
Happy Gilmore 2(2025)
Happy Gilmore isn't done with golf — not by a long shot. Since his retirement after his first Tour Championship win, Gilmore returns to finance his daughter's ballet classes.


“He doesn't play golf... he destroys it.”
Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on the green courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin — is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize money. Meanwhile, an attractive tour publicist tries to soften Happy's image.

Adam Sandler
Happy Gilmore

Christopher McDonald
Shooter McGavin

Julie Bowen
Virginia Venit

Frances Bay
Grandma

Carl Weathers
Chubbs

Allen Covert
Otto

Robert Smigel
IRS Agent

Bob Barker
Self

Richard Kiel
Mr. Larson

Dennis Dugan
Doug Thompson
Happy Gilmore is a comedy film released in 1996 exploring themes of sports, loss of loved one, golf, taxes, class differences, prize money. Directed by Dennis Dugan, it stars Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen. Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on the green courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin — is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize money. Meanwhile, an attractive tour publicist tries to soften Happy's image.
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