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\"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.\"

my life is complete https://t.co/MnmyY3UD7I

— Happy Gilmore ⛳️ (@happygilmore_44) June 23, 2023

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.

Hey @SUBWAY, this looks like a great opportunity for a NIL partnership. https://t.co/TzbPTQIAZr

— Shooter McGavin (@ShooterMcGavin_) June 23, 2023

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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Garet Cobb/Herald-Times via USA Today Network
PHOTO: Bloomington South's Happy Gilmore putts on the 1st green at Country Oaks Golf Course during the IHSAA regional golf meet on June 8, 2023.
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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.\"

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