Tin Cup turns 30. Here are 7 enjoyable information in regards to the Kevin Costner movie

It was a field workplace hit. It’s beloved by golf and movie followers all over the world. And right here in 2026, “Tin Cup” turns 30. No, for actual.

According to IMDB, Tin Cup is simply the third greatest golf film behind “Caddyshack” and “The Greatest Game Ever Played,” however the one factor Tin Cup has going for it’s that it is the highest grossing golf film ever made. It was on Aug. 16, 1996, that the movie starring Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Don Johnson and Cheech Marin was launched in theaters.

Here are some fascinating information in regards to the film that you could be or might not have already identified.

‘Tin Cup’ in Arizona and Texas

Mostly set in Texas and North Carolina (for the climactic U.S. Open scene) the movie was, the truth is, shot in a number of spots within the Lone Star State but additionally in Arizona.

Tucson and Tubac, Arizona, in addition to Kingwood, Texas, had been the first capturing areas. The fictional U.S. Open within the movie was shot at Kingwood’s Deerwood course. Tubac ― inhabitants 1,375 ― is about half-hour north of the Mexico border and about 90 minutes west of Tombstone, well-known for the shootout on the O.Okay. Corral. Tubac Golf Resort has a number of commemorative indicators for the film, together with the “Tin Cup 3-wood”, the place Costner’s Roy McAvoy, whereas caddying for Don Johnson’s David Simms, drills a second shot over a lake onto the inexperienced.

Famous golfers and golf commentators are within the movie

“Tin Cup” incorporates a sturdy lineup of cameos from former PGA Tour golfers and commentators, together with Phil Mickelson, Johnny Miller and Jim Nantz. Others within the movie embrace Gary McCord, Lee Janzen, Peter Jacobsen, Fred Couples, Corey Pavin, Craig Stadler, Jerry Pate, Tommy Armour III, Jeff Maggert and legendary CBS golf producer Frank Chirkinian. Only Happy Gilmore 2 featured a greater diversity of {golfing} cameos.

In the film, rivals McAvoy and Simms had been teammates on the University of Houston, which is tip-of-the-cap to real-life former UH teammates Nantz and Couples.

Gary McCord taught Kevin Costner his golf swing

Costner contributed the foreword in McCord’s e book Golf for Dummies, the place he wrote about their relationship and the way McCord made Costner’s swing look actual sufficient for a function movie.

‘Tin Cup’ at No. 1 on the field workplace

“Tin Cup” was the No. 1 film in theaters in its first week of launch. Made for about $45 million, it grossed $54 million within the U.S. and about $76 million worldwide, making it the highest-earning golf movie. “Caddyshack” is No. 2 at about $40 million.

How the Tin Cup solid got here collectively

Director Ron Shelton had beforehand labored with Kevin Costner on the beloved baseball film “Bull Durham.” Costner’s McAvoy character has a romantic curiosity in Molly Griswold, and that position reportedly was provided to Michelle Pfieffer first, however the filmmakers went with Rene Russo. Dennis Quaid turned down the position of Simms. Pierce Brosnan and Alec Baldwin had been additionally thought-about earlier than it went to Johnson.

Johnson later confirmed to Golf magazine there have been loads of enjoyable extracirruclars throughout the making of the movie as he and Costner had been “both single at the time, so we just played golf and partied.”

Roy McAvoy’s scores at fictional U.S. Open: 83-62-64-78

After taking a 12 on the 18th gap within the film, holing out from the green with the final ball in his bag, Roy McAvoy’s final-round rating within the fictional U.S. Open was a 78. He completed at 1-under 287 after posting scores of 83-62-64-78.

The scene the place he hits ball after ball into the water truly occurred to Gary McCord within the 1986 FedEx St. Jude Classic in Memphis, when he hit 5 within the water and carded a 16 on the opening to cap a spherical of 87.