Golf
| Title | Year | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Follow the Sun | 1951 | Drama | Biographical film about Ben Hogan, played by Glenn Ford. |
| Pat and Mike | 1952 | Comedy | Spencer Tracy as the new trainer of a great female athlete (Katharine Hepburn). |
| The Caddy | 1953 | Comedy | Martin and Lewis golf comedy. |
| Banning | 1967 | Drama | A PGA pro (Robert Wagner) banned for cheating gets into debt and a dangerous match. |
| Babe | 1975 | Biographical | television film on life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias, starring Susan Clark and Alex Karras. |
| Caddyshack | 1980 | Comedy | Manic antics at Bushwood Country Club, starring Bill Murray, Chevy Chase and Rodney Dangerfield. |
| Dorf on Golf | 1987 | Comedy | Direct-to-video short film. The first entry in the Dorf series with Tim Conway. |
| Caddyshack II | 1988 | Comedy | Sequel to 1980 hit, with Jackie Mason as an insulted guest who decides to buy Bushwood. |
| Dead Solid Perfect | 1988 | Drama | Made for TV, based on Dan Jenkins novel. |
| Dorf's Golf Bible | 1988 | Comedy | Direct-to-video short film; second in the Dorf series. |
| Den ofrivillige golfaren | 1991 | Comedy | |
| The Man with the Perfect Swing | 1995 | Comedy-drama | A man tries to get investors to back his concept for a can't-miss golf swing. |
| Happy Gilmore | 1996 | Comedy | Adam Sandler as a hockey player who takes up golf. |
| Tin Cup | 1996 | Romantic comedy | A driving-range owner (Kevin Costner) qualifies for the U.S. Open. |
| The Legend of Bagger Vance | 2000 | Drama | Period piece about a golfer (Matt Damon) in a match against Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen. |
| A Gentleman's Game | 2002 | Drama | A young man (Mason Gamble) gets golf and life lessons at a country club. |
| Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius | 2004 | Drama | Biographical film on career of Bobby Jones, starring James Caviezel. |
| The Greatest Game Ever Played | 2005 | Drama | Biographical film on Francis Ouimet, played by Shia LaBeouf, focusing on his victory in the 1913 U.S. Open, which led to a major golf boom in the U.S. |
| Who's Your Caddy? | 2007 | Comedy | Big Boi, Lil Wayne and friends at the golf course. |
| Chasing the Green | 2009 | Drama | Based on a true story. |
| The Back Nine | 2009 | Documentary | Documentary film about a man's dream to become a professional golfer. |
| Hole in One | 2010 | Comedy | |
| Golf in the Kingdom | 2011 | Drama | A mystical figure from India teaches a golfer spirituality. |
| Seven Days in Utopia | 2011 | Drama | Christian-themed story of a young golfer (Lucas Black) and the many lessons he learns. |
| Arthur Newman | 2012 | Drama | A failed pro golfer (Colin Firth) fakes his own death, starts a new life. |
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Famous quotes containing the word golf:
“Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.”
—Franklin Pierce Adams (1881–1960)
“And the wind shall say “Here were decent godless people;
Their only monument the asphalt road
And a thousand lost golf balls.””
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“Did I make you go insane?
Did I turn up your earphone and let a siren drive through?
Did I open the door for the mustached psychiatrist
who dragged you out like a golf cart?
Did I make you go insane?”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)