{"id":345348,"date":"2023-11-10T18:48:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T19:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=345348"},"modified":"2023-11-10T20:00:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T20:00:25","slug":"happy-gilmore-signs-with-ball-state-to-play-golf-yes-this-is-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=345348","title":{"rendered":"Happy Gilmore signs with Ball State to play golf (yes, this is real)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Gilmore has officially signed to play golf with Ball State.<\/p>\n<p>No, this isn&#8217;t a public relations stunt. A high school golfer and a senior from Indiana, Landon James Gilmore signed on to represent Ball State on Friday. He has held the name of &#8216;Happy&#8217; since he was nine years old after he had won a driving competition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ballstatesports.com\/news\/2023\/11\/8\/mens-golf-happy-gilmore-signs-golf-letter-of-intent-with-ball-state.aspx\">A spectator gave him the name<\/a>, obviously inspired by the film <em>Happy Gilmore<\/em>, starring Adam Sandler. The movie centers around an amateur hockey player who transitions to playing golf. His boorish behavior doesn&#8217;t inspire much camaraderie on the golf tour but fans embraced his demeanor in the movie.<\/p>\n<p>As of Friday afternoon, Shooter McGavin did not return a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud835\udce2\ud835\udcf2\ud835\udcf0\ud835\udcf7\ud835\udcee\ud835\udced <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/270d.png\" alt=\"\u270d\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Happy has found his home <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f601.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude01\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f4dd.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udcdd\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LMdTxdfh6a\">https:\/\/t.co\/LMdTxdfh6a<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChirpChirp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChirpChirp<\/a> x <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeFly?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeFly<\/a> x <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/happygilmore_44?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@happygilmore_44<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/asg77I2o2n\">pic.twitter.com\/asg77I2o2n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ball State Golf (@BallStateMGolf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BallStateMGolf\/status\/1722364239287906502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">officially a cardinal<img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f534.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd34\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/26aa.png\" alt=\"\u26aa\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P61n0Od6Kd\">pic.twitter.com\/P61n0Od6Kd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Happy Gilmore <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/26f3.png\" alt=\"\u26f3\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> (@happygilmore_44) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/happygilmore_44\/status\/1722380398884249727?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the obvious buzz with his name, Gilmore is one of the top-ranked players in Indiana. He was a highly sought-after recruit.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The excitement and energy around Happy joining our program is evident,&#8221; Ball State golf coach Mike Fleck said i<a href=\"https:\/\/ballstatesports.com\/news\/2023\/11\/8\/mens-golf-happy-gilmore-signs-golf-letter-of-intent-with-ball-state.aspx\">n a statement about Gilmore&#8217;s signing with the program. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are not only getting an elite junior player, but we are adding a great young man to the mix. He has positioned himself as one of the best and most recognizable junior golfers in the country, and has a tournament tested resume of success both in Indiana and nationally. Ball State golf is excited to welcome Happy Gilmore to our family!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In other unrelated news, fellow MAC program Akron has announced that Billy Madison has signed his National Letter of Intent to play dodgeball for the Zips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Happy Gilmore signs with Ball State.<\/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\/345348"}],"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=345348"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345350,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345348\/revisions\/345350"}],"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=345348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=345348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=345348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}