I was expecting more

Rating: 5/10 (22 October 2005)

The director to me did a lousy job with special effects that did nothing to display the talents of those great golfers. Dumb ladybug scene. Camera attached to golf ball. There seemed to be a lot of scenes that did not add anything to the story and wasted time that could have been devoted to more historically accurate events. I guess as a golfer I wanted to see more of the game and equipment and realism, which to me would have been more interesting than the opera scene for instance.
Since I was a little bored with the movie I started looking for things that may not be accurate. Someone please tell me I did see a cell phone tower in the background poking above the tree line of last scene as Francis walked toward the horizon. I agree with comment on President Taft being called President (although if they said "the" president, then it is another goofup) even though Taft was not in office at that time after President Wilson had taken over. I do not think they would have played in pools of water on the course either. The locker room scene showed phillips head screws (+) in the hinges of the locker door. That head design was not invented until the early 1930s by Mr. Phillips. Did they really have leaderboards back then? My wife turned to me in the movie and said did you hear someone in the movie yell "your'e the man"? I did not, but wondered if anyone else did. If the director could not edit out the cell tower it would not surprise me if he left in the comment of an extra who wanted golfing idiocy/immortality. The course appeared to rather well manicured and too green for a course of that era also. Mr. Vardon showed Francis how to hold the club but no mention of the interlocking fingers they kept showing in the movie not any mention of his earlier stage meeting.
I guess my engineering background took over on this one but it was fun trying to find goofups. Anyone else see some also?