Tin Cup Page #5

ROMEO:

He can.

All the players look at Romeo as:

Simms dumps his seven iron shot safely down in front of

the water to a smattering of polite applause.

Simms tosses the club back to his bag as Tin Cup

retrieves the divot. And:

STADLER:

Hey, Dave! We in a hurry?

Simms looks several yards back where Stadler is still

standing with McCord and Mickelson.

STADLER:

'Cause I just bet McCord and

Mickelson that your caddie could

knock it on from here.

SIMMS:

We're trying to win a tournament,

pardo.

STADLER:

I know. But I'm getting five to

one.

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17 EXT. TV TOWER 17

The ANNOUNCER from the GOLF CHANNEL looks at the monitor

where a hand-held camera is picking up Stadler motioning

Tin Cup over.

GOLF CHANNEL ANNOUNCER

From two-fifty from a snarly lie,

over water, on national TV, with

no warmup... I'd give ten to one

to a tour pro.

18 BACK TO COURSE 18

Stadler, McCord, and Mickelson are smiling at the bet.

This is golf. But Simms snarls at being challenged.

Stadler drops a ball in the rough for Tin Cup to hit.

STADLER:

Here ya go. Take a hack at it.

SIMMS:

Balls versus brains, Roy. You

hit that shot, just keep walking,

'cuz your ass is fired.

Tin Cup mulls over the warning, as:

STADLER, McCORD, MICKELSON

Come on, Roy! Your fans are

calling!

Stadler waves his arms to summon a cheer from the gallery.

Tin Cup puts down Simms's golf bag.

TIN CUP:

How you gonna fire me in front of

all these people? Especially when

I knock it on the green.

And he heads over to where Stadler and the others stand

waiting.

19 OMITTED 19

PETER KOSTIS, with a hand mike, following the group,

begins to describe the extraordinary event unfolding.

KOSTIS:

(on mike)

It seems like the Charity

Tournament is taking a little

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break for a side bet, here -Gary

McCord moves toward the camera and takes themicrophone.

McCORD

Peter, I've done a little

background here -- this unfoldingdisaster's a driving range pronamed Roy McAvoy, who everyonecalls Tin Cup. Locals claim he

he was a pretty good college lickand knocked around the mini-tours...

20 Tin Cup steps up to hit the shot.

voice.

McCord lowers his 20

McCORD

... but I guarantee you, he'sabout to suffer brain arrest.

He's thinking about the camerasand the gallery and the water, andall that gray matter between hisears is turning to goo... andincidentally, Stadler's got it booked

at ten to one...

Tin Cup swings, and:

21 The CAMERA PICKS UP the ball arching high and true offthe club. It lands on the green. The CROWD ROARS... and

the roar becomes deafening as the ball rolls three feetfrom the pin.

21

KOSTIS AND McCORD

He's not that good... he'sdefinitely not that good... (etc.)

22 BACK TO the course -- a scuffle's breaking out. 22

David Simms helping some guy over the gallery rope.

Simms walks the guy back to his golf bag... and now TinCup understands what's happening, and:

SIMMS:

Take a hike, Roy -- the loop's

over.

TIN CUP:

You can't fire me. How can youfire me? I just knocked it stifffrom two fifty. Gimme that bag.

Tin Cup reaches for the bag. The guy holds onto it.

They wrestle briefly, as Simms sighs with fatigue andlooks for a marshal.

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SIMMS:

Security!

Tin Cup gives up wrestling when he sees a couple marshalsapproaching. He turns his anger on Simms.

TIN CUP:

What about my money?

SIMMS:

You just hit the shot that tookyou out of the money. Welcome to

life on the tour.

Tin Cup goes after the bag again. The guy still hangs

on. The marshals arrive, and begin to wrestle with TinCup. He goes berserk... a WWF battle royal.

CUT TO:

23 INT. DRIVING RANGE BAR - CLOSE ON TELEVISION - NIGHT 23

Sports highlights. Introducing "Sports Machine" withGeorge Michaels...

GEORGE MICHAELS (V.O.)

And finally Sports Machine bringsyou a bizarre incident...

A brief highlight of Tin Cup, going crazy, wrestling withthe marshals and replacement caddie.

GEORGE MICHAELS (V.O.)

Driving range pro, Roy `Tin Cup'McAvoy...

MALE LAUGHTER greets the shot, and:

EARL (O.S.)

Hey, Tin Cup! You made the news!

WIDER:

The Regulars crowd under the TV on the wall above thetill, hooting at what they just saw. Tin Cup is nowherein sight.

24 INT. BACK ROOM - NIGHT 24

Romeo scoops balls into wire buckets from the garbage canof water where the balls are washing. Tin Cup sits on abench, alternately swigging cheap whiskey and Maalox.

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TIN CUP:

If I had it all to do over, I'd

still hit that shot.

ROMEO:

(nods with neither

rancor nor irony)

The look comes over your face, you

would bury yourself alive to prove

you can handle a shovel.

Tin Cup looks over at Romeo for signs of an implied

pejorative. But Romeo's just washing and scooping

balls... and looking badly in need of perspective.

TIN CUP:

You know why I'd still hit that

shot?

Now Romeo looks over... and he decides that Tin Cup is

the one in need of perspective.

ROMEO:

'Cuz it's the only way you can

beat David Simms. 'Cuz you never

got over that he is on tour and

you are not. 'Cuz you get that

look on your face...

TIN CUP:

No...

(pauses, adding

weight to his

thoughts)

I'd hit it again because that shot

was a defining moment. And when a

defining moment comes along you

define the moment or the moment

defines you. I did not shrink

from the challenge. I rose to it.

Romeo nods, holding his peace.

ROMEO:

1981, Fort Washington Golf Club,

Fresno, California, final round of

the Tour Qualifying School...

Tin Cup cringes at the memory, then moves for the high

ground.

TIN CUP:

I was playing to win.

ROMEO:

A defining moment when you tried

to hit the same impossible cut

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three wood into the wind from a

hilly lie -- four in a row out ofbounds -- until you finally pulledit off and tapped in for athirteen.

(beat)

When a twelve woulda got you onthe tour! That was a definingmoment and the definition was

sh*t!

TIN CUP:

Greatness courts failure, Romeo.

That's why most people, in theirwhole lives, never ever reach for

the brass ring, never know when todig deep and try for theimpossible shot...

ROMEO:

You're right about that, boss, butsometimes... sometimes... par isgood enough to win.

Tin Cup tosses down another Maalox cocktail.

CUT TO:

25 EXT. GOLDEN TASSEL - NIGHT 25

Parking lot full of the usual suspects as a BUMP ANDGRIND VERSION of "YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS" floods outside.

26 INT. GOLDEN TASSEL - NIGHT 26

Doreen dances in a yellow rose outfit, a more classicstrip look than her protegees.

CLOSE ON ROW OF DOLLAR BILLS

held aloft by the eager locals in the front row... andthen a handful of papers held aloft by one Roy McAvoy,

also in the front row.

Doreen dances over and picks the papers from his hand,

reading them as she dances.

DOREEN:

The DieHard/West Texas Calcutta,

the Duvall County Boys Club Pro/

Scratch, Woody's Steak House OneClub Scramble... what do I want

with all these entry forms?

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TIN CUP:

It's a business proposition. I'm

offering you my winnings from all

them tournaments this summer.

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