Soon-to-be college golfer Happy Gilmore gets support from Adam Sandler
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Happy Gilmore has committed to play college golf at Ball State -- but this isn't the plot for a remake of the hit 1996 golf comedy movie, even though stars Adam Sandler and Christopher McDonald have both gotten involved.
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Bloomington South High senior Happy Gilmore announced last week that he'll join the Cardinals next year to play golf at the Division 1 level, and fans of Sandler's movie -- including the stars -- were quick to chirp in on Twitter.
"Go get em Happy. Pulling for you," Sandler wrote in a tweet to the 17-year-old. To which the real-life Gilmore replied: "my life is complete."
Gilmore's first name is actually Landon; he started going by "Happy" as a nickname when he was 9 after winning a long-drive contest. He told the Golf Channel that Sandler's response left him speechless.
"When I saw that Adam Sandler retweeted my tweet, my little heart kind of fell apart there," Gilmore said in a phone interview Friday with the Golf Channel. "I was speechless and didn't really know what to do with myself for a minute."
The rising senior also had an interaction with McDonald, who plays Happy's nemesis competitor, Shooter McGavin, in the film.
McDonald teed up the Indiana native's news to Subway, hinting at a sponsorship similar to Sandler's sandwich-slinging character for using Gilmore's name, image and likeness.
And yes, "I can do the 'Happy Gilmore' swing," Gilmore says in his Twitter bio.
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Gilmore said in another tweet, "these past couple days have been the craziest of my life," and thanked everyone for the good wishes, then made another joke from the movie: "I have to now dress up for a party @ShooterMcGavin_ is hosting for me at 9!"
The golfer recently shot a 66 at a U.S. Junior Amateur qualifier and was the 2020 Hurricane Junior Tour player of the year.
"Going into the whole recruiting process, I had such an open mind and had nowhere that I was set on going," Gilmore told GolfChannel.com on Friday via phone. "After calls with Coach [Mike] Fleck, I went up and visited, and I loved the campus; it's small. Their schedule is jam-packed with good teams all year. I know a few of the guys. They have a really nice indoor practice facility. And so, it was just a perfect fit for me."