rashida Jones), it's almost a perfect afternoon.
In Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Sacha Baron Cohen's legendary character makes an attempt to learn how to play golf. Even if you haven't seen the movie, you probably know how that's going to work out. It's awkward for everyone except Borat. The poor golf pro had no idea what to do when Borat couldn't even figure out how to hold the club. Not to mention running onto the driving range to retrieve his ball.
Everything Thomas Crown (Pierce Brosnan) does in The Thomas Crown Affair is intense. His golf game is no different when he bets $100,000 on one shot from a sand trap. Of course, he looks as cool as ever in his all-black golfing attire, a far cry from plaid pants and ugly hats.
Easily the most quoted movie on the golf course has to be Caddyshack and betting someone on whether they slice the ball on a drive is a popular bet because of the movie. Just as Smails (Ted Knight) is teeing off, Al (Rodney Dangerfield) bets him he's going to slice into the woods. Smails doesn't take the bet, but he does slice it. Dangerfield is always good for a great quote and "you can owe me!" is a classic.
It's well known that Bill Murray is a golf nut. In Lost In Translation he appears in one of the most serine golf scenes in movie history. There is no dialog, just Murray's character mostly in silhouette walking up to a tea and going through his shot routine, and driving the ball off into the distance, all with Mount Fuji in the background. It's proof you don't need a great Bill Murray quote to have a great golf scene.
Golf is popular with every demographic including gangsters. In Casino, there is a great scene with Nicky (Joe Pesci) playing with his pals just to annoy the feds that are following him around. It ends when the surveillance plane runs out of fuel and lands right on the course.
Golf is a sport that can bring out a lot of emotion. In Sideways that emotion turns into rage for Paul Giamatti's character when he gets so angry with the group playing in front of him, he starts trying to hit them with his ball. Don't golf angry, though we can all relate.
In one of the most relatable golf scenes in any movie, Ron Livingston and Jon Favreau's character duff around a muni course making really high scores. They aren't dressed like preppy jerks either. Just a couple of unemployed actors killing time with a cheap round of bad golf. Who among us hasn't been there?
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. And again. And again. And again. The scene Tin Cup that sees the titular player (Kevin Costner) repeatedly trying to hit the ball over the water and repeatedly failing is something every golfer can relate to. Sometimes our emotions get the best of us, and it's usually ugly when they do on the course.
Many years ago ESPN ran a commercial asking PGA tour caddies what the best movie about caddies is. All of them naturally said Caddyshack. When asked about the worst? Caddyshack 2. The sequel to the classic is a bad movie, but still, you have to chuckle a little when the course is turned upside down and into basically a mini-golf-type course, but in full size, complete with obstacles and everything. Yeah, it's stupid, fair enough.
There isn't much actual golf in the golf scene in The Aviator, it's really more about showing Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett) and her zest for life as contrasting Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his lack of it, outwardly, anyway. Maybe it's a good metaphor for golf as life, but really, it's just a great moment in the movie.
1990's Navy SEALs is one of the most over-the-top action movies of it's day. Without the (at the time) all-star cast that included Charlie Sheen and Michael Biehn it would have been relegated to the B-Movie bin a long time ago. There is a wild golf scene in the movie that is a ton of fun to watch as the SEAL team pretty much acts like ferrel children on the course.
It's important to be the ball in golf, at least according to the trust fund kid Ty Webb, played by Chevy Chase in Caddyshack. Webb can "be the ball" even with a blindfold on, but when Danny, his caddie, tries to be the same, he ends up putting it in the water. Or the lumberyard, of which Webb owns three.
You wouldn't expect Gomez Addams to be a big golfer in The Addams Family, but there is that great scene where Addams (Raul Julia) is on the roof of his house treating his whole neighborhood like it's his own personal driving range. He even crushes one ball through his neighbor's window. It's psychotic behavior, sure, but would you expect anything less?
