Earlier this month, Golf World published my "Voices" column reviewing the new golf movie "Seven Days in Utopia." The film, which premiered nationwide over Labor Day weekend, stars Robert Duvall as Johnny Crawford, an old rancher and former tour pro who offers golf and life lessons to a PGA Tour hopeful who's stranded in rural Utopia, Texas. Lucas Black, a 28-year-old actor known as one of Hollywood's best golfers, plays Crawford's protege, Luke Chisolm.
"Seven Days" also features PGA Tour player K.J. Choi in a significant role as T.K. Oh, a four-time Masters champion. Stewart Cink, Rickie Fowler and Rich Beem also make cameos as themselves.
Although the film is entertaining for golf enthusiasts and seeks to communicate a noble message, I felt the story fell a club short of a thumbs up. Although it hasn't been a blockbuster, "Seven Days" has garnered a following, especially in Texas, and remains open in select theatres.
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