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Video thumbnail — Happy Gilmore Official Trailer #1 - Christopher McDonald Movie (1996) HD
Movies 1996

Happy Gilmore

Adam Sandler as a failed hockey player with a 400-yard running drive and a grandmother in trouble with the IRS — somehow this became a 1996 classic. Christopher McDonald's smug Shooter McGavin, Carl Weathers' one-handed mentor Chubbs, and a Bob Barker brawl that won MTV's Best Fight. You've attempted the Happy Gilmore swing at least once.

Tiger Woods in a red shirt and black Nike cap watching a tee shot, 1997
Celebrities 1997–2008 peak

Tiger Woods

The kid who turned pro in a Nike ad that said "Hello World," won the 1997 Masters by twelve shots, and spent the 2000s making the rest of golf play for second. Sunday meant the red shirt, the fist pump, and a lead nobody was going to catch.