Friday was a quieter day across the college sports landscape. There were no sporting events, leaving only some general news stories to pass along this Saturday morning.
We’ll start off with a sport we usually don’t cover, golf.
On Friday, golfer, Happy Gilmore, and yes that is his name, announced his commitment to Ball State to continue his academic and golfing career. Gilmore a current senior at Bloomington South in Bloomington, Indiana made the announcement on Twitter.
Adam Sandler who of course played the fictional Happy Gilmore in the 1996 comedy classic even quote-tweeted Gilmore’s post on Twitter, saying “Go get ’em Happy. Pulling for you.”
According to teamhappygilmore.com, Gilmore’s actual name is Landon James Gilmore. However, after winning a long-drive competition at nine years old, Gilmore earned the nickname of Happy after a heckler yelled the name at him. It was at that point that Gilmore first saw the Happy Gilmore movie and the rest is history.
I am very excited to announce that I have committed to continue my academic and golf career at Ball State University. I am very grateful for the opportunity Coach Fleck has given me! I would like to thank my family, my friends and coaches who push me everyday! @BallStateMGolf pic.twitter.com/nz36to47J2
— Happy Gilmore ⛳️ (@happygilmore_44) June 23, 2023
Gilmore played on the US Kids Tour and Golf Week Junior Tour. With Bloomington South, Gilmore helped his school place fourth in the 2021 IHSAA State Tournament.
Now Gilmore will continue his career not too far away from home at Ball State.
Beyond Gilmore’s commitment to Ball State, we saw roster attrition at West Virginia beginning, one popular head coach saying he believes athletes could become employees sooner than later as well as the top stories from around the college sports wire.