In short
The Rewatchables panel discusses Tin Cup (1996), focusing on why it’s a flawed but effective golf-romance sports movie—especially its “zag” ending (Roy McAvoy doesn’t win the U.S. Open), its authenticity in golf presentation, and its 1996 golf/cultural context.
Guests (backgrounds)
- Bill Simmons (host; sports/pop-culture commentator).
- Joe House (Ringer staff; also hosts/appears on the Ringer Fantasy Football Show).
- Craig Horlbeck (Ringer Fantasy Football producer; has produced this podcast for most of its ~399 movie episodes).
- “Jacko” (executive producer; Bill and House’s college buddy; frequently chimes in).
Key claims
- The film is “almost two movies”: bloat early, but the final stretch at the U.S. Open is great.
- The controversial ending is intentional and bold; Ron Shelton “stuck to his guns” against pressure for a heroic win.
- Golf is especially suited for sports movies because it’s continuous, social, and easy to film with real tournament coverage.
- Costner’s golf swing authenticity is credited to CBS golf pros Gary McCord and Peter Costas, plus training and production tweaks.
Notable examples
- CBS golf broadcast cameos/coverage (Jim Nance, Ken Venturi, etc.) elevate realism.
- The “don’t lay up” decision on the final hole; alternate “sliding doors” outcomes are debated.
- Tin Cup’s 1996 golf backdrop: Tiger’s rise, Faldo’s 1986 Masters comeback referenced, and the late-90s shift in golf movies.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOOverview of Tin Cup
1:47 to 2:10
An introduction to the movie Tin Cup and its elements.
Accessing Sports Movies
2:10 to 3:10
Discussion on the balance of making sports movies appealing to all audiences.
“Ron Shelton who did Bull Durham he did White Man Can't Jump did a bunch of other movies than 10 Cup.”
First Impressions of Tin Cup
3:10 to 3:54
Initial reactions to Tin Cup after watching it with fellow golf fans.
“I thought I was the time-length police and Craig is like, you've taken it.”
Controversial Endings in Sports Films
3:54 to 6:05
Analysis of the unconventional ending of Tin Cup and its impact.
“And once you kind of know that's coming, the second time around, you can kind of sit back, relax, enjoy it.”
Golf's Role in Tin Cup
6:05 to 7:48
Exploration of how golf is portrayed and its significance in the film.
“Golf is fun because you can be talking and listening and there's so much going on just during.”
The 1996 Sports Movie Landscape
7:48 to 9:10
Contextualizing Tin Cup within the sports movie genre of the mid-90s.
“Jacko, what's your relationship to golf?”
Kevin Costner's Sports Movie Legacy
9:10 to 11:33
Discussion on Kevin Costner's impact and legacy in sports films.
“I wanted to use it as the cheat code for this because I wanted to hear the panel's take on Ron Shelton in advance of this.”
Costner's Preparation for Tin Cup
11:33 to 14:01
Details about Kevin Costner's training and preparation for the role.
“And what's cool about his career, like he shoots a 62 in the U S open in this movie, he pitches a perfect game in Yankee stadium.”
Kevin Costner's Journey to Tin Cup
14:01 to 18:09
Explore Kevin Costner's career struggles leading up to the film Tin Cup.
“Another thing about Costner, he just finished Waterworld.”
The Impact of 1996 on Golf
18:10 to 20:59
Discuss the pivotal events in golf during 1996 and their connection to pop culture.
“Nick Faldo came back from six strokes to win.”
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The Making of a Golf Movie
21:00 to 23:10
Delve into the creative process behind making Tin Cup and its unique themes.
Renée Russo's Role and Appeal
23:11 to 26:29
Analyze Renée Russo's character and her unique appeal in the 90s film landscape.
“wow and uh they filed that one away as well uh renee russo i made this case on a previous podcast i like craig's reaction when he just said You didn't know where you were going.”
Don Johnson and Character Dynamics
26:30 to 28:00
Examine Don Johnson's portrayal and the character dynamics in Tin Cup.
“He's going to be at Nash Bridges soon on CBS.”
Character Analysis of Don Johnson's Role
28:00 to 31:19
Explore the complexities of Don Johnson's character and the dynamics with Roy.
“Yeah, it was like the studio gave him the note.”
The Impact of Golf on Life and Relationships
31:20 to 33:04
Discuss how golf is intertwined with personal relationships and life philosophies.
“So it was a half-hour sports highlight show that started in House's neck of the woods, DC.”
Golf's Unique Challenges and Enjoyment
33:05 to 34:56
Delve into the challenges of golf and the joy it brings regardless of skill level.
“I can't think of anything off the top of my head.”
Golf's Unique Challenges and Enjoyment
34:57 to 35:39
Delve into the challenges of golf and the joy it brings regardless of skill level.
“Trimphia is administered as injections under the skin or infusions through a vein every four weeks, followed by injections under the skin every four or eight weeks.”
Key Scenes and Cultural References in Tin Cup
36:17 to 42:06
Analyze memorable scenes and cultural elements within the film Tin Cup.
“I remembered one thing you don't have to be good at to enjoy, being a podcast guest.”
The Evolution of Golf Coverage
42:06 to 44:39
Explore how CBS transformed sports coverage in the 90s.
“And that does sound set up, I think, a nice sort of narrative.”
Golf Movie Realism: Ball Physics and Plot Holes
44:40 to 47:56
Discussing the implausibility of golf scenes in movies.
“She's also never been with a man who got whiskey dick the first time they hooked up.”
Fan Reactions: 1996 vs. 2025
47:57 to 50:36
Analyzing how fan behavior at golf events has changed over time.
Character Analysis: Roy and Renee
50:37 to 52:45
Examining the dynamics between Roy and Renee in 'Tin Cup'.
“A unifying moment on Twitter where everybody's like, what is this moron doing?”
Nostalgia: 1996 Trends and Cultural References
52:46 to 56:00
Reflecting on the cultural elements that define the movie's era.
“I mean, the whole last hour, the second we get to the open, the music starts playing, you get the drone shots, but a smaller scene.”
Golf Fashion and Nostalgia
56:00 to 1:02:25
The hosts share thoughts on golf fashion and music from 1996, exploring nostalgia around the movie's elements.
“even though sometimes they put them, it's a little clowny.”
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1:02:25 to 1:02:37
Promotional read for Palmolive Ultra dish soap highlighting its effectiveness and convenience.
“This episode is brought to you by Palmolive.”
Big Kahuna Burger Award and Movie Analysis
1:02:37 to 1:10:00
Discussion on the best use of food and drink in 'Tin Cup', focusing on memorable scenes and character dynamics.
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Philosopher or Yokel? Exploring Roy's Character
1:10:00 to 1:11:39
The hosts debate if Roy is a philosophical genius or just a simple yokel.
“So it's like, is he like this really secret philosopher genius or is he a yokel?”
Weak Links and Alternative Endings
1:11:40 to 1:13:19
Discussion on the film's ending and potential alternate storylines.
“It's actually the best line of the movie.”
Analyzing the Caddy's Role
1:13:20 to 1:16:19
The hosts critique the caddy's performance and its impact on Roy's success.
“So in the 90s, that was a little more common.”
Fashion Faux Pas in Golf
1:16:20 to 1:17:59
The conversation shifts to the character's questionable fashion choices during the U.S. Open.
“Because you can't be a bum and show up and waste everybody's time.”
Aging and Recasting the Movie
1:18:00 to 1:20:22
Exploring how the casting changes and character ages affect the film's perception.
“The Ruffalo Hannah Rubinick Partridge overacting award.”
Hot Takes and Casting What-Ifs
1:20:23 to 1:24:00
Hosts share opinions on alternate casting decisions and their implications for the film.
“that's a great point he he has when the lights are brightest he flops at the charity event he can stripe his three wood when it matters he can't he can't do it he can hit the seven iron at the bar.”
Casting Choices and Trivia
1:24:00 to 1:26:17
Discussion about casting choices in golf movies and actors' careers.
“Did you read that Kevin Costner turned down the role of Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore?”
Tin Cup Nickname Origins
1:26:17 to 1:27:56
Exploration of the nickname 'Tin Cup' and its origins in the film.
“camera on camera person he's not talent he's in the truck he was great it was super compelling for the story.”
Costner's Golf Training and Anecdotes
1:27:56 to 1:31:58
Insights on Kevin Costner's golf training and stories from the film's production.
“Costner trained extensively with Gary McCord and wrote the foreword for Golf for Dummies.”
Mickelson's Legendary Shot Story
1:31:58 to 1:33:41
Anecdote about Phil Mickelson's impressive golf shot during a bet.
“here's a story from, so there's an oral history that golf magazine did in 2016 that, um, now you cannot find on the internet cause they changed our archives, but there were snippets of it available.”
Mickelson's Legendary Shot Story
1:33:47 to 1:33:59
Anecdote about Phil Mickelson's impressive golf shot during a bet.
“Jack, do you know what Apex Mountain is?”
Apex Mountain Discussion
1:34:00 to 1:37:06
Debate about the concept of 'Apex Mountain' and various characters' peaks.
“Not laying up, just as a concept in golf.”
Sports Movie Losses
1:37:06 to 1:38:01
Discussion on memorable sports movie endings that feature losses.
Exploring Sports Movie Losses
1:38:01 to 1:38:58
The hosts discuss iconic sports movie endings that feature losses and their impact.
“So the answer, those are all great questions.”
Tom Cruise vs. Tom Hanks in Golf Films
1:38:59 to 1:39:59
Debate over the suitability of Tom Cruise in 'Tin Cup' compared to Tom Hanks.
“I mean, this is Hanks by a million, right?”
Character Casting in 'Tin Cup'
1:40:00 to 1:40:59
Speculation on which actors could fit roles in 'Tin Cup' and their impact.
“That could be a good mailbag category when we do the Rewatchables mailbag.”
Unpacking the Charity Tournament
1:41:00 to 1:42:30
Discussion on the inconsistencies in David Sims' televised charity golf tournament.
“Did you snap a club that easily back then?”
Analyzing Roy's Performance
1:42:31 to 1:43:45
Examination of Roy's golf game and missed opportunities during the tournament.
“It's like, we're all keeping an eye on him.”
Possible Sequel Ideas
1:43:46 to 1:44:53
The hosts brainstorm potential sequels or prequels to 'Tin Cup'.
“Nance could have been there as like the student broadcaster.”
The Beloved Golf Movie Debate
1:44:54 to 1:46:43
Discussion on which golf movie holds the title of most beloved and why.
“Mike and the Mad Dog, the next A &W fan after Roy McAvoy shot a 12.”
What Happens to Roy After the Tournament?
1:46:44 to 1:47:47
Speculation on Roy's future and consequences after his shocking loss.
“like if it was part of the 2028 election and you had to vote on, what is your favorite golf movie?”
Memorabilia from 'Tin Cup'
1:47:48 to 1:49:18
Discussion on which pieces of memorabilia from 'Tin Cup' are most desirable.
“So he tries to get his PGA card, so how long does that take?”
Life Lessons from 'Tin Cup'
1:49:19 to 1:51:32
Analyzing the conflicting messages about strategy and following one's heart in the film.
“Oh, that should have been a pick and nits.”
Choosing a Double Feature
1:51:33 to 1:52:01
Hosts propose movies to pair with 'Tin Cup' for a double feature experience.
“What movie would you watch before or after this movie if you had to go to a double feature?”
Discussion on 'Tin Cup' and Kevin Costner's Performance
1:52:01 to 1:56:24
The hosts discuss the performances in 'Tin Cup', focusing on Kevin Costner and the supporting characters.
“I love just hanging out at the golf course.”
Discussion on 'Tin Cup' and Kevin Costner's Performance
1:57:10 to 1:57:38
The hosts discuss the performances in 'Tin Cup', focusing on Kevin Costner and the supporting characters.
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Transcript
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1:03Bill Simmons:The Rewatchables is brought to you by the Ringer Podcast Network, where you can find fairway rolling with Joe House. Good golf season. Scotty Sheffer won every tournament. Mark Hubbard won none. Hey. Still a good tournament. Hey, Mark Hubbard. Well, he's my favorite golfer. I want him to win a tournament. Made a nice push. Craig Horlbeck you can find him on the Ringer Fantasy Football Show he has produced this podcast for most of the 399 movies that we've done this is movie number 399 and we have a special wrinkle executive producer of today's podcast Jacko yeah me and House's buddy from college you've heard him on my podcast many times you're gonna just chime in like Gilman on Regis and Category it's a dream come true I always wanted to be Gilman it's finally coming true this is gonna be great this is gonna be an unbelievable rewatchable it's 10 Cup is next
2:02Bill Simmons:Tin Cup 1996 Kevin Costner a very very good sports movie it's very flawed it has a controversial ending Ron Shelton who did Bull Durham he did White Man Can't Jump did a bunch of other movies than 10 Cup. This is like his big trilogy. He said to Premier Magazine in 1996, the key in making a sports movie is that you have to make it accessible to a person who hates the sport, but you also have to make the guy who knows the sport inside out say, they got it right. They do that house in 10 Cup with golf. I think so. There is enough of the ring of truthiness to the way the golf is presented, especially with the infrastructure.
2:52The CBS stuff is amazing. I mean, Jim Nance is, you know, next level. Ken Venturi's next level. It's almost like two movies.
2:59Bill Simmons:When we get to the actual U.S. Open, it turns into a different movie and I'm here for it. Yeah, it's long enough to be two movies. I don't know why this movie is two hours and 15 minutes, but the last hour is just all U.S. Open, which is fantastic. I thought I was the time-length police and Craig is like, you've taken it. You're like the 2.0 version of it. This movie, there's a lot of bloat. There's a lot we could probably shave off. But the last hour, hour 15, when they get to the US Open is great. Funnily, I had never seen this movie until two weeks ago before you told me we were doing it. I was on vacation with my in-laws, and I watched it one night in an Airbnb with my two brothers-in-law.
