"Checks Out, Has the Athleticism of a Browns Player": NFL Fans React as Brenden Bates Fails Trying the 'Happy Gilmore' Swing

"Checks out, has the athleticism of a Browns player": NFL fans react as Brenden Bates fails trying the 'Happy Gilmore' swing

Cleveland Browns tight end Brenden Bates tried his hand with a rare golf swing and got terrible results.

NFL Tight End Brenden Bates' Attempt At A Happy Gilmore Tee Shot Went Spectacularly Wrong

Everyone who has ever picked up a golf club has at some point said, "Hang on, let me see if I can hit a Happy Gilmore drive."I think I even did it this past weekend when I went to my brother's new apartment and learned that they had a golf simulator (how cool is that, by the way?) and I stood in there and took some swings well after he asked me to please leave.So, it's no surprise that while hitting the links recently, Cleveland Browns tight end…

Browns player failed miserably while trying to go 'Happy Gilmore'

Cleveland Browns tight end Brenden Bates learned recently that hitting a ball like “Happy Gilmore” is not quite as simple as it looks on the movie screen. The NFL shared a video on Thursday that showed Bates on the golf course trying to pummel a drive using the swing that Adam Sandler made famous. It would be an understatement to say it did not go well. Bates completely missed the ball, which would have been embarrassing enough. He also swung so…