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Conference 7.286::golf

Title:	Welcome to the Golf Notes Conference!
Notice:	FOR SALE notes in Note 69 please! Intros in note 863 or 61.
Moderator:	FUNYET::ANDERSON

Created:	Tue Feb 15 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2129
Total number of notes:	21499

114.0. "Golf in Movies" by STKHLM::LITBY (You're away!) Sun May 31 1987 23:06

	 What's your  experience  on  how golf is portrayed in movies? There
	 aren't many movies actually _about_ golf, but the game is certainly
	 mentioned,  shown, or discussed in a number of films.  Here are two
	 examples:

	 1) ``Caddyshack'' - starring Bill Murphy who is a greenskeeper
            on a posh country club somewhere. He is absolutely rabid
            about moles (isn't that what you call them?) who destroy the
            fairways and greens - he uses all kinds of methods to try to
            kill them, and fails to do anything but ruin the course himself.
	    This film is of the kind which makes golf look like a silly
            game for the rich/lazy/fat/tactless people - it's not even
            funny. It's a terrible movie, but believe it or not I have
            a few golfing friends who _love_ it!

	 2) ``Goldfinger'' - the movie where James Bond takes on the
            villain Goldfinger in a golf match where the stake is a bar of
            gold. Bond uses some dirty tricks to win the match. 
	    A good example of a movie which uses golf as an integral part
            of the plot.

	 I can't  think  of  any more right now, but there must certainly be
	 lots  of  examples.  In many cases, golf is probably only mentioned
	 in  movies  where various shady characters meet in country clubs to
	 do equally shady business...

	 -- Mr Litby

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
114.1	The BABE	MDVAX1::TATUM		`Wed Jun 03 1987 23:13`	5
	The BABE DETRIECHSON (ZAHARIAS) STORY (sp?) was on recently. It is a movie about her life including a bout with cancer and her come back. Very uplifting and a bit of a tear jerker. Surprisingly, the actors' swings are pretty good! I like this movie, and your kids can watch it too!
114.2	Do Stooges count ?	CHAMP2::TLYNCH		`Mon Jun 22 1987 22:58`	4
	How about the Three Stooges assault on a golf course ? Certainly one of my favorites. The best scene was Curly doing his laudry with the ball washer !
114.3	Keep Your Eye On That Ball	DICKNS::F_MCGOWAN		`Tue Jun 23 1987 01:41`	4
	Puleeze!!! The Stooges? Au contraire...the best comedy routine ever done involving golf was W.C. Fields's, in which he throws his ball, his clubs AND his caddy into the water hazard in frustration!
114.4	Jerry Lewis teaching Hogan	ADVAX::CLOSE		`Wed Jul 01 1987 01:17`	12
	There's a Martin/Lewis movie from about 1954, I think it's called The Caddy. Dino is a poor guy trying to make it on the tour. Jerry is his caddy. Predictable hi-jinks, and the NY Times would say. But there's lots of golf, songs about golf, etc. And one priceless scene in which, for some reason, Jerry is up in a tree, out on the limb that hangs over a tee. Hogan is teeing off. It's really Hogan. Jerry keeps knocking needles down, and bark, and stuff. Ben keeps stepping away. Finally, Jerry falls out right in front of him. If I remember correctly, he then give Hogan some pointers on his swing! DC
114.5	You missed the best one!	VIRGO::MURPHY	I want you to kill all the gophers...	`Tue Oct 27 1987 00:32`	20
	I can't believe that no one mentioned "Follow the Sun" - the Ben Hogan story. This film stars Glen Ford as Ben Hogan and was produced, I think, in 1954 after Ben had completed his comeback from his near-fatal bus accident. It is an inspirational movie that starts out with Ben as a penniless rabbit on the tour, driving from tournament to tournament, becoming an established pro (The Best Ever) and then meeting that Greyhound. The movie details Hogan's death watch, recovery and eventual victory over his crippling injuries. Some of the best scenes feature Hogan's contemporaries (Snead, Middlecoff, Nelson) in golf action with Hogan. (The swing should be recognizable - it is actually Hogan wearing a mask and makeup to look like Glen Ford making the swings.) The one problem is that this is seen every eon or so on those Sundays between the Super Bowl and the Pro Bowl (when there is nothing else to watch). I have sworn that if it is ever on TV again that I will tape it....
114.6	BANG ZOOM, ALICE!!!	GRANPA::KVENEZIO		`Wed May 04 1988 20:15`	8
	I can't believe no one entered one of the all time greats: Norton and Cramden taking golf lessons. Ralph lies to his boss about what a great player he is. Of course Ralphy baby has never played a day in his life. Who does he solicit for help? Why Norton of course. The knickers on Ralph are classic. Don't forget the priceless line where Ed shows Ralph how to "address" the ball HELLOOO BALL! Has anyone heard of Caddyshack II coming out this summer?
114.7	W.C.'s good, but...	WFOVX6::MORRISON	the scream of the butterfly.	`Sat May 07 1988 23:14`	10
	Another good line from the Stooge's golf episode is the one where Moe is hacking his way down the fairway about 3 feet at a time. The goundskeeper is screaming that Moe is destroying the course. Moe turns to the groundskeeper and says, "I must be getting better, the divots are getting smaller." Mike "Len" Morrison
114.8	Follow the Sun	ESPN::BLAISDELL	Longshot for the Challenge Cup	`Tue Oct 24 1989 11:43`	6
	For those that have cable in the Mass. area, _Follow the Sun_ will be aired this Wednesday night (12:00) on the Family Entertain- ment channel. See 114.5 for more details on the movie. -rick
114.9	oops	ESPN::BLAISDELL	Longshot for the Challenge Cup	`Wed Oct 25 1989 11:30`	8
	Well there were two goofs. _Follow the Sun_ was scheduled to be aired last night at Midnight instead of tonight which I listed in .8 . Sorry. The second goof was that the Family Channel aired another movie instead, _The Gambler From Nachez_ . I'll keep a lookout for FTS in the future. -rick