3:33We love golf. We honestly came away with the movie, and we were like, okay, maybe swing and a miss. You know, this is a bogey, double bogey of a film. Double bogey. And then, I mean, I think once I, watching it upon, watching it the second time, I liked it way more. This is what I told you. Yeah. I liked it way more.
3:51Bill Simmons:Second time, it's a different movie. Because I think I thought originally the movie was going to be a lot more serious. And it's pretty goofy and whimsical. Yeah. And once you kind of know that's coming, the second time around, you can kind of sit back, relax, enjoy it. But I had no idea just how ridiculous this movie was going to be going in. I mean, we'll talk about the 12 now, even though it's in the rewatchable scene category. but the decision not to lay up on the last hole. The first time you see it, I just remember being enraged in the theater. It's like, this would never happen. I don't like that they did this.
4:22Bill Simmons:He should have either just eagled it in one or hit it in the water, demanded to drop it there, then hit it again and maybe knocks it in from there. Some sort of sports movie thing. I think they were intentionally zagging house against what we expected from it. But now, 29 years later, I kind of like it. It's like in its own area of sports movies that it's such a radical decision to have him not win and to play it the way they did it. I don't mind it. We've had that. We see you and I are in our mid 50s now. We've seen a thousand sports movies. This is one of the only ones that zagged. Big balls on Ron Shelton for sticking to his guns because apparently, you know, folks in Hollywood wanted the happy ending.
5:03and no less an authority on golf than President Donald Trump accosted Shelton and said to him, hey, you would have made a lot more money if you just had the guy win the tournament at the end. That was the entirety of the interaction between Shelton and President Trump.
5:22Bill Simmons:That was not a recent interaction. No, no. This was 1996. I'm sure he probably still feels the same way. the the uh the thing is this it's really one of those movies every time you watch it there's this alternate sliding doors of what happens if he just eagles and gets the 10 and we have the heroic sports movie ending what happens if he hits in the water you're like oh my god he fucked it up oh my god he's dropping it there he's he's melting down but then he hits it and he wins what happens if he pars it and we go to a playoff hole i don't know what the right answer is all these years later i still like the 12 but i think there is an alternate universe where he just wins the u.s open and maybe it's a better movie it's the right ending for this movie it's also the right ending for golf all normal golfers we can relate to this right right it's the most relatable thing to be like can i hit this can i hit this 237 with my three would fuck it i'm gonna go for it right you know so i feel like golf is really good i think golf is the best uh sport for a sports movie because football, basketball, baseball, there's like the play and then there's what's going on in between the plays.
6:29Golf is fun because you can be talking and listening and there's so much going on just during. There's banter, there's galleries. It's the best. There's interactions going on.
6:36Bill Simmons:Your house is going to get a boner soon if you keep going. Well, I know. Kevin Costner is walking around with a walkman. He's out there. I don't think that's legal, but they did it. But I like what Craig's describing in terms of that relatability. I mean, under the circumstances, it was preposterous. It's a, you know, you're tied for the lead in the U.S. Open. And, you know. Well, that's why we have Karl Malone, Patrick Ewing, and David Robinson, who did win a title. Jacko has a Clyde Drexler glass, but we're all in honor of Roy McAvoy coming up close. No cigar. I guess Robinson eventually won with Tim Duncan.
7:13Bill Simmons:But yeah, it's preposterous. It's so preposterous. Well, we'll dive into it when we do the rewatchable scene. But Molly says at one point, this is without a doubt the stupidest, silliest, most idiotic, grotesquery masquerading as a game that has ever been invented. And Roy says, yes, man, that's why I love it. This is why I wanted to make you watch it again and do the pod with us. Because it's really a love letter to golf. Yes. And it's not about the fancy part of golf. It's about, like Shelton even talks about this. It's about the dudes who wait at five in the morning to play some public course.
7:43Bill Simmons:It's about how ridiculous and stupid golf is. And why do we do it? Yeah, because it's the best. Because you're into it. I love golf. Golf all the time. And houses. It's all he cares about. Sure. Jacko, what's your relationship to golf? I play a couple times a year. I like playing in tournaments. There's a couple tournaments I play in with some guys, and it's like best ball. Like celebrity pro-ans? Yeah, sort of. That type of thing. I'm like a hack, but some of my friends are good. But I'll hit a shot or two, and that really kind of gets you into it. You hit one or two good shots around, and you're like, I could really play this game.
8:11I know. And then I shank one off my foot, and I'm like, I really can't play this game. But that's the beauty of it, right? With the good ones, does a tuning fork go off in your loins? The good thing about golf is it's a sport you can participate in while drinking. So that's right up my alley. I like that too. So, you know, you're not going to play basketball and have a couple of beers on the bench, but golf, it's part of the game, really. There's a good sports movie inside this movie, but they want it to be a romance too much. That's why there's so much going on outside of it. But just the golf aspect of this movie is really good.
8:38The him versus David Sims thing, all of that is great.
8:41Bill Simmons:Here's what's happening. Because this is 96. we've finished that whole first era of sports movies which we've done a bunch of on the rewatchables and now we're moving into this new era in the mid 90s of the next level of a sports movie because Jerry Maguire comes out the same year as this Happy Gilmore comes out the same year as this it's like alright we've all done the underdog thing we've done the Raging Bull that type of movie now what's the sports movie with the love bull underdog trying to triumph but it's also a rom-com it's also something the husband and wife can go to or the boyfriend and girlfriend together it's a date movie and there's a lot of these and there's this like renaissance of sports movies right here from i would say 95 through 04 and there's a million of them this is when varsity blues any given sunday there's like a bunch that we've already done um so i think that's what they're going for and it's like there's a bull durham you know obviously ron shelton and costar did how do you make crash davis different than ray mcaboy but it's still kevin costner have you not done Bull Durham on Rewatchables?
9:39Been saving it. It's one of the ones we've saved. I wanted to use it as the cheat code for this because I wanted to hear the panel's take on Ron Shelton in advance of this. So I'm in the Google machine trying to find the Rewatchables Bull Durham. Hasn't happened yet. Hasn't happened yet.
9:55Bill Simmons:You know what else hasn't happened? Is Kevin Costner unequivocally the sports movie goat? Is it just like a rap or do other people have arguments? Here's his... So he does American Flyers. which I thought we did on Rewatchables. I just think CR and I have talked about it for so long, I felt like we did it. But really good cycling movie in the mid-'80s. Boulder Arm, Field of Dreams, Tin Cup, For Love of the Game, Draft Day, and McFarlane USA, which is like secretly not a bad Disney movie. But that's, and he's done some other stuff too, but that's seven sports movies, different sports, some iconic ones in there.
10:32Bill Simmons:Who is his competition? I agree. Who is the other candidate? I'm trying to think. That's right. I agree. It goes sideways fast. You get Dennis Quaid with Breaking Away, The Rookie, Any Given Sunday, Tough Enough, Everybody's All-American in the Express. Not even close. But solid resume. Great. He should be proud. Yeah, very good. He also played Dick Vermeule in a movie, I think. Okay. James Earl Jones, Field of Dreams, Bingo Long, Sandlot, and Great White Hope has four good ones, but he doesn't have the depth. Sandler's in the mix. it's just they're all comedic but he's happy gilmore hustle the water boy longest yard remake and happy gilmore too he's at least like has to be mentioned the one that uh falls through the cracks here is wesley snipes because he was major league white man can't jump the fan undisputed wildcats play to the bone he's inside a couple bad ones okay and then our guy woody harrelson white man can't jump kingpin wildcats um denzel had a couple he got game the hurricane remember the Titans, Paul Newman, Matt Damon, but it's, it's funny.
11:31Bill Simmons:It's clearly Costner. It's not even an argument. And what's cool about his career, like he shoots a 62 in the U S open in this movie, he pitches a perfect game in Yankee stadium. He wins the hell in the West and American flyers. Like he does like some big ass things, but I don't know. What is it about Costner? Why was he so believable? He's a good athlete. First of all, he's handsome. He's athletic enough to get away with every sport. Yeah. He looks pretty good. I know he got trained by the pro that this movie is loosely based on yeah gary mccord i thought his swing was pretty good i agree do you want to do this now well we we might end up there the background for costner is that he hadn't played very much golf in his life up to um the conversation with shelton like would you be interested in in big baseball player yeah just general athlete i can do anything but right he he uh apparently connected with gary mccord um a full year in advance gary mccord and peter Costas who were the both sort of legendary CBS broadcasters Costas was a teacher proper a proper golf teaching pro and he uh together with McCord helped Costner get a swing that I honestly think it's credible it's a credible golf I think it gets better throughout the movie in the first scene I was a little skeptical because they were kind of cut some some some magic cuts yeah it would be like you'd see his takeaway and then it would cut to the follow-through without seeing contact with the ball and I was like oh I don't know about this and I feel like throughout the movie they started to really just sit on him a lot of the shots that he's hitting like 150 out under the green that's him it looks like it you can see it the research says yeah there's no cgi nothing he's hitting like an iron 150 yards under the green they said he he had like not a full swing which by the way coincidentally is same for me and they they just were like instead of trying to change his swing he actually had a really good three four swing so they wrote into the script that part about i love that oh it's a wind you gotta like which by the way it doesn't make sense Well, no, no.
13:24That is the kind of, if you want to fight the ball lower, you do have a swing that stops. If you were a good pro, you would have both swings. If you were a good pro, you would have every kind of swing. But I like how they wrote that in a mid-sense. For a guy who's hitting distance, theoretically, you need a long follow-through. Him just stopping short doesn't make sense for him hitting the ball. One of the things I saw was that in post-production, they sped up the swing. That he, in real life, swings slower and was swinging slower as he filmed it. but they applied some speed to give a little more of that athletic enhancement.
13:56I tried to do that with your ad reads on Fairway Rolling. I sped them up to 1.3. Nobody told you, right? FF, fast forward.
14:04Bill Simmons:Yeah, yeah. Another thing about Costner, he just finished Waterworld. Ooh.
14:14Checko.
14:16Bill Simmons:Oh, boy. A movie I've not seen. Yeah, because he had already had, I don't remember when the postman came out, but water world was like this legendary. This is, as we've talked about many times in this pod, the height of movie journalism about movies and people writing about shit in the sets and premier magazines in the, in the peak and water worlds like, oh my God, they're still in the ocean. The director got fired. This is, this is going to ruin his career. So Costner said he didn't want to do any movies going through a divorce. He just finished the longest movie shoot in history. the average movie films for 40 to 60 days i just done 157 days on water world i was really low i was down my heart was in the ground i was all wet and he's still wet and then uh shelton basically is like come on dude he's like hey what if we pay you to learn how to play golf for six months yeah we'll be outside we'll get we'll get some cute girlfriend for you yeah i i that's my question i want to ask this i haven't i don't haven't seen this in the in the research i'll just pose it to the panel what do you think that when he learned that renee russo as he's going through his divorce that renee russo is going to be i think she was married at that point though he's probably suggesting a bunch of single actresses he's like what about jennifer aniston could she do be a sports psychologist um he said uh he said that shelton wrote in the uh the script thing at the swing thing to make that more realistic.
15:45Bill Simmons:The thing that he nailed the most, he nailed the demeanor of being a golfer, but he was really good at the I made a big shot, hold the putt up. The club up is just the coolest move. And it's a hard one to pull off. Like, if we did it, I'm not sure it looks cool, but when he does it, it looks really cool. And he also did when he shoots the 62 and he does the, which by the way, he does the same move for love of the game, but he just has little athlete tricks, even though he's not an athlete. I think he got some pointers on that from the golf folks they wanted to lend that authenticity in terms of like here's how a golfer would do it kind of thing he did have some douchey quotes in the research about golf that I don't know if you saw it was basically like I mean I could have played golf but you're out there four or five hours a day like I don't want to spend my days like that like kind of shitting on golf Don Johnson played all the time he was like an eight handicap I thought Costner Swing was better than Don Johnson oh that was house's hot take i didn't feel like that was hot it was that hot of a take i agree now part of the thing is uh i have a defense for this later if in post-production they did anything to don don john that's fair if they were speeding up costner swing that's one thing but i thought they were cutting around don johnson more than they were costner so apparently in the research they changed don johnson's swing so it seemed more like a pga swing and he was mad about because he liked his swing, but he was like, all right, fine.
17:07Bill Simmons:Oh, because he had like a quirky personal swing that they wanted to correct. Yeah, but he was like cranking it. So he liked his other swing. Yeah. And that one didn't work. House, here's one for you. Oh, Jacko, you'll enjoy this as well. Good, good. Are you having a good time, Jacko? I'm 100%. You're doing a good job, executive producing. Doing a fine job. I'm working the board here. Camera three, camera three. 1996, most important golf year ever. tigers right here we here we here's 96 yeah oh i got houses full attention i mean i that was like an espresso shot anticipate some of this so i'm looking forward to it happy gilmore comes out of february the most beloved golf movie other than maybe caddyshack ever made it's but it's those two in the finals the faldo norman masters is in april the most traumatic golf event of our life which is funny because the real life tin cup by norman like literally was that is there been i i don't i think that was the most traumatic sports event without question golf wise certainly like faldo won that you know what happened in that right there is an argument for the guy the frenchman who had a you know multi-shot we had way more ties to greg norman we had been the guy for 10 years like he was greg norman was basically the best golfer in the world who's never won the big one yeah was he like basically like bryson level of bryson never won like one of those like big big south african big swing um had all the talent he's australian australian i mean um south african my first mistake this is great to have jacko here it's like it's like correct i'm like australian i had to jump on the mic but he melted down in the 86 masters like he famously helped but he he could never get over the hump and then by the time we got to this it was uh it was basically like uh what's his face now tommy fleetwood yes where you're just like uh he's got a lead with four holes left you know he's gonna blow it i i mean you know norman uh career-wise much more accomplished than than fleetwood i mean that's that's why he has the masters he's up by multiple strokes and falls apart on the 18th no on the back nine yeah Yeah, all day Sunday.
