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You can’t learn golf in a month or a year. This knowledge and skill comes gradually, it takes a lifetime to learn. This game requires strong concentration, self-control, skill and of course the ability to work out a strategy.
Furthermore, golf is an excellent way to make new and lasting friendships. The sport has many fans, some are simply interested, others learn the sport. There are also those who love to watch golf success stories from the comfort of their couch. For the latter, we’ve made a selection of films about golf and its successful players.
Happy Gilmore (1996)
Gilmore had adored hockey since childhood, but apart from a cannonball, he had no aptitude for this ‘real man’ game. Chance gave him a golf club, and his shot was the most powerful in the history of the puddle sport he so despised.
But contempt alone won’t get you very far, and winning golf pays big money. And that’s where the professional golf coach comes in, who will have a very difficult time with Gilmore’s degenerate “lucky”… A light and funny comedy to relax and inspire you to win your next match.
Gentleman’s Game (2002)
A gentleman’s game involves everyone at Fox Chase Golf Club – from the rich players, to the caddie boys who watch the passions and sins of the players from the sidelines. Passions simmer around the drive, the strokes past the hole, the sand holes where the ball hits, and such a stroke can cost an entire game. The Gentlemen’s Game is a gripping deep story, not just about the game of golf, but about the weaknesses that can cost a tournament win or change a life completely.
Told on behalf of Tommy Price, The Gentlemen’s Game tells of the bonds that bind men to the game of golf, and to each other. Jimmy Price has never been a prominent member of the Fox Chase club. An ordinary man (an accountant) who works hard and always plays by the rules, Jim gains prestige through the achievements of his son Timmy, who at 12, can score 79 points a game, and who may become a stronger player than his father ever was.
When Timmy’s father sends him to work as a caddie for the summer, Timmy learns far more about golf than the average “boy who wears clubs”. Charlie Logan, one of the club’s oldest members, remembers almost all the club’s legendary players, and perhaps his stories, in part, made them legendary. Mr. Norton, club president, offers his caddie a very generous tip, perhaps even more than what he expected to get when he came for a swim. Foster Pearce, who once took part in the US Amateur Championship, disappeared during the game because of a secret that could have cost him his life.
The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
The world sports community and statistics keep careful records of all records set in sport, including golf. But only a person’s memory can remember the colourfulness and excitement of a moment of triumph. Dry numbers on paper will never convey the sense of wonder that some truly fantastic achievements evoke. And what happened at the 1913 U.S. Open golf championships could more properly be called a miracle.
Then an unknown 20-year-old lad Francis Ouimet, considered an outsider, smashed renowned champion Harry Vardon, absolutely unbeatable. This film is dedicated to one of the brightest pages in the history of golf, called by contemporaries the battle of David and Goliath.
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)
The richest golfer on the planet, Tiger Woods earns $75m a year, has an army of fans and a huge collection of trophies and medals. But he’s only second in the unofficial league table of ranks. First up, for 70 years, is the legendary Bobby Jones, nicknamed the Genius of the stroke, a National Hero of Depression-era America, who won every major championship, a record unbeaten to this day! Accurate in his game, furious in temperament and secretive in his private life, he abruptly retired from the sport at 28, at the zenith of glory. Undefeated and unbeaten.
Tommy’s Honour (2016)
The protagonist is young Tom Morris, regarded as today’s pioneering professional golfer and the youngest holder of a championship title in the game. His father Tom Senior was first a greenkeeper on the course but then went on to become a professional player and won four of the eight Open golf tournaments himself. However, his son’s stunning successes overshadowed his father’s victories and the appearance of the new champion’s name on the front pages of the newspapers tainted the father-son relationship.
Just Getting Started (2017)
Duke, once a brilliant big-crime lawyer in the witness protection programme, is rocking out at the luxury villa in Capri, throwing wild parties for his guests and turning everyday life into a bright Jazz. One Christmas day a brutal ex-agent Leo comes to the villa and turns everything upside down. But, as it turns out, it’s just the beginning: after Leo, some mafia guys with a grudge against Duke and Leo show up at the villa. The party is going to be hot!
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)
This is a biographical film that tells the remarkable story of the legendary Bobby Jones. Possessing an excessive temperament and a victim of an illness that would normally prevent him from playing golf, Robert ‘Bobby’ Tyre Jones Jr. has over the years become one of the sport’s greatest legends. A Grand Slam winner in just 28 years, something no golfer since has managed to achieve, he has made history not only with his talent but also with his fervour, sense of honour and values.
