Shooter McGavin wasn’t successful in stealing Happy Gilmore’s Green Jacket, but the actor who played him did get a chance to sink the complicated putt from the film’s climactic scene. Christopher McDonald , who played Shooter in the original Happy Gilmore , spoke to Us Weekly exclusively for M&M’S Golf Challenge 2024 Sweepstakes. As part of the partnership, McDonald challenged fans to a round of mini golf for the ultimate prize of a Peanut Butter Championship Jacket and a year’s supply of M&M’s Peanut Butter.
While McDonald, 69, had to sign an NDA after accidentally letting it slip that Happy Gilmore 2 was on its way, he’s glad to look back on some of the more iconic moments from the original film. In the first movie, Happy ( Adam Sandler ) is one putt away from defeating Shooter on the 18th hole of the Tour Championship when a television tower falls, creating an intricate maze blocking Happy’s ball from the hole. Happy, of course, comically sinks the putt by hitting the ball off a Volkswagen and letting it carom off the sides of the tower, roll down its rails and finally fall into the hole.
“I begged our director Dennis Dugan to let me make that final shot,” McDonald admitted. “Though it wasn’t a putting green, of course, it was a botanical garden because no one is gonna let you drop a tower and bring in a VW there. He gave me five tries.
I think that was the fifth. And that was a really crazy ad-lib in response afterwards and it was very fun to do.�.