19:19Bill Simmons:Six-stroke lead. Yeah. Nick Faldo came back from six strokes to win. So Faldo wins. It's so awful that Faldo wins. He doesn't even celebrate, and he just walks over to Norman and hugs him. Yeah, it's like guilty. Anyway, that happened. Tiger wins his third straight U.S. Amateur, which had never happened, the three-peat, and he's about to turn pro. Tiger signs with Nike. Completely changes cough. Tin Cup comes out in August. Tiger launches his PGA career that summer as well. wins his first PGA event. And we're off. Golf is now reset. We have pop culture in place. We have the Nike thing. We're about to have the boom and Tiger blows up the next year.
19:57Bill Simmons:I'm making the case. I don't know if I'm right. I think you're right. It's definitely a shift because you can see it in this movie. The guys they have in this movie, it's like, hey, there's Billy Mayfair. There's John Cook. These guys were not stars. And it just felt like Young Mickelson was in there. Yeah, gambling. You know who was the number one, who won the US Open and was the number one golfer in 1996? This makes my point. The immortal Tom Lehman. How many Tom Lehman combos have you had? Nicholas won his last senior PGA this year, too. Okay. Also, the golf movie didn't really continue after the late 90s.
20:37The early 2000s into the 2010s. Legend of Bagger Vance really set it back for like 10 years. Yeah, seven days of utopias out there. There's a handful, but they're not.
20:47Bill Simmons:I agree with you that there should be more of them. Yeah, I think it's one of the easier - It's easy to film. Yeah, like I said, you can have characters interacting and talking and doing things while the sport is being played. It's the easiest to kind of cut around. It's probably the easiest to shoot. Surprised there's not more. I always thought the layup idea for a golf movie that, and I think I might have even written this as I was sitting there, was somebody like, basically almost like a, I'm trying to think, like a Michael Vick type character. Like somebody that would be more in football and basketball, but comes in and it's almost like the movie entourage and it's like this culture clash with the pga tour because we never we never really had anything like that i always thought that would have been fascinating to just put that kind of athlete into the tour for a movie idea it's like a serious version of happy gilmore almost yeah yeah never happened yeah happy gilmore is the silly version of it uh ron shelton so he has those big three he also wrote blue chips and great white hype did blaze cob played the bone had like a 12-year run uh just basically it was like i want to do a golf movie and had uh his partner this guy john norville is a co-writer with them they had a producer gary foster and they're just like what can we do what can we do so apparently in the 93 masters this guy named chip beck who was a grip it and rip it guy um he laid up on the par 5 15th hole during the final around trailing by three shots and it became a big deal that he laid up even though he and he lost the thing and they were like this is an idea what if we could create a movie around a guy who never lays up and they go he's like shout and said his flaws he can't lay up he's incapable of laying up and uh and that was it and then the other thing was trying to figure out how do we make this a blue collar golf movie not like a nouveau riche golf movie which is usually how people attack golf they usually do like the outsider who doesn't fit in well the mid-90s for sure that was a much larger task than than now golf's more accessible now i'm not going to you know go through a whole version of definitely more diverse than it was more diverse and more accessible than it was in 1996 so the the the 12 had roots in ironically gary mccord at the 1986 saint jude fedex who can forget that one needed a birdie to win the tournament jacko um kept reaching the hazard and uh and ended up i think with a 15.
23:15wow and uh they filed that one away as well uh renee russo
23:24Bill Simmons:i made this case on a previous podcast i like craig's reaction when he just said You didn't know where you were going. Best 1990s of any actress. I made this case in a previous rewatch. The best 90s of any actress. Oh my goodness. Julia Roberts? This is a hot take right here. From 89 to 99, Major League, Lethal Weapon 3, Free Jack, In the Line of Fire, Outbreak, Get Shorty, Tin Cup, Ransom, Lethal Weapon 4, Thomas Crown Affair. A lot of doubles. Julia has like two homers and outs. just like just just double plays and in case yeah i texted bill watching it the second time i texted both you saying one of you is going to need to kind of describe to me the renee russo case there's been a couple era dependent actresses that i don't know if have translated different eras so she's in her 40s in the sean young category yeah you didn't get the sean young thing either no she's a little older in this movie than during the beginning of her run but She was like a model in her 20s and converted to being an actress.
24:27Bill Simmons:Yeah. And just was in everything. I think her superpower was always she could connect with whoever she was with in a movie. But felt attainable to basically anyone in the movie. One of those. House loves her. I love her. You're in. And I think what you just said is absolutely on the money. And I think that this movie could have been a disaster. Like part of the challenge with the rom part of it, the romantic part of it is like we're using sensibilities. My man, Kevin Costner, has his hands on her within the first 15 minutes of having known her. But there is a magnetism that is apparent. And there is a connection between the two of them.
25:11And I believed it right away.
25:14Bill Simmons:Jacko, can you think of another actress who could have romanced in a movie? Clint Eastwood, Mel Gibson, Kevin Costner, Pierce Brosnan, Mel Gibson, John Travolta, and Dustin Hoffman? That's a murderer's row right there. That's a murderer's row. That's a tough one. No, not off the top of my head. No, no, I can't think of one. She was like, Cruz, too big of a mountain to climb. Can't do it. I gotta draw the line at Travolta. That's as far as I'll go. But you love Renée Russo, too. I do, yeah. maybe Craig is too young to appreciate Rene Russo maybe it had to be our age like you know yeah there's not her type I don't know if if that exists now who's the Rene Russo of right now I don't know she looks great she's ubiquitous she was ubiquitous in this era she was so who else like who has this this number of things even if you do is it Jennifer Lawrence with this like you know that would be they make this movie now Jennifer Lawrence as the sports psychologist I would go in that direction personally yeah I would prefer I would love Jennifer Lawrence to be in this movie yeah save money it's the money poor renee russo well hold on to your seat for this quote i'll give you two choices for who said it it's either jacko or costner ron cast broads and i say broads as a term dearment a girl who can hang with guys and make everybody feel like they have a chance even when they don't and costner's like that's why renee russo is great do we need to bring broads back into uh the lexicon i'm gonna say no it feels like it's now taken on a little bit of a derogatory feel i would say so feels like i would never refer to women like that bill i can't believe you put me as one of the possible choices i like what costa's like and i say bronze is a term of endearment okay um speaking of endearment don johnson as you know one of my all-time favorites uh at the tail end of his miami vice is 84 this is 96.
27:04Bill Simmons:He's starting to move. He's going to be at Nash Bridges soon on CBS. Good friends with Don Johnson and Costner, good friends in real life. Johnson was supposed to be Elliot Ness and the Untouchables and couldn't do it because of Miami Vice and Costner got the job and Costner's career took off. They stayed friends. I thought he was a really believable PGA golfer. The hair, the demeanor the way he carries himself the accent it's it's just he nailed it impeccable and and i love the the wardrobe choices as well like super on point um some of the research i saw suggested that it was supposed to be alec baldwin in the first place but they had some pregnancy difficulty kim basing you're stepping on a very important category called casting what ifs and it's just a complete breach of the podcast oh i i misunderstood craig knows we're talking about uh house and i we're gonna keep it in as a cautionary tale to future hosts lay up next time lay up house don't go for it don't go for the green and two with the casting what if in the opening uh don johnson looked great the infinity visor looked great amazing i honestly thought he was pretty likable chill guy throughout the whole movie they kind of just add that one scene to turn him into a dick.
28:19To make him a dick.
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28:20Bill Simmons:Yeah, it was like the studio gave him the note. You had to find some reason to root against him. I was kind of rooting for him halfway through. I like the Johnny Loras. Why did he go out of his way to go find Roy to be his caddy? That's a solid. He's not treating Roy as a dick. Yeah. I mean, you know, yes, it is. He's saying, be my caddy, but there's a method to the madness. He knows Roy's in tough straights. And also, why would he accommodate his girlfriend going to Roy for lessons. Is it ever apparent that, is that a behind the back thing? It's a big nitpick. Inexplicable love triangles in movie history.
28:58Movie history.
28:59Bill Simmons:I get. Sports movie history. Sports movie history. I understand, I guess, like if she's not telling Don Johnson who she's getting lessons from, that's fine. But once he finds out, him just allowing that to continue after he watched Koster put his hands all over her hips. He's there at the second lesson. That was the second, we're supposed to believe that's the second lesson. they had a 12 minute first lesson you hit one good ball lesson's over pay up please second lesson oh you're i'm late i'm 20 minutes late to the lesson let me see you swing oh now let's talk about your personal life oh i'm easy you know his hands are all over and then don johnson's there he's spooning her costner is spooning her upright and don johnson goes easy buddy yes the rare movie where the the super handsy inappropriate alcoholic guy is the hero can i Can I ask you a question that was just raised by something House said?
29:48Why didn't she just go to Don Johnson to learn to play golf? I had that in nitpicks as well. Anybody in his entire orbit. Entourage, right. He is a PGA professional. He's like a major quality professional golfer. Right. Would you be upset if your wife went to Danny Heifetz for podcasting advice and you found out she was secretly meeting with him? I'd be furious, especially if Heifetz was handsy. Well, part of the challenge for me also is why is she in Salome, Texas? What pushed her? or why is
30:16Bill Simmons:how's he taking three nitpicks and a casting whatever off the board blending it all together why is David Sims dating a woman who lives in this random area of Texas yeah and what's her sports psychology business looking like in West Texas where like it's just a bunch of people work for a driving range we're like to believe that David Sims is a top five golfer in the world right they give us that impression he has the he's the first round leader of the US Open right yeah isn't he like flying from tournament to tournament every week and he's dating this woman who has a tiny job in outside of El Paso Texas yeah Yeah.
30:45Bill Simmons:He's supposed to be from Houston. A lot of it does not up. But why have a girlfriend in Salome? Because he's a good guy. Jacko knows how much I love Don Johnson because you were there as I forced you to watch Miami Vice episodes. Oh, I liked Miami Vice. You didn't force me. But yeah, you had all the Miami Vices recorded and you would play them over and over. That's one of the most controversial moments of the Rewatchables is we did two episodes of Miami Vice. We did a TV movie, yeah. Controversial for who? I thought it was glorious. For movie fans everywhere. It was great. This movie has 35 PGA golfer cameos, including a very young, skinny Phil Mickelson, who we'll get to later, the walrus Craig Stadler, Johnny Miller, Corey Pavin, Fred Couples, Peter Jacobson, all the CBS people are there, and House's guy, George Michael, the sports machine.
31:34Bill Simmons:Do you know what sports machine was? I don't. So it was a half-hour sports highlight show that started in House's neck of the woods, DC. Yeah, NBC Channel 4. And they started syndicating. It was Sunday night, and they would just show highlights. And it was basically like SportsCenter and ESPN or this. And I used to like the sports machine because they would show wrestling every once in a while. They'd be like, let's go to them. Yeah, George was an early adopter of wrestling. And I think his show preceded SportsCenter. He might have even. You're right. He might have been ahead of it. But he would.
32:07Bill Simmons:They'd do like. It's like now bloopers. And you just see like a baseball park hitting the balls. Great TV. A golfer. Yeah, it was great. In the 80s? We were starving for any sports. Yeah. It was great to see him. A couple golf things from this movie. Just a pure feeling is a well-struck golf shot. I agree with that. You can play golf. You can shoot a 110. But those two are just like, it's just perfect. Keeps you coming back. That's why you walk away. Yeah. Sex and golf are the two things you don't have to be good at to enjoy. Yeah. Not bad. Yeah. How about fantasy football? I would throw that in there.
32:47Bill Simmons:Oh, yeah. Because at the beginning of fantasy football, you think you have a shot, just like on the first team. Like anybody can pick a fantasy football team. Yeah. It's funny. Eating? Eating. You don't have to be good at eating? No. How is one good or bad? Like you could be a bad eater. You can eat bad food. Well, I mean that - Jacko, anything else you don't have to be good at to enjoy? I can't think of anything off the top of my head. I'll come back to you if you come up with one. All right. I'll think what about pooping is that I'm not sure that you can rate that I'm sure that's rateable like eating and pooping I'm not sure those rating fine rate those uh all right greatness courts failure Romeo like that one good one for Josh a couple good philosophical golf lines yeah that shot was at a finding moment when a defining moment comes along you define the moment where the moment defines you.
33:38Bill Simmons:I like that one as well. $45 million budget made, $75 million. Roger Ebert. Ooh, what's Roger think? Didn't love it. Three stars. Oh, really? Three stars. I think he liked Rene Russo. He said, Tin Cup is well-written. The dialogue is smart and fresh, and when Tin Cup and Molly are talking to each other, they savor the joy of language. The movie is strong and supporting characters. Wow. He likes story. he thought it was a little bloated like Craig did you know what was the one we did the other day that was 90 minutes you were over the moon excited about it oh we didn't do it we were looking at a movie that was 90 minutes and you were like 90 minutes oh man in and out that's what you need Seagal's catalog Craig really enjoyed from doing like 92 94 what did Siskel think of it we've never mixed in Siskel Siskel has some hot takes.
