For my screenplay set in the 1920s, I have a short scene on a golf course during an informal game among friends--or, more accurately, supposed friends. I want to get across to the audience in this and a progression of similar scenes that the others are taking advantage of the protagonist's trust and good nature.
Thus I was thinking of having one of the bad guys (or perhaps two working in tandem) propose such a convoluted wager on the outcome of play on the next hole that the protagonist would lose the bet no matter the outcome. Sort of a "Heads I win, tails you lose" scenario translated into golf terms.
While my real-life historical protagonist played and bet on a lot of golf in his spare time and I feel obligated to include at least this one brief scene, I do not know enough about the ins and outs of the game, much less betting on it, to feel comfortable coming up with an elaborate wager on my own. (Also, unsure how much golf lingo has changed since the 1920s.)
If anyone here can come up with something I can use, even just a betting scenario, not the actual dialogue, I would be happy to see that that individual receives a "Special Thanks" credit should my script ever see the light of day as a movie. The entire two-page scene has been blocked out and filled in save for the proposed wager. I would rather not post the pages here, in order to protect my overall story idea, but I can message them to anyone willing to help.
Thus I was thinking of having one of the bad guys (or perhaps two working in tandem) propose such a convoluted wager on the outcome of play on the next hole that the protagonist would lose the bet no matter the outcome. Sort of a "Heads I win, tails you lose" scenario translated into golf terms.
While my real-life historical protagonist played and bet on a lot of golf in his spare time and I feel obligated to include at least this one brief scene, I do not know enough about the ins and outs of the game, much less betting on it, to feel comfortable coming up with an elaborate wager on my own. (Also, unsure how much golf lingo has changed since the 1920s.)
If anyone here can come up with something I can use, even just a betting scenario, not the actual dialogue, I would be happy to see that that individual receives a "Special Thanks" credit should my script ever see the light of day as a movie. The entire two-page scene has been blocked out and filled in save for the proposed wager. I would rather not post the pages here, in order to protect my overall story idea, but I can message them to anyone willing to help.
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