Tin Cup (1996) - 37 mistakes

Continuity: When Molly comes for her first golf lesson, Costner takes the last bite of his hot dog. In the next scene, he still has some of the hotdog left.

Continuity: During the press conference at the U.S. Open where Roy begins to list the companies who are sponsoring him, he says that one of them is "Woody's Smokehouse" when the patch on his jacket says "Wally's Smokehouse".

Visible crew/equipment: When Roy is first practising at the U.S. Open you can see cue cards in Romeo's sunglasses a few times.

Continuity: When Roy is talking to Romeo about winning the U.S. Open he is seen with a glass of milk in his hand in one scene and in the next the glass in on the table in front of him.

Continuity: When Roy and Romeo buy back his golf clubs from the pawn shop, the towel on the gold bag keeps changing positions as they are walking and talking.

Audio problem: At the end of the movie when Roy finally makes the shot, The scene cuts to Molly on the side and she has her mouth open as she's screaming, but you hear her voice saying "I LOVE YOU".

Factual error: When Roy is giving Molly her first golf lesson, she is using a driver, the hardest club to hit. Any golf professional would have a student start with a short iron.

Revealing: In the scene where Romeo and Roy snap all the clubs other than the 7-iron, Roy drops his golf ball onto the grass. However, when he hits the ball, a white tee can be seen travelling up towards the top left of the screen. The tee can easily be seen but is much clearer in slow motion.

Continuity: When Molly goes to see Roy when he is wearing all that golfing equipment, when they go to sit down at the table Roy can be seen taking off the blue arm band and when the camera pans back for a wider shot, he is seen taking it off again.

Continuity: When Roy is talking to Molly after their therapy session, the magazine Roy is reading disappears in one shot and then it's back in the next.

Continuity: In the scene where Molly comes to visit Roy in his winnebago, her hairstyle changes from minute to minute.

Continuity: During Molly's first golf lesson we see Roy about to show her how to swing the club. Right from the moment after which she takes her shot to where we see him take his, his hair changes styles during all of the different shots. This is particularly noticeable with his fringe.

Continuity: When Molly goes to see Roy when he is wearing all of the golfing equipment, they walk outside and Roy pushes the lid of the ballcap he is wearing to the side. The camera angle changes and you now see the lid is facing straight back.

Continuity: After Dave takes his first shot on the final hole, he is seen walking and you can see that his glove is tucked in his back pocket. The camera angle changes to a front view and you see him taking off his glove and tucking it in his back pocket again.

Continuity: Right after the spotter points out to Roy where his ball is in the woods, not only does the spotter disappear, but Roy is seen moving a large leaf that was not even near the ball in the first shot of the scene.

Continuity: In the scene where Costner is playing Johnson in the final round, we see both of them lining up their putts. Costner is swinging the grip of the putter from side to side in front of his face. When we see him through Rene Russo's periscope, he is not moving the club at all. The shot cuts back to Costner, and he is swinging the club again.

Continuity: The first lesson Molly has with Roy, it's already dusk, and when they go outside, it's dark. At the end of the lesson, Roy says "Same Time Next Week?" and Mollie says "Okay."  But then in the next lesson Mollie complains that he is late.   But when he does show up for that late lesson, it appears to be in the late afternoon, not even close to dusk.

Factual error: On the final hole, the shot that Roy "has" to make is hit perfectly the first time. For some unknown reason, it spins backward off the green. This is patently impossible with a 3-wood. The club just doesn't allow it, and any golfer on the face of the earth knows it. This scene should have been shot with a long iron, a 2 or 3 iron, which is still very hard to hit, but at least possible (for a pro) to put enough spin to back it up.

Factual error: After Roy's first round in the US Open, there is a NASCAR race on TV. The race is the Brickyard 400, which is run in August, showed during the US Open, which is played in June.

Continuity: During the scene in the final round where Roy and David hit their balls onto a green, there are a couple of mistakes (one mistake has already been noted in this scene - the mistake where Roy is swinging his putter from side to side etc). Firstly, as they all walk up to the green, Roy's ball (which should be quite close to the hole) is not on the green. Secondly, when Dave misses his putt, look at Romeo. He is standing to the right of Roy, but in the immediate next shot he is on Roy's left.

