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Premiere: February 16, 1996

Type: Movie

Genres/Tags: Movie-Comedy

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Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) is an aspiring ice hockey player who masters a powerful slapshot that his late father taught him as a child. However, his aggression and poor skating ability render it impossible for him to make any hockey team. His grandmother (Frances Bay), with whom he's lived almost all his life due to an unfortunate hockey-related incident which killed his father, has not paid taxes on her home for several years. As such, she owes $270,000 to the IRS and the house that Happy's grandfather "built with his bare hands" is about to be seized. A pair of movers challenge Happy to shoot golfballs and he hits 400 yards three times. After making $40, Happy goes to the local country club to make money. When a one-handed ex-golf pro Chubbs Peterson (Carl Weathers) sees Happy's shot, he convinces Happy to join the PGA Tour.

Aspiring Tour winner Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald) sees Gilmore as a threat, and tries to thwart any attempt of his to steal his thunder. Although his golf game and his manners on the green aren't rounded (his driving is excellent but he has trouble when it comes to putting), Happy is guided by Chubbs and the tour PR head (Julie Bowen), who help him in finding his own way to win tournaments with a cooler head. Although his time on the course is jeopardized when he was goaded into attacking Bob Barker, Happy manages to make some extra money by signing an endorsement deal with Subway, thus earning the $275,000 he needs to buy back his grandmother's house.

Unfortunately, at the auction, he is outbid by Shooter McGavin, who offers Happy the house under the terms that he in exchange quits the tour. Happy initially accepts this offer, citing that his only goal was to save the house, but is persuaded to continue with his new golf career by the notion that his grandmother would rather see him succeed than have the house. Shooter agrees to give Happy the house if he beats him in the tour championship, but if Happy loses he would have to quit golf.

With some help from Chubbs and some lessons at the nearby miniature golf course, Happy improves his putting skills, but Chubbs subsequently dies in an accident involving Happy showing him the now dead head of the alligator that took his hand, causing him to stumble back in shock, straight through an open window. Determined to win the game for Chubbs, Happy goes head-to-head with Shooter. Despite Shooter's multiple attempts at sabotage, Happy wins the championship, thereby getting his grandmother's house back.

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