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John Kavanaugh

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Bad golf in great movies.
« on: June 12, 2017, 08:45:48 PM »
Just watched Ordinary People. There is a scene where MTM is finishing up a round with her husband and another couple. After putting out on the 18th and discussing this and that on the green you notice several other holes cut. Obviously shot on the practice putting green for the sake of the members. Thank God...that mistake may be the only thing that kept me from slitting my wrists.

Mark Bourgeois

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2017, 10:35:45 PM »
Does it count if the golf is solo? In which case I nominate the Mt Fuji golf scene in "Lost in Translation" (which actually might be the best golf scene in a great movie).
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Peter Pallotta

Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2017, 11:02:11 PM »
It's too bad we can't be friends any more, Mark - not even just internet friends. All the best to you.

No one ever mentions The Caddy, a mid 50s Martin and Lewis picture. Not as good as That's My Boy, but well done: with nice songs, a charming love interest, Dean Martin golfing, and Jerry Lewis as a caddy -- you know, dropping clubs as he stumbles along chasing after Dean.
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Michael Moore

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2017, 11:45:04 PM »
Sideways, of course.
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JMEvensky

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2017, 06:43:39 AM »
The Golf Specialist and The Dentist - WC Fields




Don Jordan

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2017, 07:37:56 AM »
John Candy hit some nice 5 wood's in Uncle Buck...

Ronald Montesano

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2017, 08:32:56 AM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSjSrAmExFA



Does it count if the golf is solo? In which case I nominate the Mt Fuji golf scene in "Lost in Translation" (which actually might be the best golf scene in a great movie).
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Jud_T

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2017, 08:42:49 AM »
Golf is a game. We play it. Somewhere along the way we took the fun out of it and charged a premium to be punished.- - Ron Sirak

Ronald Montesano

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2017, 08:46:24 AM »
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Bill Shamleffer

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #9 on: June 13, 2017, 08:56:03 AM »
The great Japanese director Ozu, has golf pop up in subtle ways in some of his movies.  In his last movie, from the 1960s, The Autumn Afternoon, his son receives some new Macgregor woods.  In one of his films from the late 50s, Equinox Flowers, the father has a scene with a traditional Japanese businessmen's day at the country club.


By the way, his films are GREAT.  But be forewarned, they can be very subtle.
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Mark Bourgeois

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2017, 10:16:51 AM »
It's too bad we can't be friends any more, Mark - not even just internet friends. All the best to you.

No one ever mentions The Caddy, a mid 50s Martin and Lewis picture. Not as good as That's My Boy, but well done: with nice songs, a charming love interest, Dean Martin golfing, and Jerry Lewis as a caddy -- you know, dropping clubs as he stumbles along chasing after Dean.
Peter

If you have to explain a joke...(the parenthetical remark is my actual opinion)

And now, at the risk of destroying whatever relationship capital I hopefully just rebuilt: there's a reason no one ever mentions The Caddy.  ;D
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Ryan Hillenbrand

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2017, 10:37:01 AM »
If bad golf in a bad movie - my vote goes to Matt Damon in Bagger Vance

Ronald Montesano

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #12 on: June 13, 2017, 10:46:47 AM »

It's the 18th at Oakmont.

...on the green you notice several other holes cut. Obviously shot on the practice putting green ...
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BHoover

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #13 on: June 13, 2017, 10:49:29 AM »
If bad golf in a bad movie - my vote goes to Matt Damon in Bagger Vance


Whenever it's on Golf Channel, I watch.

John Kavanaugh

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #14 on: June 13, 2017, 11:07:34 AM »

It's the 18th at Oakmont.

...on the green you notice several other holes cut. Obviously shot on the practice putting green ...


I doubt it. If you love MTM, as I once did, do not watch.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtpggmYkL8w

Kalen Braley

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #15 on: June 13, 2017, 12:02:09 PM »
I'm with Ryan on this one.  Even though I liked the movie, Damon's swing in BaggerVance is awful.  No way he's breaking 90 with that swing, much less a pro golfer...


P.S.  Also loved the sideways reference, one of the few golf related scenes where they totally keep it real.  I have a buddy who loves to dole out swing advice all the time and I can relate to that blow up moment where Miles tells Jack to just STFU!!

Ira Fishman

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #16 on: June 13, 2017, 12:58:12 PM »
Best golf in mediocre movie--Banning.

Garland Bayley

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #17 on: June 13, 2017, 01:00:21 PM »
Sideways, of course.

That would be bad golf in a really bad movie.
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Rich Goodale

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #18 on: June 13, 2017, 05:03:12 PM »
Brian Keith at Pebble Beach in "The Parent Trap"?
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Duncan Cheslett

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #19 on: June 13, 2017, 05:12:50 PM »

"Golf isn't the national game of Korea, yet!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GMzNJNDmdM




Connery wasn't a golfer when he filmed these scenes, but it seems the experience inspired a deep love of the game.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/2614659/Goldfinger-inspired-Sean-Connerys-lifelong-love-affair-with-golf-golf.html


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cary lichtenstein

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #20 on: June 13, 2017, 05:14:30 PM »
I hate bad swings of these actors in movies, it totally spoils the movie for me
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Ira Fishman

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #21 on: June 13, 2017, 05:34:02 PM »
Undistinguished actor but great golfer--Jack Wagner.

Peter Pallotta

Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #22 on: June 13, 2017, 05:43:37 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!

Kalen Braley

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #23 on: June 13, 2017, 05:49:49 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...

Ira Fishman

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Re: Bad golf in great movies.
« Reply #24 on: June 13, 2017, 05:55:11 PM »
And Katherine Hepburn would have been better than both of them.

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