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36:15Bill Simmons:Coming back for the categories. Johnny, you remembered one thing. I did. I remembered one thing you don't have to be good at to enjoy, being a podcast guest. great job on you johnny podcast cameos i find you know it's going to be great at executive producer of the rewatchable third episode executive producing this podcast most rewatchable scene molly's first lesson when she's got all those devices he does the poem about the golf swing the uh explanation the unfinished follow-through and then roy's theory in a golf swing gaining control of your life and letting go at the same time you agree with that you play a lot of golf i love it i love that whole uh you know 11 minutes or whatever it is that interaction between the two of them it's a wonderful introduction to who he is where she's coming from she she arrives with nothing but question marks like i'm like what why is she dressed like that she is super hot why does she find this guy but why is she dressed like that why can't everyone dress like that the chemistry chemistry's there and she hits one ball that's the renee russo superpower though always has great chemistry with whoever the leading man is and i like when you can have chemistry with travolta you're really pulling it off it's it's not like an extensive list uh i do like a lot of costner's lines about golf you can tell he's like a guy the character of roy all he does is think about golf he's he's like weirdly philosophical and poetic for such kind of like a hillbilly but but you do buy it and and it does reflect how people think about golf it's the most frustrating and beautiful sport that's the thing that shelton and who is the other writer norville norva yeah and gary those guys are golf hit nuts they're sickos and that's well that's what came through they used uh costner uh mcavoy as the to to be the voice that articulates that golf sicko uh roy caddies for sims very enjoyable scene great laying up versus going a conundrum we established that we get the walrus craig stadler coming in hot making bets we get phil mickelson yeah young making bets how funny was that talk about what's age the best for phil mickelson getting action on something that was not the last time for phil maybe that's where he got a taste for it what's this gambling thing the set of tin cup uh i love when he says 13 years on the tour you're still a pussy yeah great stuff sims fires him then we get the sports machine that section uh roy tries to qualify as another scene where he breaks all his clubs uses the seven iron for the last seven holes shoots 65 that would be a great real life tournament is if golfers had to pick one club and play a round against one another what would your club be people do that um and in fact uh there is a tournament out there called the tin cup that you have to go play the whole thing with the seven iron oh really yeah that's out there would that be the club you picked it i understand the versatility of it i personally would take a hybrid um because i can putt with a hybrid and chip with the hybrid but i understand so you would drive with a hybrid yeah i can i can hit a hybrid off a tee decent enough i love the seven iron yes it's one of the things that keeps coming back on golf courses yeah seven hours great great club um i like when he says what was my best shot was it the seven iron on 12 was it seven iron on 13 he just keeps saying seven hours uh roy versus sims when they make the bet and sims does the trick on him and she says why do men insist on measuring their day which i gotta say that trick where where sims hits the ball down the road and out drives McAvoy that's kind of a main character that's a protagonist thing to do you know I was like that's a pretty cool move Craig loves David Sims they should have gave that to McAvoy him staying over here Roy qualifies with the double bogey blues which wins the Kid Cudi Pursuit of Happiness award best needle drop Jack I was looking on Spotify for the entire soundtrack Tin Cup soundtrack had some bangers the sex song we're doing sex right now it's gonna be all night isn't it like it's gonna be all night giving you some sex right uh plus there's another song where he's like he tells her he loves her and he goes to the driving his driving range and they have like a classic 90s montage thing and there was some music playing in that one that was a good one too yeah a couple bangers on that soundtrack i'm gonna look very mid 90s i don't know how cheryl crow wasn't involved chris isaac's there at one point.
40:52Great point.
40:53Bill Simmons:Yeah, the Roy Getting Laid song is called This Could Take All Night. We're doing some six! This could take all night! He asked for a mulligan. She's like, tee it up this time. I don't know what that means. Yeah, but did Roy like have a premature ejaculation issue? It seemed like it was an ED. She seemed like definitely disappointed. He took 12 shots that night too. She was like, I just dumped this guy who makes six million a year. It's like the six golfer in the pga's right now rick can't even get it up what did i do uh roy hits the pelican enjoyable how said he could get it through the door but not at the pelican yeah the distance keeping it that low the distance is tough carrying it on that line jacko was upset because he was worried the pelican was harmed in real life i was hoping pita was on set that day to make sure no no pelicans were harmed in that filming um roy shoots a 62 i think is my favorite part of the movie because it's incredible nance all of a sudden it turns into like he's you know nance doing the 86 masters or something the most striking thing to me is the first time we see nance because his voice is the exact same i can detect no differences whatsoever between 1996 and 2025 and my mind and my brain i've heard it so many and then this young handsome fella is like hey look at young gymnasts hello friends so good well plus him and Venturi I was going to do the sports stage the best I'll just do it now the mid 90s CBS golf coverage it felt like the first time people had really figured out golf coverage correctly with that whole crew they had that led right into Tiger in 97 but that 96 Masters with faldo nicholas it was kind of the modern version of all this stuff and and the history that leads up to that is cbs so cbs never did a u.s open that was like part of the haha i think with this thing yeah um that they were you know it was cbs on the but oh yeah it would have been nbc yeah cbs had the masters yes and frank draconian is like the legendary guy in the truck and he was so compelling in the research to Shelton and his team that I think they wrote in all of that activity in the booth.
43:14And that does sound set up, I think, a nice sort of narrative. It's just like in your ear, those guys plus Nance and Ben Chorty. It's arguably why the movie works so well, The Last Hour, is because of the CBS coverage. It feels like a real tournament.
43:27Bill Simmons:Also really ahead of its time in 96. Like that sports movies were so conventional and it just felt like we were getting access to this world that I only knew on my square TV. I mean, even Happy Gilmore had Vern Lundquist. And I'm realizing that, man, fictional golf tournaments with real professional sports media people covering it, we could make 10 of those a year, I'd watch them. Well, it's interesting. Vern Lundquist, not in this movie, but is in Happy Gilmore. Do you think he tried to double dip it? Or he was like - He was also in Happy Gilmore 2 next to Post Malone. Did you like that scene?
44:01It wasn't as memorable. Craig was not a fan of Happy Gilmore 2.
44:04Bill Simmons:That one didn't stick. I really like in the 62. Oh, no, it's coming up next. My bad. Roy's final round. A couple really good. They have a nice wide shot putt when he makes that long one on 10. And they go wide. I love when sports movies go wide. They never do it. They always want to do these quick cuts and keep close. And they go wide. You see him sizing up the putt. You see Sims over watching him in the caddy. And then he drains it. You see Cheech Marin in the background in the gallery. it really feels like a like a tournament yeah and i have to imagine one reason why it works to make golf movies is because you can just you can have everybody in the audience sitting in the same place and you can just have costner taking shots over and over and over until he makes it yeah you do 20 of them one of them will work and it it films perfectly still it's not like basketball or football you got to reset everything it's physical it's demanding you can just go over and over until he hits these 20 foot putts it's really good it all sets up 18 I mean, Rene Rousseau says, I've never been with a man who went for it.
45:08Bill Simmons:She's also never been with a man who got whiskey dick the first time they hooked up. Why does the eagle roll off the greenhouse? Let's do the nitpick now. Okay. Let's set it, though. It's like 230, 240 to the green. Right. He pulls out a three-wood. Which is a realistic distance for a three-wood for a professional golfer. Yes. it's over the water it will just in then like to further set the context it's a persimmon head on a steel shaft like that era super authentic like the modern technology didn't exist like the the golf clubs that exist now are are like rocket ships compared to what those guys were playing with in in that golf clubs now the ball would stop when it landed or does it not well this is the thing let let craig set it up i mean what are you saying well so yeah three wood 237 and it's got to carry 230.
46:01That's the problem. You can't roll 230. Like, you have to carry 235. And yeah, a club like that, I mean, that thing's flying off the green. I mean, with a wood like that, that ball stays low and it flies. You would need real loft and spin to have that thing stick like it was and roll backwards. So that the -
46:17Bill Simmons:Yeah, it feels like it would bounce and keep going and roll off the green, right? It makes no sense whatsoever. The behavior of the ball on the green is utterly implausible. It's a pure fiction. It doesn't make any sense. It defies the laws of physics. That club coming in at the trajectory that was coming in, and then what they show on camera, they could have made a different choice. Is the ball coming in from a height and landing softly enough? There's no chance. There's no spin on that. It's not possible. And that's the first two shots that he hits. Both spin backwards. It's ludicrous. The only parallel would be the 16, maybe, on Masters.
46:59Bill Simmons:when they put the pin in a certain place and sometimes the ball can roll backwards. But those are like fly chip shots that bounce down. Yeah, 15 they shave. A wood is going straight and long and hard. Also, can I do a picking nits now about this scene? I have a couple more. We got to do it now, I think, because we're diving into it. Earlier in the movie, he hits a 7-iron, 227. Well, no, it did bounce and roll out. But so you're telling me he hits the 7-iron, 220, hits the 3-wood, 230? Great point. Well, there's the wind. The act of God with the wind. You should pull out the 7-iron for one of them.
47:34This is the ringer difference. You're not going to get this kind of level of sports analysis on other movie podcasts. You're just not. I mean, you should have been able to 5-iron. That's what sets us apart. All you cinephiles out there, I love this sports stuff, I'm sure. 5-iron should be a 220 carry.
47:47Bill Simmons:Yes, 225 carry. My other nitpick. So he asked for the ball gun. He refuses to drop in the drop zone, which is ludicrous. even if he's like I can hit this try to win the US Open then come back after and try to hit it you have to do it now in the biggest moment of your life where there's like I don't know what was the prize money back then it had to have been a million dollars when you win the US Open you're on the tour like forever right? It's life defining it's life altering it changes everything about the entire rest of your life for 10 cup 200 bucks would have changed his life and I guarantee the purse was more than 200 bucks and he was losing like a million dollars every time he hit it into the water right so he he he for some and then the same thing happens and then he falls apart he starts in the water and the crowd the third time he hits in the water they cut to the crowd the crowd's like oh and we were saying we feel like this would be like watching scatman crothers get murdered in the shining level reaction by the crowd i don't think anyone's making a noise this would be like being in the stadium when paul george snapped his leg in half they would be the most awkward this is like a sports injury crowd I think by the third shot the crowd is staring in horror nobody is saying anything you can hear a pin drop and it's probably the most awkward sporting event you can go to is my guess let me ask this because well I'll just ask it I don't know do you think that fan behavior in 1996 is qualitatively different than fan behavior in 2025 well I think well at a golf i guess in normal things they'd be holding their stupid phones right but in golf you can't have your phone no i think it'd be around the same in most golf because the norman thing we had this in 96 with norman and the crowd is dead if you go back and watch that last four rounds the crowd is like just complete deer in the headlights which is really rare when you can get an entire group of people to just have deer in the headlights the reason i asked that and And as you're talking, I think that a golf crowd in 1996 would have maintained that decorum, the reverence, that whole thing of being you're in a special place.
49:59It's a special tournament. People are not going to be yelling mashed potatoes or whatever. In 2025, the crowd would have, I think, turned like people would have been angry. People like the like and been vocal, like, you know, using bad words. Yeah. At anybody. What the fuck are you doing? Yeah, streaming it. Phones are out. People are going live on Instagram. People are laughing at him. He can't recover. At least in the 90s, it becomes lore. It's like stoic that he does this, and he almost becomes like a, you know, some figure that you can look back on and be like, wow, that's the guy who stuck to his guns.
50:332025, he's getting destroyed. It would have been a national, like, Twitter moment. Yeah. A unifying moment on Twitter where everybody's like, what is this moron doing? Like, it's just that, and he's a laughingstock for the rest of his career.
50:44Bill Simmons:What's the worst thing you ever saw in person at a sporting event? Ooh. oh boy you're putting me on the spot here um i like putting jacko on the spot from completely unprepared for no reason i'm trying to think what i've seen been a lot of good games i can't remember seeing something that um just completely flummoxed everybody i haven't been to any of those uh you know what it would be oh so this is a good one i went to the jr smith timeout game oh sure now the warriors fans were excited for that but i guess that was the closest of people were just like, what just happened? So I think it would just be like that for five minutes.
51:23Bill Simmons:A couple other things about this scene. Russo is great in this scene. Because you're thinking about the shots and the things, but she's just really funny in the way she's like, every shot is just running through her whole body, and then she starts laughing like a crazy person. She's just great. And the announcer reactions are unbelievable. The guys in the booth, Nance and Venturi, their reactions. I actually thought that was realistic I agree I think they gave a full I think that might have even been ad-libbed I don't think there was like a script for that just completely flabbergasted it's great usually those are bad scenes in sports movies not this time I love the guys jumping in the lake I like when she says no one's gonna remember the open five years from now they're gonna remember the 12 it was immortal I'm like she's right I love you and then he says nice par david as he's carrying her away which you thought could have meant one of two things i never even considered that it was about him parring the hole because as house pointed out earlier today i we didn't even see sims finish the hole yeah we have no idea what he did so i guess he parred but i thought he was making a joke like he got a birdie by by getting renee russo and david sims i like the double entendre yeah like you settled once again for the woman so is this a better movie if he eagles 18 and gets a minus 10 and the movie goes that way and that's what we've had for the last 29 years no this is a good ending i think i agree i prefer this what do you think jacko no i think it's just a cliched typical cliche sports movie then and this one i think i like that they went in a different direction yeah because on the first watch it's agonizing yeah you have no idea this is coming i mean everything every movie you've ever watched that's why i wanted you to watch it again because i was like oh when he sees it the second second time around you're like this is kind of awesome this guy rocks so what's your most rewatchable scene i i stand by the beginning because i just think that it sets everything up about who he is and there's enough mystery with her and i i'm a i'm a in that sucker for the golf sicko stuff yeah he does the whole poetry thing and then it's like well the other alternative is grip it and rip it and he drops out let the big dog eat i'm on that stall right in my that's in my wheelhouse.
