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“Go get em Happy. Pulling for you,” Sandler wrote onTwitterin response to 17-year-old Gilmore’s post, causing the teenager to respond: “my life is complete.”
Gilmore, a 17-year-old rising senior at Bloomington South High in Bloomington, Indiana, began using the nickname — drawn from the title and main character of Sandler’s 1996 sports comedyHappy Gilmore— after he won a long-drive contest at age 9, as he toldGolfChannel.comon Friday.
The teenage golfer, whose real name is Landon, told the outlet that he can reciteHappy Gilmoreline- for-line and said his use of the name has “definitely helped me publicity-wise” in his amateur golf career.
“When I saw that Adam Sandler retweeted my tweet, my little heart kind of fell apart there,” Gilmore told the outlet of his interaction with Sandler on social media.
“I was speechless and didn’t really know what to do with myself for a minute,” he added.
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“yes i can do ‘the happy gilmore’ swing,” reads the teenager golfer’s bio onTwitter, further emphasizing his connection to Sandler’s golf-centric comedy.
Tocelebrate the movie’s 25th anniversaryin 2021, Sandler shared a video of himself at a golf course onTwitter.
“It’s been 25 years since I’ve done this. Let’s see what happens. I’m scared,” he said in the video, as he tee’d off on a drive with the character’s classic swing. “Shooter McGavin, this is for you,” he said as he hit the ball. “And I’m not lying to you that is smashed. That went pretty well.”
source: people.com
