Top 7 Golf Movies Every Golfer Will Surely Enjoy

For those playing golf often especially during weekends should forget their golf clubs for the time being and enjoy golf movies that are specially made for golf addicts.

While you are taking time off from playing golf and staying at some of the cozy log cabins in Branson, be sure you have brought with you golf movies. Log cabins at the Cabins at the Grand Mountain are fully equipped with cable TV with HBO, wi-fi access, and a DVD player letting you enjoy tv programs, internet, and hilarious movies. These log cabins are beautifully located in a secluded area where you’ll find it great to watch movies to the max.

While you might be spending a pleasant stay in your log cabin accommodation, and feeling hesitant to go out for dinner sometime, there’s nothing to worry about it. Because it’s easy for you to cook your food inside your accommodation as it features a fully equipped kitchen complete with modern appliances such as fridge, microwave oven, coffee maker, washer/dryer, dishwasher, dishes, pots and pans, and kitchenware and utensils.

Since you are not playing golf this time, with the great amenities of the log cabin, you may decide to extend your stay and watch more movies such as these top 7 golf movies that every golf player will surely enjoy.

1. Caddyshack

Released in July 1978, Caddyshack is starred by Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O’Keefe, and Bill Murray, the Jack Nicklaus of golf movies. As greenskeeper, Murray improvised all of his lines. Caddyshack is the best golf movie ever made. The film, directed and written by Harold Ramis of Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day fame, is a true classic that pokes fun at every aspect of the golf course, from the groundskeepers to the clubhouse. Caddyshack isn’t just on top of the list of Best Golf Movies, but it consistently top lists of the best comedy films ever made

2. Tin Cup

Released on August 16, 1996, Tin Cup is starred by Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Don Johnson, and Cheech Marin. This a golf movie that even if you know it by heart, you still watch it whenever it’s on. You will love it. Costner’s portrayal of Roy McAvoy in “Tin Cup” is a combination of John Daly and Phil Mickelson (before Phil won a major). The banter between caddie Romeo (played by Cheech Marin) and McAvoy played by Costner throughout the movie, is just awesome. The movie’s climax focuses on the mental and physical limitations of golf playing in the U.S. Open, with a great ending that isn’t in every Hollywood movie.

3. Happy Gilmore

Happy Gilmore which stars Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowe, and Carl Weathers was released on February 16, 1996. After twenty years, even the best players of the game use the famous “Happy Gilmore” swing when playing golf around or in far location competitions. Sandler played his best in the batting cage scene; the ninth green at 9 o’clock scene; the Bob Barker scene; the ChubbsPetterson alligator scene; and Ben Stiller as the old caretaker bootlegging different knitted items.

The movie is for anyone who hasn’t seen the movie yet, as it has plenty of golf laughs, from the hockey stick putter to Happy’s unique swing. Many golfers, even professionals like Padraig Harrington, love this golf movie.

4. The Greatest Game Ever Played

“The Greatest Game Ever Played” starring Shia LaBeouf, Stephen Dillane, Peter Firth, Elias Koteas, was released on September 30, 2005. A golf movie that’s based mostly on truth – to make it more dramatic where some parts were overdone (like Quimet’s “winning putt” on 18 in the playoff over Harry Vardon and Ted Ray, when in fact, Quimet beat Bardon by five strokes and Ray by six strokes, that made the story of the movie terrific. This golf movie is the story of Francis Quimet (portrayed by LaBeouf), who became the first amateur golfer to win the U.S. Open in 1913.

5. The Legend of Bagger Vance

This golf movie which is starred by Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron was released on November 3, 2000. This movie explains the importance of having a great caddie. Rannulph Junuh (portrayed by Matt Damon) was a promising golfer from Georgia, is traumatized after serving World War I and lost most of his company in battle. Now here comes Bagger Vance (Will Smith), a man who wants to help Junuh with his trauma and his swing.

6. The Caddy

The Caddy, a classic movie, is the first golf comedy that was a hit in 1953. Starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in one of their comedic collaborations, the film focuses on the son of a famous golfer (Lewis) as he trains and caddies for his brother-in-law (Martin) who quickly become successful. The success leads the character of Martin to become a little caddy of Lewis, and eventually, the two golfers turn to show business.

7. Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius

Although this biographical film “Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius” starred by Jim Caviezel made very little money at the box office, it’s sure to entertain ardent golf fans. The movie is about the life of the famed golfer Bobby Jones who grew up in Georgia and lead to his help in creating Augusta National Golf Club. The film shows some parts how Jones was able to secure the only calendar grand slam in golf winning the four majors of the time – The Open Championship, the U.S. Open, the U.S. Amateur, and the British Amateur.

While you left your golf clubs at home and want to spend a pleasant stay in a cozy log cabin accommodation at the Cabins at the Grand Mountain, golf entertainment is still at your side as you watch these top 7 golf movies every golfer will surely enjoy.