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Peter Pallotta

Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #25 on: June 13, 2017, 06:06:06 PM »
And Katherine Hepburn would have been better than both of them.
With Spencer Tracy as her caddy, playing the Cheech Marin role; and Jimmy Demaret as the golf announcer, and Lloyd Mangrum as himself. That would've been a good movie! Like Norma Desmond said: they're still big stars, it's the pictures that got small!

Jim_Kennedy

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #26 on: June 13, 2017, 06:09:27 PM »

Might not fit one or both, but  a great clip

https://youtu.be/34viwApgPyE


"Sideways" is a possible contender for bad golf/great movie.
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"I never beat a well man in my life" - Harry Vardon

Jim_Kennedy

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #27 on: June 13, 2017, 06:36:12 PM »
Pete,


Notice the sweater?  ;) ;D


https://youtu.be/gsF6blrbUHU?t=29
"I never beat a well man in my life" - Harry Vardon

Kalen Braley

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #28 on: June 13, 2017, 06:36:22 PM »

Might not fit one or both, but  a great clip

https://youtu.be/34viwApgPyE


"Sideways" is a possible contender for bad golf/great movie.


Jim,


I'm with you on this one, the movie is fantastic, even if it set a bad example for on-course play.


However, having played with a few golfers like Miles character, I think they nailed it...

Peter Pallotta

Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #29 on: June 13, 2017, 06:46:10 PM »
Pete,
Notice the sweater?  ;) ;D
https://youtu.be/gsF6blrbUHU?t=29


Jim - I'm coming to sad realizations all over the place today!


Garland Bayley

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #30 on: June 13, 2017, 06:58:52 PM »
I swear if Gay Brewer, or Doug Sanders were actors, you guys would be all over them for bad swings.
"I enjoy a course where the challenges are contained WITHIN it, and recovery is part of the game  not a course where the challenge is to stay ON it." Jeff Warne

JESII

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #31 on: June 13, 2017, 07:48:37 PM »
Undistinguished actor but great golfer--Jack Wagner.
A sure sign that one is getting older, which may or may not be the same as becoming more mature:
Years ago, if that were me, I'd have found the thought appalling. Nowadays, I'd take that trade-off in a New York minute!


He's a svelt guy who can golf his ball, how did he never get cast in a golf movie? Did Melrose Place really kill his career?  He was only playing a douchebag Dr, doubt he's one in real life. ;)


 He would have been far more believable than Johnson or Costner in the rusty cup...


Should have been Johnson. To pretty for McAvoy...

mike_malone

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #32 on: June 13, 2017, 09:30:13 PM »
 I saw most of filming of A Gentleman's Game at Rolling Green and can tell you that the phenom golfer kid couldn't get the ball in the air . 
AKA Mayday