Tin Cup Page #21

TIN CUP:

This is everything, ain't it?

This is the choice it comes down

to. This is our immortality...

ROMEO:

No time to be thinkin'

'immortality,' Cup... time to be

thinkin' 7 iron.

Molly stands with Doreen, hearing Tin Cup's words.

Thrilled and terrified and spellbound, she finds herself

nodding. Doreen, on the other is turning ash-white.

DOREEN:

Oh no. This is what always

happens. He's going for it.

MOLLY:

Go for it!

DOREEN:

No! He just needs par to tie!

Tell him to lay up! He listens to

you!

MOLLY:

Go for it, Roy! Knock it on!

DOREEN:

This is why we split up -- he

always went for it...

MOLLY:

My problem is I've never been with

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a man who went for it...

DOREEN:

Well, honey, he's your guy.

BACK TO TIN CUP:

He selects the three wood. Romeo sighs.

152 EXT. TELEVISION TOWER - DAY 152

NANTZ:

Good Lord, he's going for the

green.

VENTURI:

This could be tragic.

153 EXT. EIGHTEENTH FAIRWAY 153

Tin Cup's eyes focus with the look of eagles as headdresses the shot.

TIN CUP:

One swing, Roy. One good swing.

Dollar bills...

He swings -- the ball explodes off his club.

holds the pose...

TIN CUP:

We're home...

Tin Cup

Suddenly a gust of wind blows, out of nowhere, and TinCup's cap blows off, provoking immediate concern.

TIN CUP:

... little gust there, Romes...

154 TELEVISION MONITOR 154

Picking up the flight of the ball approaching the green,

carried it seems by the swelling roar of the gallery.

The ball clears the water...

... and lands at the top of the slope fronting theelevated green. It pops up in the air, lands just pastwhere it hit, and comes momentarily to rest. The gallery

roars. And then:

The ball starts trickling back down the slope, gainingspeed, moving towards the water, even as the galleryscreams for it to stop...

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... until finally it disappears into the water withscarcely a ripple.

155 BACK TO TIN CUP 155

He stares first with betrayal, then with anger, andlooks at Romeo, who just shrugs, then at Molly.

MOLLY:

You can still make par from upthere -ROMEO

She's right, Pods, a drop and astroke, up and down par -- we'llwin it in sudden death.

But Tin Cup still has the look of eagles. He's staringat the shot he just made, still holding the three wood.

TIN CUP:

I nutted that thing. Little gustfrom the gods cost me...

ROMEO:

Helluva move you put on thatsucker, now let's get up there,

take the drop, and make our par,

tie Peter...

TIN CUP:

I can make this shot.

Not now.

ROMEO:

Now.

TIN CUP:

Tin Cup throws another ball on the ground.

TIN CUP:

I'm playing it from here.

MOLLY:

Take your drop and make your par!

Tin Cup addresses the ball.

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156 EXT. TELEVISION TOWER 156

Venturi nearly comes out of seat watching Tin Cup take a

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drop from his original lie.

VENTURI:

I don't believe this. He just

took himself out of the tournament

with that drop. He could have

walked up to the hazard line,

saved par with a wedge and forced

a playoff with Jacobsen. Now he

needs a miracle shot.

McCORD (V.O.)

Ken, I'm right behind McAvoy here.

And all he said to his caddie was:

I can make it across.

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EXT. EIGHTEENTH FAIRWAY - DAY 157

Tin Cup swings again -- The ball sails long and true once

again, and once again...

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... it lands into the hill, bounces once, and trickles 158

back into the water.

VENTURI (V.O.)

Oh, my. This is tragic.

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BACK TO TIN CUP 159

Holding his hand out to Romeo, as the gallery murmurs

uncomfortably.

TIN CUP:

Gimme another ball.

BACK TO DOREEN AND MOLLY

watching behind the ropes.

MOLLY:

I can't believe he's doing this.

DOREEN:

(unfazed)

I can, honey...

MOLLY:

He can blow the whole tournament!

DOREEN:

It's a miracle he lasted this

long...

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160 REGULARS

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waiting at the green, amidst the rest of the gallery

who's in shock about Tin Cup's decisions to keep going

for it, keep trying to prove a point.

CLINT:

He done blew a gasket, boys...

EARL:

The wheels is definitely falling

off now...

JOSE:

It was a miracle while it

lasted...

REGULARS' POV

Tin Cup swings a third time.

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161

EXT. EIGHTEENTH GREEN - DAY 161

A BALL lands SPLOOSH! in the WATER, and...

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BACK UP FAIRWAY 162

Tin Cup holds out his hand for yet another ball, saying

nothing.

Romeo hands him another ball.

Tin Cup unloads another 3-wood. Another splash.

Tin Cup holds out his hand again.

ROMEO:

This is your last ball, man. If

this gets wet, you disqualified.

TIN CUP:

I can make it across.

Tin Cup snatches the ball from Romeo's hand.

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EXT. TELEVISION TOWER 163

Venturi and Nantz can barely look at the monitor.

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VENTURI:

This is the most painful thing

I've ever watched.

McCORD (V.O.)

Jim, this is the last ball he has

in his bag. If he doesn't finish

the hole with it, he can't turn in

a card. He'll be disqualified.

Venturi and Nantz cover their eyes.

Tin Cup unloads another three wood -- another splash.

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BACK TO TIN CUP 164

He looks at Molly.

CLOSE ON MOLLY:

She's just laughing.

Romeo tosses down another ball -- Tin Cup launches

his fifth attempt to clear the pond. Splash.

MOLLY:

You're right, Roy, what the hell!

Let 'er rip!

DOREEN:

You two are made for each other.

BACK TO TIN CUP:

This is still all business to him. He sets his jaw,

addresses the shot, and:

TIN CUP:

Dollar bills...

He swings -- another perfect shot... but this time the

wind relents a knot, and:

165 BALL 165

clears the water, clears the slope, hits the front of the

green, rolls up toward the pin, and drops in the hole.

The gallery goes berserk!

166 BACK TO TIN CUP 166

Raising his three wood aloft in triumph, he looks over at

Molly and finally cracks a smile.

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166 CONTINUED:
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And when she smiles back, he takes his hat off and walks

to the green, to as great an ovation as the game has ever

heard.

CUT TO:

167 BACK IN TELEVISION TOWER 167

Venturi and Nantz slump, drained, over their monitors.

CUT TO:

168 INT. SCORER'S TENT - DAY 168

Tin Cup and Simms sign their cards and get up to leave in

unison. Simms turns to Tin Cup and has to shake his

head.

SIMMS:

I gotta hand it to you, Roy. When

you go down, you go down in

flames.

TIN CUP:

Someday you can tell your

grandchildren you finished second

in the U.S. Open...

(beat)

-- just don't tell 'em how.

And he moves brusquely past Simms and out of the tent,

congratulating Tubbs, the winner, as he passes.

TIN CUP:

Good job, Tubbsy... you won it.

And out of the scorer's tent...

169 EXT. SCORER'S TENT 169

A roar goes up from the milling fans as Tin Cup emerges.

He tries to smile, but it's all dawning on him.

TIN CUP:

My God... I just gave away the

Open...

And then McCord is there, shoving a mike in Tin Cup's

face.

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McCORD

Ledge, I know it's tough to talk

right now, but -

TIN CUP:

It's not difficult to talk... it's

difficult to explain... I coulda

laid up and still won. I made a

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