{"id":311304,"date":"2023-06-23T22:09:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T22:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=311304"},"modified":"2023-06-23T22:57:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T22:57:32","slug":"happy-gilmore-commits-to-ball-state-gets-adam-sandlers-blessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=311304","title":{"rendered":"Happy Gilmore commits to Ball State, gets Adam Sandler's blessing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Gilmore didn’t break Twitter when announcing his college commitment \u2014 he was testing its durability.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bloomington South (Ind.) senior Happy Gilmore, whose real name is Landon but was monikered Happy at the age of 6, committed to Ball State University on Friday. According to\u00a0<\/span>Golfweek<\/span><\/a>, the high school golfer shot 66 at a U.S. Junior Amateur qualifier and is ranked 497th in the\u00a0<\/span>Golfweek\/Sagarin boys rankings.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

With the announcement, people on Twitter saw the graphic and started spreading it around, prompting responses from notable figures, including\u00a0<\/span>Adam Sandler<\/span><\/a>\u00a0himself, who starred in the 1996 golf film as the titular character with the explosive spirit and wacky swing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Go get em Happy. Pulling for you. https:\/\/t.co\/4o4LOoAWDN<\/a><\/p>\n

— Adam Sandler (@AdamSandler) June 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“Go get em Happy. Pulling for you,” Sandler tweeted.<\/p>\n

Shooter McGavin also took note of the commitment:<\/p>\n

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Congrats but I tell you what, you\u2019d be something in one of those long drive contests. Hell, you\u2019d probably make a very good living. Traveling around, hustling at driving ranges. Just a thought. https:\/\/t.co\/TzbPTQI39T<\/a><\/p>\n

— Shooter McGavin (@ShooterMcGavin_) June 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Gilmore told the\u00a0<\/span>Indy Star<\/span><\/a>\u00a0that he started going by Happy full-time when he was around 13 years old. His caddie posts his scores to the website\u00a0<\/span>Team Happy Gilmore<\/span><\/a>, which was updated through April as of his commitment time.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it adds any pressure to me,\u201d Gilmore said of his name in an interview with the Indy Star. \u201cBut I do know that whatever I do is going to be seen. Especially as far as leaderboards when people are scrolling down and see \u2018Happy Gilmore\u2019 they are going to look at it, obviously. So I do know that, but I don\u2019t let it get in my head or that I have to play good because of it. I just go out and do my thing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In other words, he has already risen above the pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n

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my life is complete https:\/\/t.co\/MnmyY3UD7I<\/a><\/p>\n

— Happy Gilmore \"\u26f3\" (@happygilmore_44) June 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Happy Gilmore — yes, that is his name — committed to Ball State, which prompted a response from Adam Sandler himself.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311304"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=311304"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311306,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311304\/revisions\/311306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=311304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=311304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=311304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}