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Golf Movies

1980's Caddyshack is rated as the number one golf movie
1980’s Caddyshack is rated as the number one golf movie

Want to know the best Golf Movies?  How about the worst Golf Movies?  Curious about Golf Movies did at the box office or which Golf Movies picked up the most Oscar® nominations and Oscar® wins? Need to know which Golf Movies movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

This page represents part 6 in a series of pages that are trying to identify the Top 400 Sports Movies. This page will look at Golf movies.  Movies are ranked by using a combination of box office results, reviews from audiences and critics and award recognition. 

Cheech Marin and Kevin Costner in 1996s Tin Cup
Cheech Marin and Kevin Costner in 1996s Tin Cup

Golf Movies Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort Golf Movies by the star of the Golf movie
  • Sort Golf Movies by actual domestic box office grosses
  • Sort Golf Movies by adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
  • Sort by how Golf Movies were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Golf Movie received.
  • Sort Golf Movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) UMR Score
R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) B.O. Rank by Year Review Oscar Nom / Win UMR Score S
1 Caddyshack (1980) Bill Murray &
Chevy Chase
47.7 229.2 229.20 15 73 00 / 00 95.5
2 The Caddy (1953) Jerry Lewis &
Dean Martin
10.6 221.0 221.00 16 70 00 / 00 94.6
3 Pat and Mike (1952) Spencer Tracy &
Katharine Hepburn
5.8 132.6 173.40 45 80 01 / 00 90.8
4 Tin Cup (1996) Kevin Costner 53.9 152.3 228.90 28 66 00 / 00 88.1
5 Follow The Sun (1951) Glenn Ford 3.3 82.1 82.10 108 69 00 / 00 79.2
6 Happy Gilmore (1996) Adam Sandler 38.8 109.8 116.50 37 54 00 / 00 74.8
7 The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) Will Smith &
Matt Damon
30.9 71.7 91.50 79 57 00 / 00 64.9
8 The Long Game (2023) Dennis Quaid 3.1 3.3 3.30 134 74 00 / 00 60.2
9 The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005) Shia LaBeouf &
Bill Paxton
15.3 30.0 30.70 135 65 00 / 00 58.6
10 Dead Solid Perfect (1988)
HBO Movie
Randy Quaid 0.0 0.1 0.10 293 70 00 / 00 50.5
11 Banning (1967) Gene Hackman 2.4 24.5 24.50 88 59 01 / 00 46.2
12 Tommy's Honour (2016) Sam Neill 0.6 0.8 1.10 218 62 00 / 00 33.6
13 Happy Gilmore 2 (2025)
Netflix
Adam Sandler 0.1 0.1 0.10 251 62 00 / 00 32.8
14 The Squeeze (2015) Christopher McDonald 0.1 0.1 0.10 359 58 00 / 00 26.7
15 A Gentleman's Game (2002) Gary Sinise 0.1 0.3 0.30 263 57 00 / 00 24.6
16 Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004) Jim Caviezel 2.7 5.4 5.40 181 46 00 / 00 10.9
17 Caddyshack II (1988) Dan Aykroyd 11.8 35.9 35.90 82 16 00 / 00 0.5
18 Who's Your Caddy? (2007) Big Boi 5.7 10.4 10.40 167 14 00 / 00 0.0
Will Smith and Matt Damon in 2000's The Legend of Bagger Vance
Will Smith and Matt Damon in 2000’s The Legend of Bagger Vance

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12 thoughts on “Golf Movies”

  1. Flora Breen Robison says:
    April 28, 2015 at 2:39 pm

    The only golf movie I enjoy where golfing is a main theme-i.e. I don’t think of Goldfinger as a golf film-is Caddyshack.

    Reply
    1. Cogerson says:
      April 28, 2015 at 2:43 pm

      Hey Flora….Caddyshack is a classic, I only put Goldfinger on the list because fellow hubber Steve Lensman strongly felt the movie should be included on the golf list.

      Reply
  2. Sunshine says:
    April 28, 2015 at 2:38 pm

    Caddyshack a great flick that offers a lot of laughs!!

    Reply
    1. Cogerson says:
      April 28, 2015 at 2:44 pm

      Hey Sunshine….right there with you….Caddyshack is a classic.

      Reply
  3. Mentalist Acer says:
    April 28, 2015 at 2:38 pm

    I love Caddyshack…that and Rollerball make the perfect double feature

    Reply
    1. Cogerson says:
      April 28, 2015 at 2:42 pm

      Hey mentalist acer….I assume you will be watching Caddyshack 1 and Rollerball the original….that sounds like a nice night of movies…..however a night of Caddyshack 2 and Rollerball remake…sounds like a long long night of movies….thanks for the comments.

      Reply
      1. mentalist acer says:
        April 28, 2015 at 2:42 pm

        The Originals Of Course..;;))

        Reply
        1. Cogerson says:
          April 28, 2015 at 2:43 pm

          What a relief mentalist acer……I was worried that you might be watching Caddyshack 2 and the Chris Klein version of Rollerblade….lol…..by the way I have voted for you as best poet on hubpages on their new contest.

          Reply
  4. Steve Lensman says:
    April 28, 2015 at 2:37 pm

    I have to report that my favourite Golf movie by far is Goldfinger.

    Reply
    1. Cogerson says:
      April 28, 2015 at 2:42 pm

      Hey Steve…Goldfinger has a great golf scene in it….but it is not really a golf movie.

      Reply
  5. Casey Wright says:
    April 28, 2015 at 2:37 pm

    I love your lists! Great job

    Reply
    1. Cogerson says:
      April 28, 2015 at 2:40 pm

      Thanks for the compliment Casey Wright

      Reply

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