Continuity: When Roy goes to see Molly at her office we see him about to ask Molly out. During this scene Roy's hair style constantly changes. His fringe is messy and sticking up when the camera faces him from Molly's view; and flat and tidy when the camera is at the opposite angle.

Continuity: During the competition in which Roy is caddying for David Sims we see Roy about to hand Sims the three Iron. Notice that he has the golf bag on his shoulder. Then when Sims approaches him to ask for the seven iron the camera changes angle and the bag is now standing on the floor.

Continuity: At the start of the film, Molly arrives and spoils Roy's riddle. She picks up a golf club that was hanging from some chains. She is then holding it in her hands. When she turns round, the golf club is hanging up again.

Continuity: During Molly's first golf lesson, Roy recites his poem of 'What is a golf swing?' During this scene, when the camera faces Molly from behind Roy, she leans to one side. However, when the camera faces Roy from behind Molly, she is standing straight.

Continuity: During one of the qualifying competitions, Earl is too exhausted to carry on caddying for Roy. Roy leaves Earl behind and plays the rest of the round without him. But a couple of shots later when Roy gets to the green, Earl is holding the flagstick while Roy putts.

Continuity: When Renee is talking to her mentor on the phone she begins by "doodling" a spiral from top to bottom on the note pad in front of her. Later you see a full shot of the pad and there are only small doodles at the top of the page, nothing in the middle. Again later you see the note pad with more doodles on it but they don't match the action shown at the beginning of the phone call.

Continuity: When Earl is Roy's caddy, he stops at the first hole, leans over the golf bag exhausted saying that he wished Romeo was there. The camera angle changes and he is now standing straight up and not breathing hard.

Continuity: After the doctor catches Roy wearing all the golf equipment, they are outside talking and his hair keeps changing from being tucked under his hat to sticking out from under the hat.

Continuity: Nearing the end of the movie, a larger set golfer approaches Molly and asks for a card or two. He has his sunglasses on his head, if you look at his hair, in the first shot its swept down to the side. In the next shot a portion is hanging between the glasses against his forehead. In the following shot as he walks away, his hair is back to sweeping to the side.

Continuity: During the first competition when Roy is caddying for David Sims we see Roy offer David the 3 Wood. When David refuses they have a discussion. Watch as you see Roy holding the club in his left hand lower the club down holding it in his hand. Right after the discussion we see Roy then once again pull the 3 Wood from the bag and again offer it to David.

Continuity: As Roy is destroying his clubs during their qualifying rounds, Romeo's stance with the golf bag is different each time the camera pans back to him throughout the scene.

Plot hole: Near the start of the film, Molly answers Roy's riddle. But she wasn't there when he asked it, so how does she know the answer?

Plot hole: In the scene where Roy takes his ball out of the hole, at the last round of the US Open, the crowd are going wild etc. Dave, who has a chance to win the competition, doesn't finish off his round.

Continuity: After Kevin Costner plays the first round of the US Open when he plays horribly, he and his caddie are seen looking at his score being posted on the scoreboard. The number posted for the 18th hole is a 5. Later on, however, when he is talking to Don Johnson in the bar, and Johnson asks him, "How the hell did you shoot an 83?" he replies, "I missed a 5-foot putt on the last hole for an 82." Considering that the announcers say several times that he hit his second shot on number 18 in the water every single day of the tournament, this is impossible. If he hits it in the water, he takes a penalty shot and now he is hitting his fourth shot onto the green, putting for a 5. If he then, as he says, misses the 5 foot putt, he must make a 6 on the hole. I've watched it a thousand times, it just isn't possible.

Continuity: During the scene where Roy is caddying for Dave Simms, Phil Mickelson hits a shot to the green. Roy says, "He's on the green - in good shape too". However, when Roy's ball lands on the green, Phil's ball is nowhere to be seen.

Continuity: When Rene Russo is talking on the phone in her office you see in the alternating shots of her head - her hair is in front of the cord then behind it as the shot changes. Her hair alternates with the shots 5 or 6 times.

Factual error: During Dave Simms' tournament, Romeo is seen caddying for Craig Stadler. Craig is a world-famous fantastic tour professional and would have his own, regular caddy. Besides, only Tin Cup was offered a caddying job - not Romeo.