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Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy:
Well, I tend to think of the golf swing as a poem. Clint:
Ooh, he's doing that poetry thing again. Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy:
The critical opening phrase of this poem will always be the grip. Which the hands unite to form a single unit by the simple overlap of the little finger. Lowly and slowly the clubhead is led back. Pulled into position not by the hands, but by the body which turns away from the target shifting weight to the right side without shifting balance. Tempo is everything; perfection unobtainable as the body coils down at the top of the swing. Theres a slight hesitation. A little nod to the gods. Dr. Molly Griswold:
A, a nod to the gods? Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy:
Yeah, to the gods. That he is fallible. That perfection is unobtainable. And Now the weight begins shifting back to the left pulled by the powers inside the earth. It's alive, this swing! A living sculpture and down through contact, always down, striking the ball crisply, with character. A tuning fork goes off in your heart and your balls. Such a pure feeling is the well-struck golf shot. Now the follow through to finish. Always on line. The reverse C of the Golden Bear! The steel workers' power and brawn of Carl Sandburg's. Arnold Palmer! Romeo Posar:
Unnhh, he's doing the Arnold Palmer thing. Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy:
End the unfinished symphony of Roy McAvoy
Well, I tend to think of the golf swing as a poem. Clint:
Ooh, he's doing that poetry thing again. Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy:
The critical opening phrase of this poem will always be the grip. Which the hands unite to form a single unit by the simple overlap of the little finger. Lowly and slowly the clubhead is led back. Pulled into position not by the hands, but by the body which turns away from the target shifting weight to the right side without shifting balance. Tempo is everything; perfection unobtainable as the body coils down at the top of the swing. Theres a slight hesitation. A little nod to the gods. Dr. Molly Griswold:
A, a nod to the gods? Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy:
Yeah, to the gods. That he is fallible. That perfection is unobtainable. And Now the weight begins shifting back to the left pulled by the powers inside the earth. It's alive, this swing! A living sculpture and down through contact, always down, striking the ball crisply, with character. A tuning fork goes off in your heart and your balls. Such a pure feeling is the well-struck golf shot. Now the follow through to finish. Always on line. The reverse C of the Golden Bear! The steel workers' power and brawn of Carl Sandburg's. Arnold Palmer! Romeo Posar:
Unnhh, he's doing the Arnold Palmer thing. Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy:
End the unfinished symphony of Roy McAvoy
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A nod to the gods
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To the gods that he is fallible
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That perfection is unattainable
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Weight shifts to the left pulled by the powers in the earth
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it's alive this swing and a sculpture
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and down through contact
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striking the ball crisply
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with character
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A tuning fork goes off in your heart your balls
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such a pure feeling is the well struck golf shot
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Then the follow through to finish
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always on line
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The reverse C of the Golden Bear
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the steelworkers' power and the brawn of Carl Sandburg's
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Arnold Palmer
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He's doing the Arnold Palmer thing
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And the unfinished symphony of
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Roy McAvoy
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Movie Summary
A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his successful rival's girlfriend.