53:37Joe House, wheelhouse. So that's my favorite. What do you got? I'll go. I mean, the whole last hour, the second we get to the open, the music starts playing, you get the drone shots, but a smaller scene. Not drone. 1996. You're right. Helicopter shots. One part we didn't mention that I love, the smaller scene within that is when he first gets to the U.S. Open and he has the shanks and he's warming up with everybody. That is the worst shank I think I've, I mean, he is hosling those balls literally backwards. This is coming up at
54:06Bill Simmons:a different category. House has some thoughts on that. I like when he shoots the 62 and I just basically like the last 40 minutes of the movie until the last five minutes which shouldn't exist, but we'll talk about that later. What's the most 1996 thing about this movie? We already talked about young Jim Nance. Man. David Sims is sponsored by Nissan and Infinity, and I'm not even sure like, are those golf sponsors? Maybe in the mid-90s they were? I mean, car sponsors for sure. like you know that's a very common now it would be like Rivian well it's Genesis there's literally a tournament here in Los Angeles California you mentioned Roy's Walkman we just watched one yeah Roy's Walkman is very 96 the Fujifilm blimp they make Fujifilm anymore no chance I think that I like this girl 90s music driving range montage where it's like I think I'm in love with her It just was gone by the 2000s.
55:07Bill Simmons:He's reading Ring Magazine at one point. I don't know if anyone's read that in the 21st century. They probably read it online. Rene Russo's hair. It's like that Jennifer Aniston friends year one kind of whatever. Somebody says the line, look, it's Lee Jansen and Billy Mayfair. Excitedly. But my winner is Craig Stadler's clothes. And Craig Stadler. Clothes in general across the board. Also, I think everybody looks great in this movie. I hope that style comes back in golf. It's not that far away. We got some pleated pants. Yeah. The skinny guys in the pleated pants, like Costner looks great. Looks great.
55:44Doesn't he? Big, wide, like the straight leg pleated pants. Who's the best dressed golfer right now to you, House? Oh, wow. Oh, boy. I thought Ludwig Oberg looked great at the Masters. Yeah, I like some of the Jay Lindbergh that my man Victor Hovland wears, even though sometimes they put them, it's a little clowny. But I'm a sucker for Ralph Lauren, so I've always been a Billy Ho-Ho guy. Billy Horschel in the Ralph Lauren. He's my guy. What about Fleetwood? He's fine. It's Nike. It's like, you know, I think the Nike stuff's fine.
56:15Bill Simmons:He's trying to throw him a bone. He's lost 17 tournaments this year. You want him to win some. Give him one win. Fair enough. Any other 96 things about this movie? I think they should have shoehorned in a couple more 96 music. Like, where was Hootie and the Blowfish? How are they not in this? sitting right there that may have been too big for the tin cup soundtrack you think they cheaped out i think they couldn't pay for verne lundquist or hootie and the blowfish 45 million dollar budget they only had 44 million dollars to play with what's age the best i have a bunch of stuff but do you have a big one house it's just jim nance i mean like i say like the first time i I hear his voice.
56:56Bill Simmons:God, get a fucking room with Jim Nance. Jesus. Awkward. Get a Winnebago with that guy. No, I have Jim Nance as well. What do you have, Craig? Yeah, Mickelson gambling. I mean, come on. The concept of getting the shanks. Also, sports therapy. Sports mental kind of, you know. That was my biggest one. Way ahead of its time. This is like 10 years ahead of its time. I think this was one of the gimmicks in this movie. It was like, this is this kooky sports psychology lady, and it works for Roy. so then Stadler comes over and he's like, hey, can we try that? He's pretty good in that scene. Yeah, he is.
57:29He's a really good. Stadler. Stadler was quality. I have a... Also, would you want her to be your therapist after watching McAvoy break down on 18? That's a great point. Hey, I saw what you did to McAvoy. You broke his brain. I'd love to get that.
57:44Bill Simmons:Also, he's a premature ejaculator. He was tied for the lead of the U.S. Open on the 18th hole. Yeah. I want the analysis of the woman that said, hit another one. Hit another one. at 18. Just go for it, Roy! I'd like to see a year of McAvoy first before I pay his girlfriend. In her defense, immediately after he hits the first one in the water, she says, now go do the correct thing. Hit the layup. Yeah. She does say it. So she keeps her creds. Too late. Her psychology creds to me. Sports psychology, way ahead of its time. I had a couple more. Calling the driver the big dog and then screaming, let the big dog eat.
58:19Bill Simmons:Okay, I wanted to ask about that. That's been 30 years of people saying that. Did this movie invent that? Yes. Really? yes what about grip it and rip it was that this movie very possible i feel like it was gripping and rip it to john i was wondering about that did john daly come up with that or did this movie come up with it because wasn't that john daly's philosophy and he's probably like three years before this right he preceded the movie i think his thing was group i think that was in sports illustrated like that's one of the fun experiments experiences for me going back and watching older movies is i hear these lines that sound cliche to me now and i'm like i'll let the big dog eat.
58:52And then me and my brothers-in-law were like, wait a minute, did they come up with that phrase? I think they did. Pretty impressive.
58:59Bill Simmons:When I was at ESPN, the guy who ran sales was this guy at Earhart, which was old school, played golf with all the sponsors kind of guy. And he used to, his whole thing was grip it and rip it. And every time I loved him, every time I saw him, I was like, grip it and rip it! What do we got going? But he was just like one of those guys. That belongs to a different era like nobody would say that now in a business setting would they let's bring it back all right also the the doctor riddle at the beginning of the movie is another riddle that i've heard my whole life that was that popularized by this movie or has that been or was that around that i don't know hey that's i think that was probably predated i think that just an old famous yeah a couple more uh we mentioned all the cbs production booth stuff the sleek leather golf bags house and i were admiring those have just gone golf bags have just become gigantic and unwieldy and i don't understand what we're doing well i think those bags um were gigantic in their own right and heavy as f because that's why we don't have them anymore yeah yeah because whatever the materials they were using a couple small ones any movie with a pawn shop involved just like a pawn shop's always a win yeah i mean i'm always excited to be in one in a movie salome Texas pawn shops and strip clubs I mean you know we got any movie the strip joint involved also in par 5's on 18 where you have to carry the water just in general good great what is that what's the best course that has a par 5 with water I mean Torrey Pines is probably the most famous you know the north course there yeah no south course whatever I messed it up it doesn't matter Cheech Marin is the sidekick young Jimmy Roberts grilling Roy after round three I'm surprised there weren't more fake more real people in that scene more uh journalists yeah tom and ali they're probably like get out tom fuck you um lazy deep west texas as a movie setting i was like like love it midnight run has like a whole stretch of the move in there varsity blues is there always works what was the armadillo budget for this movie do you think there's the same armadillo or a family of armadillos there's multiple armadillos in one scene so they must have had there must have been an armadillo Wrangler.
1:01:12Bill Simmons:The Tin Cup jokes that came out of this movie is A Wood Stage is the Best. Anytime somebody melts down. Vandervelde was the most famous one. But anytime it happens in a tournament where somebody hits in the water late, it's like, oh, here we go, Tin Cup. Nash Bridges, Don Johnson and Cheech Marin ended up on Nash Bridges on CBS for like a million years together. And then for A Wood Stage is the Best, this is actually segues into the Steven Seagal Shitting on Himself Award for most unbelievable story from the shoot that actually existed. You know about Steven Seagal shitting on himself? I do not.
1:01:45Bill Simmons:Got choked out by a stunt coordinator and think out for justice and allegedly shit on himself. Denies that he shit on himself. Kyle Brand and I litigated for 20 minutes. Wow. So here's the story. They wanted to get all the pros to be extras. So they went to the PGA Pro Wives and offered them a banquet where they could meet Kevin Costner and Don Johnson who were like in their primes. And all the wives and girlfriends were like, we want to meet. And so all the pros ended up being in the movie for SAG minimum$600. Wow. That's a real story. So we'll take one more break and then we got the Big Kahuna Burger Award for best use of food and drink, which is a very important Joe House category that's next.
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1:03:01They go to the Waffle House in between rounds. And, you know, the folks, everybody, both Rene Russo and the other lady suggest, why don't we go somewhere else? We got some money. Let's go somewhere a little fancier. And Roy is adamant. Nope, we're staying right here. I'm a Waffle House guy. This is where I belong.
1:03:22Bill Simmons:It's a secretly important tin cup scene. It is. No, we're not going to the steakhouse. We're going to the fucking Waffle House. I made the mistake asking House what his order would have been with the crew. And as Jacko can attest, it was a 45-second answer. I love the pork chop, eggs. He had it right ready to go. There was no thought needed. What are you talking about? There was a waffle for dessert. Waffle for dessert? Yeah. Can I throw an honorable mention in for chasing bourbon with liquid antacid? Yeah. Yeah, what was that? How was that? Maylocks and whiskey. That's a good one. I didn't even know that there was.
1:03:54an acid drink and he was just going back and forth yeah it sounds like something that's true to the era though the maalox in a in a bottle i still drink pepto out of a bottle bottle what i'll drink pepto-bismol out of a bottle i have a giant pink bottle in a closet and under certain circumstances depends on you know like an indian food dinner night right like like like as a precautionary measure right now you need food in a pepto-bismol chaser to get ahead of it i'm waiting you wake up i'm like oh you know i gotta calm things down glug glug from the straight from the bottle right back to bed it's awesome right back to bed you wake up glug back to sleep yeah because i've been awoken because of like you know the acid reflux whatever you know i like
1:04:42Bill Simmons:eating past the point when you should stop eating and then comedy house doesn't lay up at the dinner It's an important one. How does that lay out? Welcome to the Rewatchables brought to you by Pepto Bismol. Right. We're giving them a free sponsor here. The Great Shot Gorder Award, Most Cinematic Shot. That wide shot on Roy's putt on 10, I really like. Den of Thieves Benny Hanna Award, Seen So in Location. Jacko voted for the Golden Tassel, the strip joint. Good wide shot. But it's got to be the 18th, the water. Which you said was like a course in Houston? Yes. That they kind of rejiggered? Right.
1:05:22I don't even think they rejiggered it. I mean, you know, the hole exists, and you can play that golf hole. I think it's a par four.
1:05:29Bill Simmons:Chess Rockwell, Brock Leonard's worth for best character name. Roy McAvoy is really good. Yep. That's like you have that name, and you're just like, all right, it's a golf movie. The guy's name's Roy McAvoy. Funny story from Nance. My guy. My guy Nance. Your guy. he had in his head as Rory McIlroy rose ascended to be careful because he had Roy McIlroy in his life before he had Rory McIlroy in his life and he confesses that he had to be careful early on as Rory ascended I love Nance House gets a flex category so I'm giving it I'm giving you created a category during this movie and it's called the, uh, their fucking category for, we're watching this.
1:06:16Bill Simmons:There's this moment with, uh, with, with Molly and, uh, and Roy when she comes back for the second lesson and there's some body language stuff and house is like, is it a rewatchables category? The moment in the movie when you know the two characters are going to fuck. And I'm like, now it is. So it's the, oh, they're fucking, I don't know. We may, we got to workshop the title a little bit, but, um, Yeah, when he takes her to the river and he's licking her hand. Oh, I'm sorry. So it was when she stops by the trailer. That's when it was. My bad. I got it wrong. To me, it was. When he stops, when she stops by her trailer, his trailer, the house is like, is there a category to commensurate this?
1:06:55She came to the trailer ostensibly to apologize for not giving him the correct sort of therapeutic direction. After he spilled his heart there. He spills his heart and she has a weird reaction. and she calls up some other friend psychologist who obviously gives her terrible advice or she ignores the advice and goes to his trailer to apologize and is like, that's it. It is game on.
1:07:17Bill Simmons:I was thinking that would have been a good one to have for previous movies we've done, like Basic Instinct. Oh, yeah. Where they're in the car and she's like, do you smoke, Shooter? He's like, not anymore. It's like, yes, you do. And it's like, ah, they're fucking. I'm going to workshop the title, though. the uh butch's girlfriend's award butch's girlfriend award for weak link of the film what did you have craig i this movie has no lesson there's like nothing to take away from this movie but maybe that's the point but like there's nothing to really learn he doesn't learn he says that at the end but i don't know sports movies like half the part of a sports movie is you come away with it with a lesson right the lesson is don't lay up right is it isn't it he ruined his life or or he's now immortal he he did qualify for next year's the open and his house pointed out when we're watching it today he probably made 10 million dollars in endorsements like he made like hooters is like that in 1996 hooters is like how much yeah pepto-bismol
1:08:21Bill Simmons:he's the people's champion yeah he takes john daly's territory immediately um that's that would be my only counter but i think you're probably right the only other thing i had was uh just for time the entire stripper storyline he owed her money giving her the deed of it yeah it's an easy cut 15 minutes yeah easy cut uh can i get can i get a vote uh jacko you i have a spot for you in the rundown do you get to do your thing now well this is for your week link of the film i think the ex-wife i'm sure she's a lovely woman that actress but she was too old to be kevin costner's ex-wife we googled her and she was 56 at the time of this movie and costner's like 40 56 yeah the stripper yeah ex-wife or ex-girlfriend ex-girlfriend oh ex-girlfriend okay ex-girlfriend but she i don't think it was plausible that she was going to be a love interest of kevin costner and there yeah that that whole thing maybe it was like a jason momo lisa bonet type thing and i made the joke when we watched it where i said i think she started stripping at jack Ruby's Carousel Club in Dallas.
