the Legend of Bagger Vance

The question for today and the post will be, how many movies have you watch after you started playing golf. Hmm..too broad. How many golf movies have you watch ever since you started playing golf.

I've watched plenty whether it is comedy, real life, or just stories that can actually inspire you. You know when you watch TV series like Grey's Anatomy, House or Prison Break, it somewhere somehow inspire you to be a better person or to be a greater professional depending on what you do.

I have watched Tiger Woods story (i forget the actual name already), comedies like Caddy Shack and a couple which I also forgot already, Happy Gilmore, The US Open something the movie about Bobby Jones want..haha..I'm really getting old forgetting those movies. I'll update with you all soon. But there is one that I never forget, maybe you can say because of the actors, but NO, it's because of the content of the movie.

The movie name is The Legend of Bagger Vance. It is not about the player, but about the caddie name Bagger Vance (Will Smith) and caddying for a golf prodigy(Captain Rannulph) during that time but due to war, went missing and never play golf again. Role is played by Matt Damon (one of my favorites too). So the movie set in where Damon wanted to get back to his game to play for his homeground, after a kid reflect that their small town did have a great player. So Will Smith, as the caddy did help him out, which he came like from Heaven or sort, and there are very interesting phrase in the movies that inspire us to be a better golfer. Sort of like CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM by a caddie to players like us. Because if you are in the golf course, if your caddy commented that way on you, I think he better off run away from you, if not, it might be a murder case already..hehe.

So this movie tells us about a lot of things in golf. The nature of golf, the swing, the feelings of golf and most important thing, THE MENTAL when you are playing golf. There are couple of funny words if you actually go and watch it, look out for the scenes that Bagger Vance said.


1) When Rannulph was practising his golf shots(after a long break and finding his swing) in the middle of the night, Bagger Vance walk up straight to him from far. And Rannulph goes, " Hey man, why are you walking there, be careful I might hit you!
Bagger Vance replied, 'I'm alright, but you can't hit me cause I'm walking straight to you'. ( this shows that Damon shots is bad that he can't hit it straight)



2) Bagger Vance in that scene also advised Damon that you got your swing already, everybody got their own AUTHENTIC SWING, is just how you want to find it. Do listen carefully to what Bagger Vance said throughout the whole movie, and you will find a better way to play your game of golf. Trust me!