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Jim_Coleman

And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« on: March 02, 2025, 08:18:12 PM »
    Tin Cup.
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Ira Fishman

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2025, 08:34:41 PM »
Banning.
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Sam Morrow

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2025, 09:01:13 PM »
Tin Cup has its moments but if anyone doesn't say Caddyshack then they are likely a complete sourpuss.
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archie_struthers

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2025, 09:26:11 PM »

 ;D ;D


Wow, I'm hard pressed not to go with the Greatest Game ever played !   Loved the Ouimet story and thought Josh Flitter deserved some award as the irrepressible Eddie Lowery. But you know I'm a sucker for a good looper story too.


There are some parts of Bagger Vance , as improbable as it was presented, that were spot on. Bagger talked about a persons "one true swing" it had to resonate big time for many of us. 






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Ronald Montesano

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2025, 09:31:13 PM »
Dead Solid Perfect
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Daryl David

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2025, 10:42:10 PM »
Quote from: Ronald Montesano on March 02, 2025, 09:31:13 PM
Dead Solid Perfect


“Dead solid perfect,, just one time”


Never forget the band Tangerine Dream and their contribution to the film. Or Jack Warden. Long live Bad Hair.
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Ally Mcintosh

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2025, 03:05:08 AM »
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Sean_A

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2025, 04:40:56 AM »
Three Little Beers.

Ciao
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JMEvensky

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2025, 11:07:58 AM »
The Golf Specialist--WC Fields
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Charlie Goerges

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2025, 11:35:39 AM »
The only golf movie I've seen more than once is Caddyshack. Not sure what that says about me or the general quality of golf movies...
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Sam Morrow

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2025, 12:01:27 PM »
Quote from: Charlie Goerges on March 04, 2025, 11:35:39 AM
The only golf movie I've seen more than once is Caddyshack. Not sure what that says about me or the general quality of golf movies...


Sounds to me like you're a normal person who enjoys laughter, boobs, and explosions.
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Ben Malach

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2025, 12:32:04 PM »
I enjoyed Tommy's Honour. It's a great story to share with golfers and non-golfers alike.
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Simon Barrington

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2025, 01:09:27 PM »
Goldfinger.


(Bit of local bias as Ian Fleming's father, Valentine Fleming MP (BTW a close friend of Winston Churchill) was the first President of Henley GC.
Ian was born only 12 days after the official Opening by James Braid in May 1908, we understand that young Fleming may have started the game at the club prior to his father's sad passing in action in 1917.)

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Jeff Evagues

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2025, 10:03:37 PM »
Quote from: Sean_A on March 04, 2025, 04:40:56 AM
Three Little Beers.

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Simon Barrington

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2025, 02:24:39 AM »
Quote from: archie_struthers on March 02, 2025, 09:26:11 PM
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There are some parts of Bagger Vance , as improbable as it was presented, that were spot on. Bagger talked about a persons "one true swing" it had to resonate big time for many of us.
Classic example of a book being far more insprational than the movie. Was thinking just the other day I must re-read it.
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Sean_A

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #15 on: March 05, 2025, 03:44:59 AM »
Quote from: Jeff Evagues on March 04, 2025, 10:03:37 PM
Quote from: Sean_A on March 04, 2025, 04:40:56 AM
Three Little Beers.

Ciao
Hey porcupine, go grab a bag of bats.

I still callem’ bats or wrenches.

 :D

Ciao
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Pete_Pittock

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #16 on: March 05, 2025, 02:58:02 PM »
No Happy Gilmore? :)      A recent golf movie I enjoyed is The Long Game (Netflix stream). Discrimination against Latinos brings together a bunch of highs-schoolers in 1960s Texas.



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Charlie Goerges

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #17 on: March 05, 2025, 03:35:05 PM »
Quote from: Pete_Pittock on March 05, 2025, 02:58:02 PM
No Happy Gilmore? :) 


I forgot about that one, I've also seen Happy Gilmore more than once. I'd give it second place.
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Marty Bonnar

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #18 on: March 05, 2025, 05:48:35 PM »
Is Follow the Sun worth a view? I see it’s on YouTube.
Cheers,
F.
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V. Kmetz

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #19 on: March 05, 2025, 06:12:53 PM »
For portraying actual Golf and a Golf Course...Pat and Mike (1952)...

You get a heckuva lot of action on clearly recognizable spots at Riviera during the first half hour of the movie, what with Hepburn and Babe Didrickson, Katherine Hepburn was obviously working on stuff back at Fenwick.
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Pierre_C

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #20 on: March 05, 2025, 06:34:27 PM »
The Long Game

Based on true events of San Felipe H.S. from Del Rio, Texas.  Nothing better than a film that reinforces the racism and classism that existed in golf and country clubs in the 1950s.
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Mike Hendren

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #21 on: March 05, 2025, 06:49:26 PM »
Quote from: Ronald Montesano on March 02, 2025, 09:31:13 PM
Dead Solid Perfect


Never bet on the Tooler Twins - Ricky Ron and Dicky Don because “Nothing is ever Dead Solid Perfect.” 


Tremendous book. 
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Ronald Montesano

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #22 on: March 05, 2025, 08:23:31 PM »
Steven Pressfield's Bagger Vance is a wonderful book, as he is much more than a golf writer.

Dan Jenkins' Dead Solid Perfect was written at the right time in his literary career. As he got on in years, he didn't change who he was, and his character development and presentations mirrored a time and outlook that were no longer acceptable.
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Jeff Evagues

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #23 on: March 05, 2025, 10:17:50 PM »
Quote from: Mike Hendren on March 05, 2025, 06:49:26 PM
Quote from: Ronald Montesano on March 02, 2025, 09:31:13 PM
Dead Solid Perfect


Never bet on the Tooler Twins - Ricky Ron and Dicky Don because “Nothing is ever Dead Solid Perfect.” 


Tremendous book.
I've been wanting to see it for a while but can't find it. 
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Simon Barrington

Re: And the Oscar for Best Golf Movie Goes To …
« Reply #24 on: March 06, 2025, 10:20:27 AM »
Quote from: Simon Barrington on March 04, 2025, 01:09:27 PM
Goldfinger.

(Bit of local bias as Ian Fleming's father, Valentine Fleming MP (BTW a close friend of Winston Churchill) was the first President of Henley GC.
Ian was born only 12 days after the official Opening by James Braid in May 1908, we understand that young Fleming may have started the game at the club prior to his father's sad passing in action in 1917.)
Recent article re. James Bond's Handicap being "9 at Huntercombe" (Fleming was a member):
https://linksmagazine.com/great-course-of-britian-and-ireland-huntercombe/

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