‘Happy Gilmore’ sequel ‘in the works,’ according to one of original film’s stars

The golf movie that introduced audiences such indelible traces as “You can trouble me for a warm glass of shut-the-hell-up,” “The price is wrong, b—-!” and, of course, “Give it a little tappy tap-tap-taperoo” sounds prefer it’s line for a sequel.

Yes, golf followers, we communicate of the 1996 cult traditional, “Happy Gilmore.”

According to one of the film’s original stars, plans for a second “Gilmore” are “in the works.”

Chris McDonald, who performed Shooter McGavin in the original movie, let slip this juicy bit of intel on a Cleveland sports-talk radio present earlier this week. McDonald mentioned he realized of the sequel in a current assembly with Adam Sandler, who performed Gilmore and co-wrote the original script.   

“I saw Adam about two weeks ago, and he says to me, ‘McDonald, you’re gonna love this,’” McDonald mentioned on The Ken Carman Show with Anthony Lima. “I said, ‘What?’ He says, ‘How about that,’ and he shows me the first draft of ‘Happy Gilmore 2.’ Maybe you should cut that out [of this audio] because I don’t wanna be a liar, but he did show me that, and I thought, ‘Well, that would be awesome.’ So, it’s in the works. Fans demand it, dammit!”

Everyone is aware of what they are saying about sequels, but when Sandler nonetheless has inventive management, golf followers oughta be ok with additional plot improvement of “Happy Gilmore,” which facilities round an emotionally risky ex-hockey participant (Sandler’s character) who rockets up the professional ranks courtesy of his cartoonishly monstrous tee photographs; the movie culminates with Gilmore knocking off his smarmy nemesis, Shooter McGavin, at the Tour Championship. The late Carl Weathers additionally featured in the film, enjoying the position of Gilmore’s one-handed coach, Derick “Chubbs” Peterson.  

In 2021, to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the movie, Sandler posted a video on Twitter through which he reenacted one of his well-known hockey-style swings.

“OK, it’s been 25 years since I’ve done this. Let’s see what happens,” Sandler mentioned. “I’m scared. Shooter McGavin, this is for you.”

Sandler then winds up and hits what at the very least feels like a center-face blast.

“I’m not lying to you,” he mentioned as the ball flew down the fairway. “That is smashed. Smashed. That went pretty well. You’re dead, Shooter.”

“Happy Gilmore” was made for $12 million and has grossed greater than $40 million worldwide.

Alan Bastable

Golf.com Editor

As GOLF.com’s government editor, Bastable is accountable for the editorial route and voice of one of the sport’s most revered and extremely trafficked information and repair websites. He wears many hats — modifying, writing, ideating, growing, daydreaming of one day breaking 80 — and feels privileged to work with such an insanely proficient and hardworking group of writers, editors and producers. Before grabbing the reins at GOLF.com, he was the options editor at GOLF Magazine. A graduate of the University of Richmond and the Columbia School of Journalism, he lives in New Jersey along with his spouse and foursome of youngsters.