A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend. A lackadaisical one-time golf pro, now operating a run-down driving range in Texas, gets his competitive juices flowing again when a slick former colleague shows up and asks him to be his--gasp!--caddie. Not only will the washed-up hacker not deign to be a caddie, he falls for and ultimately seduces the pro's beautiful psychologist girlfriend and launches a motivated bid for the U.S. Open. A winning comedy from the creator of "Bull Durham."
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Kevin Costner as Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy
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Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy: This is everything, ain't it? This is the choice it comes down to -- this is our immortality.
Romeo Posar: You don't need to be thinking immortality -- you need to be thinking hit the 7 iron!
Saying that TIN CUP may be the best-ever "golf motion picture" isn't exactly high praise, considering the competition (CADDYSHACK, HAPPY GILMORE), but it's true nonetheless. In fact, as sports movies go (regardless of the sport), this one turns in a respectable showing, injecting some intelligence and maturity into a story that easily could have succumbed to a flood of "struggling underdog" cliches. That's not to say that elements of the formula aren't here, but they rarely threaten to overwhelm TIN CUP's better aspects.