1:09:20Oh, no. Oh, no. And then moved west to West Texas. I apologize to that actress, who I'm sure is a lovely woman in real life and still with us, according to Google. Thank God.
1:09:34Bill Simmons:That wasn't your week link in the film. You had a take on the Roy McAvoy. Oh, that's another week. I hate to, this is a fine movie. I hate to shit on it. But in the beginning, Roy McAvoy is philosophical and he's quoting Carl Sandburg and he has all these things about nod to the gods and the earth and all these things. And then later when he qualifies for the US Open or qualifies for the sectional and she's spouting things saying, well, you're somewhere between denial and delusion. And he's like, why are you using them big words? So it's like, is he like this really secret philosopher genius or is he a yokel?
1:10:06And they can't really ever decide.
1:10:08Bill Simmons:It just goes back and forth between those two worlds. I think it's a very fair point. House, your weak link of the film was that you don't feel like a golf pro would ever get the shanks well no no i i could see a golf pro getting like shanks where you're hitting in their driving range sideways and that and the drive the the scene where they're where he's lost at his own range where he and and romeo are trying to sort of sort it out him showing up at the mother effing u.s open and getting up there and not having a solve an immediate solution to, you know, one shank is fine. He has the nerves. He's like, you know, the long shot that came out of nowhere.
1:10:47The whole thing is extraordinarily intimidating. They're in awe of all of it. Romeo's like, whose autograph can I get? Okay, one shank, fine. But the fact that it persists and he continues to proclaim that he can't fix it. Mother effer, you're supposed to be a ball striking golf pro. like you never had anybody who had the shanks and you told them what to do to fix it like they just went too hard on it the level of shanking was too much like what you say like going right straight down the line and like hitting golfer's feet like no pro is ever going to be that bad it's actually quite hard to do that I'm not even sure you could do that if you tried
1:11:26Bill Simmons:my weak link is is really simple the movie should end when he says nice part David and I can't believe it goes on for like five more minutes I don't know what they were thinking I don't know where the studio was. He had to suck her fingers one more time. And it was like, we got to close off this Cheech Marin strip joint head plot. And it's like, no, we actually don't. We don't. Nice Par David is a great ending. Let's get the fuck out. It's actually the best line of the movie. Great line. It's great. Wide shot, camera back, we're gone. I'm not defending it. What I think is plausible is there was a possibility of a Tin Cup 2.
1:12:02And the Tin Cup 2 could have revolved around, because she makes a point of telling him the next thing for you is Q school. And that could have been a storyline for Tin Cup 2. Counter. Set up. Counter. Go ahead.
1:12:16Bill Simmons:End the movie on Nice Part David. You could have had Nancy. I'm not arguing. You could have had Nancy and with that 12, he qualifies for the US Open next year and then the sequel's set up. Will there be a next year? But whatever. Maybe Cheech Marin was really into tangoing and he's like, I want it in my contract that I get to tango. One scene. the only way I'll do Teen Cuff. I honestly think they made a bet, Ron Shelton and Cheech Marin at some point. It's like, alright, if I win, I get my tango scene. It's like, alright, fine. I'll put it in the movie. If you can drive the water here, you get to do it.
1:12:46Bill Simmons:Speaking of Cheech Marin, we don't get to give this enough. The Vincent Chase Award for, are we sure this character was actually good at his job? That was my flex. Oh, that was your flex? I'm sorry, Craig. Terrible caddy. Horrible caddy. Breaks his three wood in half, causes him to collapse, gets him blacked out drunk and gives him three hours of sleep before day one of the u.s open doesn't talk him out of not laying up with like five million dollars on the line can't convince him of anything if he just doesn't get blacked out drunk the night before the u.s open he wins by a landslide yeah he wins by like seven strokes he just shoots a 75 that day he's fine so he knocks it in the water and 18 in the fourth round and he's like give me give me another ball i'm like i'm taking my bag and i'm walking where the drop thing is and we're gonna i'm putting the ball right there and you're gonna fucking hit the ball from right there yeah he's a terrible cat not to mention he abandons him and he does really well without him anyway um the guy the guy's needy he's like i was like to have the whole conversation like was he better than me it's like who wants a needy caddy nobody there's just one too many things going on i feel like they're trying to force the roy mcavoy romeo like bromance that there's like a whole scene where they're making up i don't know if that needs to be there but i cut it and you have renee russo then it's his relationship with golf it's like one too many what's age the worst uh we've already covered a couple including roy getting a little handsy um house you had some thoughts on roy's golf outfits they went at the driving range well there are there was there's a whole section of the movie yes uh really all of the time leading up to them making it to the u.s open many times he shows up wearing clothes that look like he just finished his maitre d shift at a crab a crab restaurant in miami like there's a lot of pastel he's got but he's got leather loafers on i mean i get that we're supposed to uh buy that he's a he's he's casual his vibe is west texas casual but the clothes aren't any have anything to do with west texas it's all these pastels and stuff he's the hawaiian shirts uh and and and leather he looked like he was in a miami vice episode which i thought was a crucial point.
1:15:00Bill Simmons:He's in fucking nowhere Texas. Right. Why is he wearing linen? Also, doesn't wear a hat at the U.S. Open. No visor, no hat, nothing. So in the 90s, that was a little more common. Is that right? I feel like that's true. Skin cancer wasn't really on the radar. I can tell you it wasn't on the radar for any of us. I have some photos of a sunburn jackass. We made the joke about it was Don Johnson's wardrobe from Miami Vice, but now that I find you reported that he and Costner really are friends, like maybe it was. Like literally. Maybe Costner was like, these armadillos are costing us a fortune. Can you bring some stuff from Miami Vice for me to wear?
1:15:31Some pants and some loafers?
1:15:35Bill Simmons:I don't understand that half hour of wardrobe. And then by the time we get to the open, it's okay. Yeah, looks good. Clothes are on point. This is too big to be a nitpick. So Molly never realizes Sims is an asshole until she overhears him being mean to a fan. She doesn't see that at all. Never in any other tournament except that one. I mean, that would be normal for him. Doesn't sound like they're hanging out too much. Sims might have had many girlfriends. Was she a beard? Throwing that out too. That's why he went back to Roy to get him to caddy for him. Did you like her to begin with? The Sims-Molly thing, I was just never buying that combo.
1:16:20Bill Simmons:What's age the worst? He qualifies for the U.S. Open in like a day and a half? he plays like two rounds of golf is that easy is it that easy to make the u.s open craig could you make the u.s open probably give me a couple weeks could you just like you're playing like in orange county you win a tournament and then well what you win one more and you're in the u.s open yes there's a local and and then there's a sectional the local is an 18 hole thing and they take you know you have to be a two whatever the the line of demarcation is demonstrating your capacity to be good at golf. Right. Because you can't be a bum and show up and waste everybody's time.
1:16:58But you have to be in the top two or three or whatever at the local to make it to the sectional. And then the sectional is like four spots for 78 golfers. And it is the so-called longest day of golf. It's mid-June. And there are these sectionals all over the country. I think there's one in Canada too.
1:17:15Bill Simmons:So is there a certain threshold or they're only taking like 20 golfers? They're only taking like 20, 25 total golf, whatever the number is. So Roy makes this, even though his caddy broke all of his clubs. Can we pay for me for the next year to try to qualify? Can that be our next project? I mean, we are sending the fantasy show to Ireland. Now you want to qualify for the US Open? Yeah, they're going to Ireland for the fantasy football show. Steelers-Vikings week four. Oh my God. It's going to be like six people going and probably four coming back. We might just lose multiple people. Can we play golf?
1:17:48Can I executive produce that one too? I was like, what?
1:17:54Bill Simmons:Any other what's aged the worst? I don't think there's a lot that actually has aged badly about this movie. It kind of holds up. The Ruffalo Hannah Rubinick Partridge overacting award. It's not overacting, but it's something. Whatever Gary McCord's doing in his scenes. He's in a different movie. He could actually get the Teddy KGB of my own movie. I don't know what's going on with him in multiple scenes, but he's like hamming it up as an announcer, but you're in a movie that's scripted with real actors? I think it's pure McCord. And I think that they let him sort of just be him. I knew House would defend yet another member of the golf locker.
1:18:31I think House is right, though. You're not wrong about him being too much.
1:18:35Bill Simmons:You're signing up for that experience if you cast Gary McCord. That's him. If you watched golf in the 90s, that was him doing golf. I think they were like, Gary, just be yourself. I'm not even sure his lines were scripted. There's some Russo moments where she's dialing it up. quite a bit yelling at on 18. Craig's really down on Rene Russo. It's hurting the 50 year old guys here. What do we do two for the money without Pacino? Craig's going to be even more down. I was thinking with Gary McCord, who I'd like to in the mid nineties, but there are these people when they, they get the reputation for being hilarious, but they're really hilarious by comparison to everyone else.
1:19:09Bill Simmons:They're interacting with all day. This would happen. The NBA, like Blake Griffin had this and I actually think Blake Griffin's pretty funny. Yeah. But Blake Griffin as an NBA player in the early 2010s was like fucking Chris Rock selling out an 18 ,000-seat arena funny compared to everyone else who he's going against. But Gary McCord, it's like when nobody's funny in any way, he seems funnier than he probably is. Yeah. Is that fair? Gary McCord walked so David Faraday could run. Right. David Faraday's another example. Sure. Is he legitimately funny or is he just funny because he's in the golf world?
1:19:42Golf tournament funny. Yeah.
1:19:45Bill Simmons:the cr thinks luke wilson could have been harrison ford hottest take award you don't even have to necessarily totally believe this take we used to have a podcast called the hottest take that we're bringing back we had to take a four-year gave some we had to give a four-year sabbatical because craig almost got the podcast canceled when he tried to bring back cannibalism altruistic cannibalism the podcast was done like a month later um no it's actually done because we're bringing it back as a video pod and i'm excited about it but uh what's your hottest take for this movie he's just roy mcavoy's an all-time choke artist like he has no clutch in him at all even like when he's hooking up yeah that's a great point he he has when the lights are brightest he flops at the charity event he can stripe his three wood when it matters he can't he can't do it he can hit the seven iron at the bar.
1:20:40He can hit the pelican in the club. When the lights are bright, he can't... When the defining moment comes along, you define the moment or the moment defines you. Yeah, the moment defined the shit out of him. The moment bent him over and defined him right in the rear every single time. That's absolutely a thousand percent right. See money. He's crushing it.
1:21:00Bill Simmons:Hold up to Karl Malone to really... Speaking of people who let the moment define them. She's an all-time choker. Really good. I have a really hot take I think you could switch the two male leads And the movie still works I think Don Johnson can be Roy McAvoy Basically playing it I mean honestly Costner is not as good As being the kind of drunk Southern guy as Don Johnson Was as Sonny Crockett On Miami Vice He is a 10 out of 10 with that character Cigarette, calling everybody Darling, stubble Hungover, he would have been an unbelievable roy mcavoy i will say there was a few moments uh during the first re-watching of this where it's i felt like koshner was trying to figure out his accent what accent does he want that's every kevin koster movie i know but come on but robin hood he's just seen the scene he's english he's not english that that's jfk no in this one i felt like he was too southern then it then he figured it out and and don johnson's one of the only actors who can believably steal a woman away from kevin costner if it was switched great point great um i think costner's david sims would have been really good i think don johnson he it's probably like five years too late for him if it was like late 80s even don johnson i think and he's just basically sunny crockett as roy mcoboy that's the best movie of my life i would have been the opening night um all right casting what ifs So apparently they offered the role of Molly to Janine Turner and she turned it down.
1:22:36Bill Simmons:She had a run in the 90s. She was in Cliffhanger. She was in Short Hair. Yeah. She was in that Alaska movie. Yeah. Everyone used to say she was like drop dead gorgeous in person. Like kind of like Margaret Qualley now where you're just like in person another level. Anyway, she turned it down. Michelle Pfeiffer approached. Then they went the Rene Russo route. I don't know. I think Pfeiffer would have crushed. She'd have been too much, I think. oh that's too much too too like unattainable yeah too attractive yeah i just i'm not buying her as a sports psychologist in fucking east bumfuck texas yeah because she's had a series of failures chasing men and also professional failures there's no you're not buying michelle pfeiffer in any role like that with yeah even in dangerous minds a classic when she's like re re getting her life back together and teaching and interesting even that's like you'd be married by now.
1:23:31Bill Simmons:Come on. Yeah. The only believable thing is her with a cocaine problem. That's where you get believable. Scarface. Right. Fly, Pelican, fly! Dennis Quaid turned down David Sims. Would have been okay. Alec Baldwin accepted it and had to back out three weeks before filming because some family stuff. Baldwin would have been good. I think he would have been less likable earlier on in the movie. Yeah. You would have hated him sooner. It's a very easy ball. It's a very easy villain. especially in that era of him. Yeah, that would have been a good one. That's like malice, the bear level. Did you read that Kevin Costner turned down the role of Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore?
1:24:11Bill Simmons:I didn't believe that. I chose not to include that in there. It didn't add up to me. I don't think he's too big of a star. He's not going to be Shooter McGavin. Sandler wasn't even that famous when he did Happy Gilmore. He's going to be Shooter McGavin. I didn't believe that. He's like, I can only do one golf movie a year, and it's going to be Tin Cup. Right, that's it. Leguizamo was apparently offered Romeo and said no. I'm not 100 % sure I believe that, but that was in the research. Was he that big in 96? I agree. He had to have been pretty young in 96. Yeah, that's the thing. So he was in The Fan with De Niro that same year.