When you're a man of the clothe, you trust in the lord to deliver what you need. In Caddyshack, apparently the bishop thought the lord was going to give him the best game of his life and the course record. Instead, he misses his last putt and is struck down by lightening. Time to repent.
Celebrity Pro/Ams are a popular format in golf. Take a big name celebrity who loves golf, partner them up with a pro golfer and let the magic happen. It's always good for a few laughs and some sketchy golf. In Happy Gilmore it all goes very wrong when the Bob Barker of Price is Right fame is teamed with Happy. The fistfight they get into is cinema history.
Admit it, you've tried it every once in a while, the old pool shot instead of the putt. Like so much of Tin Cup, it is another scene representing the "everyman golfer," and like the others, it is something all golfers try at least once if not once a round. It doesn't count for official scoring purposes, though.
While the golf in Enter the Dragon isn't all that much to write home about, we just had to include it because a Hong Kong Kung Fu movie is about the last place you'd expect to see a golf scene. It ends when Han's thugs track Roper down and end the game.
Another scene that is less about the golf and more about the company is the golf scene in Starsky & Hutch. Reese Feldman (Vince Vaughn) finds himself a caddy, in the form of Snoop Dogg. That's the kind of caddy we all want.
Ted Knight has some of the best lines in Caddyshack and among this is his weirdly passionate plea with his putter to help him win. If it wasn't so funny when he pulls out what he called the "old Billy Baroo" it would just be creepy. Luckily for him, the plea works and he sinks the putt, though it's not enough to win the match.
Tommy's Honour isn't really about one scene in particular, it's about the romantic notion of golf in Scotland, the origins of the modern game, and two of its original stars, "Old" Tom Morris and "Young" Tom Morris. They were a father and son who had a complicated relationship but were the best golfers of their era in the late 19th Century in Scotland. It's a must-watch for anyone who loves the history of the game.
Matt Dillon plays a bumbling detective in There's Something About Mary, but to be fair, everyone in that movie bubbles around Mary (Cameron Diaz). Dillon's character first experiences it when he stands next to her on a driving range, watching her crush balls out onto the range. To be fair, Diaz doesn't have the worst swing we've ever seen an actor have in a movie, but it doesn't look like she'd be as good as she appears to be.
The "golf scene" in MASH is a classic, but not because there is any golf. When Hawkeye (Donald Sutherland) and Trapper John (Elliott Gould) cook up a plan to get to Tokyo to play some golf by agreeing to do a surgery there, they barge into the hospital, clubs in hand and start making ridiculous demands. They are, you see, the "pros from Dover" and they need the surgery to get down quickly so they can hit the links.
We had to include The Short Game, even though it's a documentary. Golf documentaries are often efforts in boredom, even for huge fans of the game. The Short Game is not, it's a very fascinating, and sometimes upsetting, look into the world of competitive youth golf. It's an examination of youth sports in general and will leave you wondering if people are really doing the right thing by their kids.
When Happy joins the tour in Happy Gilmore he brings a whole new fanbase to the game. They are, let's just say, not your typical golf fans. No one is more upset than Shoot McGavin (Christopher McDonald) who tells them all where he wants them to go, "back to their shanties." Ouch. They don't like him either.
Something every golfer has done and is probably not proud of it, is kick the ball a little into a better lie. Judge Smails in Caddyshack isn't ashamed of it, he just calls them his "winter rules," in the dead of summer. We know how he feels, but that doesn't make him right.
Elvis Presley's Ex Regrets Not Having Baby With Star: 'I Was Too Stupid'
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Having trouble? Click here.Carol Connors was at the market buying a bottle of milk when a "creepy guy" approached her.
"He says, 'Aren't you the girl who sang 'To Know Him is to Love Him?'" the singer/songwriter recalled to Fox News Digital, referring to her 1958 hit.
"I went, 'Yeah,'" she said. "He said, 'Elvis Presley would love to meet you.' And I went, 'Right, sure, yeah, of course.' He said, 'No I mean it. He loves your voice.'"
