Golf Related Movie Scenes – Part 1

Golf Unfashionable? Hollywood doesn’t seem to think so…

According to Today’s Golfer magazine this are these are five of the 10 most unexpected golf scenes in Hollywood movies:

1 – Goldfinger – Driving an Aston Martin would be nice. Having women fall at your feet can’t be bad: And being licencesed to kill… well, we could all probably find a way to use that. But playing golf against Goldfinger at the gorgeous Stoke Park and outwitting the cheating villain with all the style and swagger we’ve come to expect from Bond. Surely that’s why every kid wants to be 007, right?

2 – 50 First Dates – Happy Gilmore is one of the greatest golf movies ever made and its star Adam Sandler pays homage to it in 2004 rom-com. Sandler’s character is playing with his friend who takes a Gilmore-style run-up to miss the ball. His response? “That was the stupidest looking swing I’ve ever seen”.

3 – The 51^st State (aka Formula 51) – Donald Trump, eat your heart out… Samuel L. Jackson loves his golf, but he doesn’t like dress codes. This gangster flick’s brilliant final scene a butt-naked Jackson walking off the 18^th green of the private Scottish course he’s just bought with his ill-gotten gains having broken the course record. Cheeky.

4 – Space Jam – Why wouldn’t a basketball film with Looney Tunes characters have a golf scene? The Loons lure Michael Jordan by using a giant magnet to suck his ball into the cup for a hole-in-one before pulling the unsuspecting basketball legend trough the hole and into their cartoon world.

5 – Swordfish – Hands up who wants to give Hale Berry a golf lesson? Now you’ve picked your TG up off the floor we’ll continue. A scantily-clad Ms. Berry gets to grips Hugh Jackman’s shaft before smashing a driver like a pro.

(source – Today’s Golfer magazine July 2010 issue)