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February 17th, 1996. The Pro Golf Tour Championship. At arguably his highest moment, Happy Gilmore faced insurmountable odds. He needed to overturn a four-stroke deficit on the back nine against the circuit’s top star and key rival, Shooter McGavin, for his maiden gold jacket.
This had all come so fast.
Just a year prior, Gilmore was nothing more than a failed hockey player with an unprecedented slapshot – something inherited from his late father, and would translate into an…
