Golf with Lucic & Timmay, Gilmore-style

The 7 stitches to my head and few dozen hand lacerations will prevent me from participating in this tomorrow, but Bruins fans can get stoked on the new season by driving golf balls with Milan Lucic and Tim Thomas down in Middleboro. Today's INP:

Can you drive a golf ball like Happy Gilmore? Bruins [team stats] players Milan Lucic and Tim Thomas [stats] will be the judge of that.

The two hockey stars will serve as celebrity judges for the Boston Bruins Foundation’s “Swing Like Happy Gilmore” long-drive golf competition Tuesday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Golf Country, 160 S. Main St. (Route 114), Middleton,

But don’t expect Lucic to start throwing haymakers at Bob Barker, because this time around, the price is right - and for a good cause.


A $10 entry fee nets each participant three swings, with proceeds benefiting the Bruins team charity. The drive derby serves as a warm-up for next week’s sixth annual charity golf tournament at the International in Bolton, but this is no ordinary driving-range throwdown - all parties must possess the guile to swing a golf club like Gilmore, complete with a running start and rugged hockey player mentality.

“I’ve never met a hockey fan who didn’t like the movie ‘Happy Gilmore,’ ” said Bob Sweeney, the foundation’s director of development. “We thought this would be a fun event to celebrate the end of the summer and help raise money for a great cause.”

Lucic and Thomas will meet fans and judge each drive, and the fan who hits the longest will score two tickets to next week’s golf tournament dinner as well as an autographed Lucic Bruins jersey. The runner-up will take home a hockey stick putter autographed by Lucic and Thomas. Other prizes will be doled out for most enthusiastic player and to the best “Happy Gilmore” look-alike.

In Adam Sandler’s 1996 comedy sports flick, Gilmore wore his black Bruins jersey to tournaments, and the organizers are encouraging fans to do the same. All that’s missing Tuesday will be Shooter McGavin and Sandler himself.

For more information, Go to bostonbruins.com.