1:24:48Bill Simmons:That's kind of the level he was at. He was like the eighth lead in The Fan. So I don't know if I believe that one. Best that guy word. It's amazing. Cheech Baron's crew includes Moxa's dad from Varsity Blues the biker guy from The Doors the black guy who I've seen in I don't even know I've seen him in 40 things I don't even know where I've seen him from so he might be the winner and then one of the bad guys from Cliffhanger who's my winner the guy who's in John Lithgow's thing and he's flying the plane the bald guy with the mustache He's actually got kind of a big cliffhanger role, but I think he's the winner.
1:25:30Bill Simmons:Dan Waiters is a little more complicated, though. We have Jim Nance. We have Frank Cherkanian. Which one's he? The producer. The Armenian director. He was good. So funny. Or Craig Stadler. Ooh, wow. Or young, skinny, about to get a gambling problem, Phil Mickelson, if you want to just go cameo.
1:25:56i think i think it's the frank churkanian guy yeah yeah that would be my phone or nance oh i mean nance is so brokenhearted that he couldn't say nance we're gonna we're gonna re-cut this you go now i do think it was churkanian though yeah and and he's not uh camera on camera person he's not talent he's in the truck he was great it was super compelling for the story. It gave the story a great heft.
1:26:25Bill Simmons:I think he's the winner. Recasting couch director, City. Can I offer you Susan Sarandon as the strip joint owner? There you go. Nice Bull Durham connection there, too. A little bringing back to Bull Durham. She's probably the right age. Yeah, that's a better casting choice. It would have been good. Yeah. That would have been a good one. Craig, how fast I earn it research. Tin Cup, there's some expression, she's not worth a fart in a tin cup. That's where they got that from. I was confused. I assumed a golf hole is not referred to as a tin cup is that no they they said he got the name from playing baseball i thought that was kind of random and weird yeah why would it not have been a golf yeah it totally should have been a golf reference to have his nickname he's a golfer it's not known for playing baseball tin cup sounds like a hole yeah it should have been something to do with that that was such a random throwaway moment when the stripper's like oh he played catcher and he's getting hit in the nuts a lot yeah what that was the tin cup right they spent so much time and i thought um effectively so building up what his flaw was building up this this thing that he was a you know compulsory go for it guy make it a tin make tin cup make a story around that right 100 yeah like he had some bet right he bet somebody a thousand dollars that he couldn't hit a three with into a tin cup right yeah or he used to putt into a tin cup when he was a kid or something golf related yeah yeah it was just random oh he played baseball for the first time he had a premature ejaculation problem.
1:27:50Bill Simmons:It was in a tin cup. Then they called him tin cup. Costner trained extensively with Gary McCord and wrote the foreword for Golf for Dummies. There's a story about McCord. They really wanted him to be a consultant and have a cameo. And he's like, I'm only doing it for$250 ,000. And they were like, sure. Really? And he got$250 ,000, which he brags about now, which is funny when you think of all the other stuff that cut corners. How much did Vern Lundquist want? Like half a million? Oh, yeah. Is that why he's not in it? Vern's like, listen. Vern was like, maybe yes. I have the yes, sir. Everybody knows me that.
1:28:27I'm bigger than McCord. Yeah.
1:28:29Bill Simmons:Koster made all of his golf shots, or most of them. And then. Like Bob Cousy and Blue Chips. There's a bunch of. There was a John Daly in 98. Kept hitting balls in the water and became a 10-cup moment. This golfer named Eddie Pepperell. Oh, yeah. In 2019, ran out of balls. Oh. And that was compared to that. And then you have the Tiger story. Well, the Tiger story is from the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, which is, you know, I think some people would point to like the most dominant performance. The pinnacle of Tiger. Yes. And maybe of any golfer in any major in history. And the story is that he had switched balls that week.
1:29:10He had a new Nike golf ball that he put into play. and his standard approach in terms of carrying balls was 9 to 12 balls in his bag. There was a weather delay from Friday into Saturday, so he had to finish his round Saturday morning. He had taken some balls out of his bag because he didn't like the way he was putting on Friday, and he was putting in his hotel room, left them balls behind. They're out on the golf course. A ball gets a scuff, gives it to a kid. By the time they got to the 18th hole, he hooked one into the water and had one single ball left. There is a rule in golf where you are allowed to, if you can find somebody, another competitor that has the exact same manufacturer and type of ball, you can replace it.
1:29:55There's a penalty, but that ball was not replaceable. The Tiger ball, not replaceable because it was a one of one for him for that week. And his caddy asked him to hit an iron off of the 18th hole and did not tell him why. Stevie Williams did not tell Tiger why he asked him to hit an iron off the tee on number 18 on Saturday morning. Because if he had hit that ball into the water, they couldn't have found it. He would have been disqualified. And he would not have won that tournament by 15 strokes. And would have not been the most dominant performance ever in a major. So Tiger didn't question why he told him to hit the iron.
1:30:28And he hit the iron? He did not hit the iron. He hit driver. He's like, why would I hit iron? I want to hit driver. And he hit driver. Wow. Tiger.
1:30:36Bill Simmons:If he had asked Jacko for a ball, Jacko would have been like, fuck off you sure brought more that's right i'm gonna win losing my 15 shots i'll get the trophy what a weird role when i when i play golf i bring like 50 to 70 balls sure and i'll probably lose most of them there was one other research thing i saw that scene where david sims uh is an asshole to the grandparents and the kid those are costner's parents great love that yeah and the kid is the is Koster and Son, right? Yeah. Wow. So they built that, the water hazard hole, they built one and called it Tin Cup Lake. Salome, Texas is actually, they think it's Rankin, Texas, which is near Midland and Fort Stockton.
1:31:22Bill Simmons:I don't know Texas. Midland is Friday Night Lights, right? Yeah. Yeah. I think that's Odessa, but I think it's in the same area. Landman area. Jacko, they talked about a sequel called Cup at Q School, which would have followed Roy as he tried to earn his PGA card. Mid-2000s, Shelton even spent a week at a tour event. It just never happened. I think a mistake by Costner. At that point in his career, I think I would have maybe done it. How good did Costner get at golf? Do we know? What was his handicap? Apparently good, and then stopped playing right after the movie because, again, he was snotty about golf.
1:32:01Bill Simmons:Um... here's a story from, so there's an oral history that golf magazine did in 2016 that, um, now you cannot find on the internet cause they changed our archives, but there were snippets of it available. And, uh, some guy in the oral history tells this story. Um, there was a really tall pine tree and someone said to Phil Mickelson, I bet you can't put your shoulder against the tree, drop a ball and hit it over the tree. The shot basically had to go straight up. Everyone threw in a hundred bucks. There was 1200 in the pot. And he did it. When the ball was still in the air, Mickelson bent over, picked up the money and put it in his pocket.
1:32:39Bill Simmons:Phil Mickelson. No stranger. The legend. Yeah. We'll take one more break and then we'll do Apex Mountain. Chronic migraine. 15 or more headache days a month, each lasting four hours or more, can make me feel like a spectator in my own life. Botox. Onibotulinum toxin A prevents headaches in adults with chronic migraine. It's not for those with 14 or fewer headache days a month. It's the number one prescribed branded chronic migraine preventive treatment.
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1:33:46Bill Simmons:All right, Apex Mountain. Jack, do you know what Apex Mountain is? I do not. Well, nobody else does either. Nobody can figure it out. It's the peak of somebody's career combined with when they had the most juice. someone or something someone or something kevin costner the answer is no for him did we decide what his was it's dances with wolves okay yeah he directs he stars he wins the oscars he could do any movie he wants after dances wolves cheech baron it's probably somewhere in the late 70s with tommy chong or yeah i actually looked up cheech for this he crushed cars that the whole franchise of cartoons he participated in door the explorer and the cartoon cars he's one of those he's ramon he's one of those vehicles and and he i i mean i he had a long career post this this movie yeah this is probably going to make you throw up but i know him from spy kids no i'm not surprised by that he had a whole second act as so maybe that's that might be maybe that's what it is his second act Don Johnson, Miami Vice.
1:34:56Bill Simmons:Not only his Apex Mountain, but mine. Just being able to watch it. Not laying up, just as a concept in golf. Did it ever get better than this? Turned into a podcast. Those guys. Good job by those guys. West Texas for a movie location. Friday Night Lights. Yeah. Which is Midland was the team they played, right? They were in that area. I think they're next to each other or nearby. Renee Russo. She might have been bigger in Lethal Weapon 3 and 4. Thomas Chronifer was big, right? Yeah, that too. Honestly, it might be this movie. Because after this movie leads to like, she's in three more bangers and is really established.
1:35:43Bill Simmons:And she wasn't the first choice of it. But I think after this movie, she became a first choice. Peter Jacobson wins the U.S. Open in this movie. I'm going to say this is his apex mountain. This is not somebody winning majors in real life. It's a nitpick for the movie, too. The CBS crew in a movie, definitely. Golf movies?
1:36:07Caddyshack.
1:36:07Bill Simmons:I still think it's Caddyshack. There's only three candidates. I still think it's Caddyshack. Caddyshack this, Happy Gilmore? Yeah. It has to be Caddyshack. Caddyshack's like the most quotable movie of all time. And just so much about that has become iconic. Influential, all those guys in it. The only thing I would say is they had two different goals and the golf-sicko appeal of Tin Cup because of the lyrical. It's not it. I know. I would say the other one would be Happy Gilmore. Yeah. Yeah. Agreed. It's Happy Gilmore of Caddy Shack. Yeah, it's generational. Yeah. Happy Gilmore 2 will not be as generational.
1:36:44No, I don't think so. Although it might be for 13-year-olds who like Mr. Beast videos, maybe. the waffle house oh no the waffle house has a life of its own it does as a movie location i think oh not for movies but no but like it's just as a thing as a as a meme i think it's been in other movies and and been properly revered that's worth looking at it's
1:37:11Bill Simmons:not i don't think it is i don't think it's apex bound for the u.s open either i think the u.s opens probably had some better moments armadillos not i think if they've been in a in a movie in a better way it's like pretty prominent uh the seven iron what is the seven iron had a like a better tour for well just the fact that house said they have a whole tournament where guys have to play with that based on this movie that's pretty good 65 with it yeah and then uh this is a big one jim nance in a movie jim nance movie wise not career wise but movie wise well movie wise yes but career wise no no okay no how about jim nance and ken venturi together no they had bigger real life golf moments i would say all right i have an apex mountain for you yeah unexpected unexpected sports losses to end the movie when a sports movie ends with a loss yeah is this the apex of that i think there's your friday night lights they lose remember the titans they lose a league of their own loss at the end for for jesus yeah but is this the is this the peak of that might be your thing about the david sims that you actually rooting for the wrong person you should be rooting for laurie petty in that movie yeah is this the best sports loss ever in a movie.
1:38:34Bill Simmons:So the answer, those are all great questions. I love the category, but the answer is Rocky won. Yeah, I was going to ask. He loses in Rocky won. I thought it's a tie. They tie. No, he loses. It wasn't a draw. It wasn't a draw. He lost the majority of the decision. I was making that puzzled face. So I think that's the answer. Because they both hit the ground at the same time, right? I think the best twist on it was probably Friday Night Lights, though. Because they set it up where you really think they're about to win, and then they don't. Yeah. That's a good one. Good category, though. Cruz or Hanks?
1:39:06I mean, this is Hanks by a million, right?
1:39:08Bill Simmons:So this is a version of Hanks that he only brought out in League of Their Own. And it's a version I really like of him. Stubble, drunk, kind of sarcastic Tom Hanks. He just veered away from it. I would love to see Cruz learn how to golf. Like watching Cruz golf is way more interesting and entertaining than watching Tom Hanks golf. Listen, Cruz doing Tin Cup would have been one of the greatest moments of the 90s. Him also trying to become a drunk kind of West Texas. It would have been bizarre casting. He could have done it. We should do a draft. Done it and been a disaster or actually done it? I think he could have done it.
1:39:44Cruz would have demanded that he drilled the shot the first time and won the US. We should do a draft of movies you wish Tom Cruz was in. Tin Cups up there for me. I want to watch him play golf.
1:39:57Bill Simmons:That's really good. We should do that on my podcast. That could be a good mailbag category when we do the Rewatchables mailbag. Scorsese or Spielberg? Probably Spielberg. I agree. Ed Spielberg. Jack always hesitant to be in the Rewatchables, but now he loves it. I kind of want to just have this role in all of it. I was put off by all the categories, but I enjoyed just chiming in. Well, now you know. There you go. What role would Philip Seymour Hoffman have played? clearly somebody in the Cheech Baron crew. I think it's the TCU guy. The guy who's wearing all the TCU gear who has to be his caddy that one time.
1:40:34Oh, Earl. Yeah, Earl.
1:40:36Bill Simmons:Oh, that guy. He would have been Earl. I love that, by the way, that he's just rocking TCU in every scene. Pickin' Nitz. We hit a bunch of them. She's a sports psychologist in East Bumfuck, Texas. Why wouldn't Sims teach her how to golf? Here's one we didn't hit. Why was David Sims' charity tournament nationally televised and it was one round? what was going on there with a big purse like half a million dollars and it's like he's just oh do you want to be he made it seem like it was this rinky-dink thing but then it's like there's a national crew there i guess he was so famous at the time that if you start your own tournament it's it's a big deal um roy and romeo they're broke but they have no problem breaking an entire set of golf clubs right as they're like hawking stuff at the same time they're just breaking stuff left and right.