ELVIS PRESLEY'S MANAGER BELIEVED GOSPEL MUSIC COULD 'SAVE HIS LIFE' AS HE BATTLED CRIPPLING ADDICTION: BOOK
Carol Connors was a member of the Teddy Bears alongside Phil Spector, left, and Marshall Leib. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
The two-time Oscar-nominated star has written a new memoir, "Elvis, Rocky & Me," which details her decades-long career, and the many adventures that came with it. The entertainer is also the subject of an upcoming documentary about her life.
The star said that when she gave the mysterious man her phone number, she thought nothing of it – until he called two weeks later.
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"He said, 'I worked it out,'" said Connors. "'You've got to come to the house. Elvis would love to meet you.' I went, 'OK.'
"He picked me up at my mother and father's house."
Carol Connors' memoir, "Elvis, Rocky & Me," is now available. (BearManor Media)
Connors arrived at a grand house located in the ritzy Bel-Air section of Los Angeles. Presley and his posse, known as "The Memphis Mafia," were renting the lavish property at the time.
She soon spotted a "beautiful man" who was "very catlike."
"I felt like a little mouse," she said. "He came up to me finally as I was standing there forever. His first words to me were… 'Why'd you name your group the Teddy Bears?' I thought, 'My God, that's Elvis Presley.'… That started our love affair."
According to her book, Connors met The King in 1964, months after he had finished filming "Viva Las Vegas" with Ann-Margret.
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Carol Connors said she met Elvis Presley after he shot "Viva Las Vegas" with Ann-Margret. (GAB Archive/Redferns/Getty Images)
"I went with him for nine months," she claimed. "He said two and a half years. It was not two and a half years. I told him it was more often off than on. But I did go with him for nine months. Didn't have a baby. I was too stupid."
In the book, Connors admitted that she felt insecure about Presley's alleged affair with his co-star, which had taken place during filming.
"I'll never forget how beautiful he was," said Connors. "I always believed that Ann-Margret was one of the great loves of his life. I've always believed that. And I asked him once, but he wouldn't answer the question of all things."
Carol Connors believes that Ann-Margret was one of the great loves of Elvis Presley's life. (Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)
For years, Connors wondered if she ever meant anything to Presley, who died in 1977 at age 42. She later approached Joe Esposito, Presley's right-hand man of The Memphis Mafia.
"I said, 'Joe, tell me the truth. Did Elvis really care about me?'" said Connors. "He said, 'Yes Carol, he adored you. He thought you were so pretty.' In those days, [Presley's ex-wife] Priscilla and I resembled each other… But I believed him. There was no reason for Joe to tell me that."
"The key to this whole thing was 'To Know Him is to Love Him,'" she shared. "He loved my voice, and I loved him. He was my first boyfriend. My very first."
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Carol Connors said she dated Elvis Presley on and off for nine months. (Getty Images)
When asked if Presley was a good kisser, she chuckled, "What do you think?"
"But I really cared about him," she said. "He was a gentle soul in those days. He was very sweet, very respectful. We would harmonize together. We had beautiful moments together. We really did."
"One time, he was telling a joke and everyone laughed, but I didn't laugh," said Connors. "He said, 'Why aren't you laughing, Carol?' I said, 'Because it's not funny.' And he said, 'You know that, and I know that, but they will laugh.' And they did."
Elvis Presley died in 1977. He was 42. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
"The one thing I always remember is when he told me, 'I know every single note of music that is going on in the back of me when I'm on stage,'" she continued. "'I know all the good notes, the bad notes, what the band is doing, what the girls are singing. I know everything.' He was a consummate musician, and I adored that about him. I don't think people truly realized how gifted he was until he passed away."
Connors said Presley had big dreams of making his mark as an actor in Hollywood. But his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, had other plans.
Colonel Tom Parker ruled over Elvis Presley's career with an iron fist. (Lee Lockwood/Getty Images)
"He was offered the role that Kris Kristofferson did in 'A Star is Born,'" said Connors about the 1976 film.
