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Real-life Happy Gilmore takes golf world by storm

Jul 28, 2025, 11:12 AM | Updated: 12:45 pm

We wonder if his parents knew he would become the real-life Happy Gilmore? This kid has it made if he keeps up being an amazing golfer.

Ball State University has a golfer named Happy Gilmore. He hits balls at 190 mph. Golf fans often yell Happy Gilmore movie lines when Happy is on the course.

He has signed endorsement deals with Arby’s and a golf gear company named Sunday Golf. Happy has never met Adam Sandler, but watched ‘’Happy Gilmore 2’’ over the weekend.

What if he didn’t even like golf? Maybe the parents knew something we didn’t…

  • Gary Potter: Oh yeah. Lotta pressure. You gotta rise above it. You gotta harness in the good energy, block out the bad. Harness. Energy. Block. Bad. Feel the flow Happy. Feel it. It’s circular. It’s like a carousel. You pay the quarter, you get on the horse, it goes up and down, and AROUND. It’s circular. Circle, with the music, the flow. All good things.
  • Happy Gilmore: Yeah, alright. Good to meet you.
  • Happy Gilmore: [to himself] Psycho.

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