A chance to get in a little practice on the range - or in Beckman's case a putting lesson from Stan Utley - then a little face time on the big screen. Multiple angles.įor Fowler, Cink and Choi, the movie was a little detour on their way to this week's World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational. Not just signing a scorecard or hitting a shot. Choi - both of whom have larger roles and spent four days on the set - were shooting scenes at the 18th green and scoring hut. Fowler, Cink, Beckman, Brooks and Bill Rogers all spent the day shooting cameos for "Seven Days in Utopia," a movie -based on the best-selling book by David Cook - that asks the question, how can a game have such an effect on a man's soul?Ī few fairways away, Beem and K.J. Or the director switches angles and a line of golf carts have to be moved.īut no complaints. And just when they get halfway through a take, a truck rumbles across an adjacent bridge. Now they're shooting on the green, complete with cameras and screens to bounce the light. That done, they walk toward the fairway and wave - to the trees, er, crowd. Then he needs them to swing and miss the ball. The director needs a tight shot of them teeing up their golf balls. Rickie Fowler, Stewart Cink, Cameron Beckman and Mark Brooks all stood around waiting their turn to tee up a ball, "hit" a tee shot, then walk off the tee. And that's not counting blocking out the scene or rehearsal. Welcome to the world of movies, where a golf swing, a walk off the green or tee, even a look to the crowd can take, oh, a minimum of a half dozen takes. Less than an hour later, he was on the 18th fairway shooting one final scene. So he turned around and headed back to Boot Ranch, better known this week as Utopia. Lehman and Utley are two of the golf experts for this movieįREDERICKSBURG, Texas - Rich Beem was on the road back to Austin when he got the call. Interesting read and several tour players to be in the movie
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