"And, from what he told me, Colonel Parker said, 'My boy ain't gonna play second fiddle to no Barbra Streisand and end up a drunk.' They turned it down, and it went to Kris Kristofferson. I believe it would've saved Elvis' life if he had done that film. He wanted to be so respected as an actor. That's my belief."
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Kris Kristofferson and Barbra Streisand on the set of "A Star is Born." (Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)
Before being romanced by Presley, Connors was discovered by her classmate – Phil Spector. They were attending the same high school in Los Angeles when he first heard her voice.
"One day he said to me, 'I love your voice. I'm going to write a song for your voice. Do you have $10?'" said Connors. "I said… 'I'm not even 17 years of age. I don't have 10 cents.' And he said, 'If you can get together $10, I'm going to write that song, and you can be in our singing group.'"
Connors borrowed $10 from her parents. Spector stayed true to his word. He was 17 when he wrote a romantic ballad that would also be produced by him. It was "To Know Him is to Love Him." It was inspired by the inscription on his father's tombstone.
Carol Connors was discovered by her classmate Phil Spector, left. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Spector formed the group the Teddy Bears. Connors was their singer. They went on to sell a million records after appearing on "American Bandstand."
"'To Know Him is to Love Him' became the number one record in the world," said Connors. "It was written for my voice. It was the first thing he ever did in his life – the infamous Phil Spector."
The Teddy Bears released their first album in 1959. (ALAMY)
Spector went on to become a sought-after producer. He transformed rock music with his "Wall of Sound" method that merged spirited vocal harmonies with lavish orchestral arrangements.
PHIL SPECTOR'S MURDER OF LANA CLARKSON STILL HAUNTS HER PALS: 'SHE DIDN'T DESERVE THIS'
Producer Phil Spector during a recording session at Gold Star Studios in 1966 in Los Angeles. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
But Spector also had a dark side that he could barely contain even at his peak. He was imperious, temperamental and dangerous, remembered bitterly by Darlene Love, Ronnie Spector and others who worked with him.
Years of stories of his waving guns at recording artists in the studio and threatening women would come back to haunt him.
Lana Clarkson was murdered in 2003. She was 40. (Albert L. Ortega/WireImage/Getty Images)
Spector was convicted of murdering actress Lana Clarkson in 2003 at his castle-like mansion on the edge of Los Angeles. After a trial in 2009, he was sentenced to 19 years to life. He died in 2021 at age 81.
Phil Spector, a convicted murderer, died in 2021. He was 81. (CDCR via Getty Images)
"In the beginning… he was so funny, so brilliant – he was always brilliant," said Connors. "I never used the word genius. I really don't. I'm very careful about that word. But I really think he was… Everything for him was like a mini symphony. He and Marshall Leib, the other Teddy Bear, they were my big brothers. They took care of me."
The Teddy Bears skyrocketed to fame after appearing on "American Bandstand." (ALAMY)
"I was so innocent," she continued. "I saw him go from this innocence and sweetness… to all the evil that was [there]… His father committed suicide. His mother ended up in an institution. So did his sister. I think all of that lived inside of him. The more popular he became… the more he became very difficult… He got taken over by, [what] I believe, demons… I think that side of him came out, and he became impossible in many ways."
Connors went on to continue enjoying success in music. She co-wrote the theme song for "Rocky" titled "Gonna Fly Now."
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Sylvester Stallone starred in the 1976 film "Rocky." Carol Connors co-wrote the theme song for the film. (United Artists/Courtesy of Getty Images)
"The line was 'Gonna Fly Now' because at that moment in time, [Sylvester Stallone's character] could go the distance," she shared. "He could win. He could even fly… And in my mind, it was something that any of us wanted to do in life. We just have to keep believing and dreaming because we can do it. I think that's the whole essence of 'Rocky.' He let us know that we can do it. We just have to do it."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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