1:41:27Did you snap a club that easily back then? The 90s clubs? The 90s clubs you could. It would have hurt. They were. Those steel shafts, they looked like they were steel shafts. I think it would have hurt.
1:41:37Bill Simmons:We talked about this earlier, but Roy getting bombed before his first US Open ever is ludicrous. Nobody's doing that. Nobody is that self-destructive. You'd have to have like a heroin problem. And adding in the sleep deprivation, it was a double whammy by Romeo, where he was already hammered, and then at the end he was like, I gotta be up in three hours? And then he passes out? It's pretty brutal roy finished minus one he shot an 83 62 64 and 78 so if he just got a four or five on that last hole he would have had a 71 so he would have gone 83 62 64 71 62 and 64 back to back would have been like the biggest story of the decade well 62 was the record in the movie right he breaks the record to shoot a 126 and two rounds in a row is when you're a nobody from east bump fuck yeah that would have been a massive massive massive sports story just pointing that out nobody ever shot 6200 major but somebody else uh house was pointing out that our guy who won dm waiter is frank churkinian whatever his name is churkinian churkinian a couple weird quotes from him where he's like we gotta keep an eye on this tin cup guy it's like the final round he's in the final matchup.
1:42:51Bill Simmons:It's like, we're all keeping an eye on him. He's in first place. Get a camera on that guy. Three holes left. There's three holes left. You would be following him everywhere. He might be the story. But then the big one, which I don't think we hit strongly enough, was we never see what happens with David Sims. It's unbelievable. Because if he birdies 18, he gets into a playoff with Jacobson. He lays up. He lays up. He's just got to go up and down. Up and down, he gets a he's in a playoff. He has to stand there and wait for the entirety of the dopey Roy to hit the ball into the water. But Roy, just the tournament ends.
1:43:28Bill Simmons:Roy walks off. We don't see Peter Jacobson celebrating. There's like 19 things going wrong. Everybody rushed the green. He couldn't putt out because they tore up the green to try to jump in the water to get his ball. Tournament's over. Sorry, David Sims. Just pick it up, Dave. We'll give you a four or whatever. Yeah. This is really crazy. Anyway, sequel, prequel, prestige tv all black cast are untouchable prestige tv so they made stick which a lot of people like on apple tv which is a little a little like a cousin why'd you make a face um i i'm only halfway through it okay um but it's like that same kind of golf pro kind of a never was um how about a i like a prequel college days sims and mcavoy university of houston also university of Houston, Jim Nance.
1:44:18Nance could have been there as like the student broadcaster. That's right. Nance would have known that. House just blacked out. I'm there for all of this. And the prequel could have a better reason why he's called Tin Cup. Yeah, you find out in that movie. A college golf competition movie would be great.
1:44:34Bill Simmons:Yeah. Is this movie better with Wayne Jenkins, Danny Trejo, Doris Burke, Sam Jackson, Nell, Byron Mayo, Tony Romo, Chris Collinsworth, Daniel Plainview, Longlegs, or Wilford Brimley? in the firm. I'm so excited Jacko is here because we finally get to do Mike and the Mad Dog on the rewatchables. Mike and the Mad Dog, the next A &W fan after Roy McAvoy shot a 12. Do you want to be Dog or Francesa? Either one. You're a better Dog. I mean, Mike, you gotta take the putt and take the drop, Mike. What are you doing there? You're gonna be kidding me. It's a humongous humongous mistake. Humongous. You just, you get in at five.
1:45:16Bill Simmons:You take the playoffs, dog. I mean, you're nobody from Texas. You got to take the drop. What are you doing? I mean, I know they're dumb in Texas, dog, but this was dumb even for people in Texas. I cannot believe it's a humongous mistake. So that's your answer? This would have been a better show if Mike and the Mad Dog did the day after. That should have been the closing credits. That should have been the last five minutes of the movie. Mike and the Mad Dog would have been amazing. Dog just having an absolute stroke. And he's right back. What are you doing? Just one Oscar. Who gets it? I brought this up when we watched it.
1:45:46Cheech Marin, when he does that speech after he breaks all the clubs. Oh, when he gets his Oscar speech? Yeah, that was like that monologue. It was Oscar worthy.
1:45:53Bill Simmons:It's not the soundtrack. That won a Grammy. I'm giving it to Don Johnson just because I love Don Johnson. Now that I have the studio, I'm bringing Don Johnson. I'm inviting him on the podcast. You got to dive into his life. I admire Cheech's range. I would go for Cheech. What do you have, Craig? Cheech is great. I couldn't think of it. Probably unanswerable questions. The dick measuring contest would have been amazing if they had actually filmed it. These are two Hollywood legends, Don Johnson and Kevin Costner. Pretty notable reputations. So thank God. That would have been an NC-17. Strong stick man.
1:46:30Bill Simmons:Is this the most revered golf movie or is it Happy Gilmore? What's the most beloved golf movie right now? Did we say Katyschek? No, I'm not talking about... I'm saying right now the most... Most Americans, if you did a poll, if we did a poll, like if it was part of the 2028 election and you had to vote on, what is your favorite golf movie? This probably doesn't win. Does Happy Gilmore win? It's hard for me to say. I'm probably skewed because of my age, but I think Happy Gilmore is more famous. I mean, the fact that they just made the second one and it was so big, Sandler's fame. I think it's more of a slapstick comedy, which I think lives on a little bit easier.
1:47:07Bill Simmons:But this is more revered in the golf community, I think, because of how they handled it. More of a movie about golf. Yeah, and the - With the actual PGA. There's proper authenticity to it. But I mean, I think popularity-wise, it's happy. Also revered in the premature Jack O 'Hare community as well. Yeah, up there in Forrest Gump. Fucking Roy McAvoy. That's a prequel. Yeah. The Zawantane Award for what happened the next day, we don't get to give this out very often. And we never had a sequel. So Roy becomes a national story. I think multiple sponsors. he would have cashed in big time probably blown all the money written a book or he just gets drunk and kicks himself because he was already starting to beat himself up about I just lost the US Open well he had to pay back the IRS first maybe it goes dark it becomes like traffic he just starts doing heroin but he's so happy he got the girl are they married she has a viable career path If she goes on tour working with tour professionals, then that dummy should just go on tour and play, and he could be, you know.
1:48:17Bill Simmons:So he tries to get his PGA card, so how long does that take? He has to go there. He had to go to Q school, and back then it was like, you know, this multi-layer, multi-round thing. I'm guessing if he could shoot a 62 and a 64 back-to-back in North Carolina, he could probably become a. And then you get the same issue because if he goes on tour and becomes a good golfer, and now his girlfriend is mentoring other golfers, he becomes David Sims in this scenario and the other golfers that she is now working with become Roy McAvoy. I think she would have to I think she'd have to end her practice. I think it's a conflict of interest if she's basically helping other golfers and her husband or boyfriend is trying to compete against them.
1:48:56Bill Simmons:I gotta find out for Mallory what is her reaction to Kevin Costner not really getting it done in the sex scene. I think the excuses would have been plentiful from the Mallory side. it was late night he was tired from the course a lot of drinks definitely alcohol still hung over alright this one goes to all of you what piece of memorabilia would you want or not want from this movie I narrowed it down to the Roy's 3 wood or 7 iron or the 10 cup fan club hat that's pretty sweet the tournament worn there's only one that's it it's like right behind house right now yeah i think that's probably the answer yeah yeah what do you think jacko one of the armadillos stuffed taxidermy or the pelican maybe the pelican and the armadillo if you wanted to go taxidermy a signed letter from the pita member who was on set making sure the pelican was fine right i like the hat yeah the visor the visor is the best one yeah well imagine who's in the studio right now what would be a bigger conversation piece like if i had the seven iron behind house seven iron would be cool or the whole bag that red bag with the tassels bag yeah the grit the leather bag or the last bag the the leather bag bag is like a red leather bag with with the tassels on every club cover i just realized that golden tassel head covers was a throwback isn't that what the strip club was called the golden tassel yeah was that like the ex-girlfriend because she owned it owned him now and that they had to do like a little shout out with the covers renee russo pretty cool with The ex-girlfriend's tripper just hanging around.
1:50:38Yeah, they were turning.
1:50:38Bill Simmons:They became best friends pretty quick. Right away. Oh, that should have been a pick and nits. Yeah. She would have hated that one, right? She's like, oh, that's Roy for you. She's like, okay. What about a framed broken three wood? Like if you had that in a frame, the snapped three wood? Oh, from the qualifying thing? Yeah. That's good. That's good. Stuff Pelican. Coach Finstack award best life lesson. I guess it's don't lay up. Craig had trouble finding a lesson. Be true to yourself. I feel like it's both don't lay up and lay up. Just figure out the don't lay up, lay up thing better. Well, because at the end, this is what I don't get.
1:51:12He doesn't lay up, and you're like, you know what? He's stuck to his guns. But then at the final scene in bed or on the couch, he's like, you know, I guess what I learned is sometimes you should listen to your brain, not just your heart. Yeah, that's a good point. So I'm like, lay up or don't lay up? I don't know. He's pretty stupid. It's not really be true to yourself, because at the end, he's like, I shouldn't have been true to myself. I should have gone with my head and not my heart. I threw away the US Open. Yeah.
1:51:34Bill Simmons:Double feature choice house. I don't think so. You have to make one. No is not an acceptable answer. No one's ever said that before. That was great.
1:51:50Bill Simmons:What movie would you watch before or after this movie if you had to go to a double feature? That's the category. Thomas Crown Affair immediately. I can't get enough Rene Russo. Wow. What do you have? Happy Gimler? I love golf movies. I love just hanging out at the golf course. I did Caddyshack. What do you have, Jack? Well, yeah, because you and I are of the age where we would say Caddyshack over Happy Gilmore, but I think depending on your age, either is an acceptable choice. Who won the movie?
1:52:19It's probably Costner, but part of me wants to say Jim Nance. I mean, it's easy for me. It's definitely Jim Nance.
1:52:28Bill Simmons:Jim Nance won the movie. He does a lot for the movie. I do think the last hour, him being there just makes the whole thing so much more dramatic and intense and realistic and enjoyable it's great jacko i want to say jerkinian because i liked his performance so much but i really did and i think that he played himself and america got to see it because i've read stuff about him but uh the answer is costner i mean the whole thing's a vehicle for him okay so the answer is costner because this is kind of the end of this runny head he's moving by the late 90s we're doing for love of the game a movie that i really like but some people don't but it's it's we're at the tail end of this incredible no hits the yankees that's why you like well that's i mean that part's great but we this is the tail end of this incredible a plus list run he has and it's it's kind of not the same after this um and he also exacted as much as he could out of different versions of this persona and now we move into like older and then we move into draft day kevin costner and yellowstone kevin costner he's also a piece of a bygone era and of actors that like i don't know because i think he's like 40 41 in this movie costner yeah i don't know who you cast now this movie wouldn't be made now but i don't know who you get to kind of be the everyman good looking athletic kind of play any sport looks like a normal person doesn't have you know fillers in his face i don't really know who who that is now is it it could ham do it or is he too pretty it could have been ham's a little old now but yeah it could have been ham 10 years ago maybe ham's a good one it is like a ham kind of part he's got he could grow the stubble out yeah you have to look like you have to be attractive but also look like a normal person you can't be too ripped you know you can't be too yeah that rules out affleck yeah everyone's too old now there's no 40 year old generation of guys that are like the costner the harrison fords we don't have that because everyone's fucking british now and they just like look produce white american actors anymore who Who play this part?
1:54:30Bill Simmons:They're all British dudes. They're too pretty. Everyone's too manicured, ripped now, you know? Yeah, like Chalamet, I'm not buying is Ray McElroy. It's like maybe Glenn Powell. Glenn Powell's also... He's too pretty, too. He's too pretty. He's really good looking. Shia LaBeouf. Well, Costner's really good looking, though. I think Costner's a little bit more gruff. I think you hit it. I think it might be Glenn Powell. Is it Glenn Powell? Yeah, he would just have to basically kind of bang himself up a little bit. Yeah. see i think i said when we watched it i think costner was too pretty for this i didn't i think it would have been better with like michael keaton like a disheveled michael keaton like down on his luck and he'd be like a little wisecracky you know costner you're not gonna buy that he's like down on his luck and living in a trailer he's too good looking renee russo's not throwing it all away for keaton well that's yeah you gotta get rid of her in the movie too then if you're going now you just have two mediocre looking people one thing that happens in movies like this is the the people around the person who's already fucked up his life, who are also throwing away their lives to basically be in his cult.
1:55:31Bill Simmons:Hitch their wagon. It's like, what is it? Cheech Marin's like 48 at this point. When do you give up on Roy McDevoy? He's in love with Roy. Let's be honest. So that's where you might go in the, you know, but then he steps in with the, Oh, to get, maybe to make Roy jealous. Maybe. It's like, I'm now I'm with your 50 year old ex-girlfriend. The whole crew of that guy. It's like, what, what is their life choice led to where like, You're just hanging out at this down in the market, down in the mouth driving range where there's no money to be made and there's no clientele. You just hang out and drink beer and shoot the shit.
1:56:05Bill Simmons:Well, 30 years later, they're on their way to January 6th. Jesus. Heard there's something going on in D.C. Is there a Waffle House in D.C.? Let's make a ride. All right, that was a really fun, interesting rewatchable. Good, I enjoyed it. Executive produced by John O 'Connell, a.k.a. Jacko. Thank you. Thanks to Craig. I don't get to ask you what we thought about the movie since you're one of the co-hosts. Joe House, pleasure as always. Thanks to Gahau and Veronica as well. And we'll be back next week on The Rewatchables.
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