This article contains spoilers for Happy Gilmore 2.

  • Entertainment Weekly breaks down everything that happens in the surprise mid-credits scene in Happy Gilmore 2.
  • The scene in question serves as a sort of epilogue to the film and reveals what happened to Maxi Golf and its founder, Frank Manatee (played by Benny Safdie).
  • It also pokes fun at the world’s top golfer, Scottie Scheffler.

Move over, Marvel, there’s a new mid-credits scene in Tinseltown.

That’s right: the fun doesn’t end with the final scene in Happy Gilmore 2. Audiences who don’t immediately switch over to something else at the film’s conclusion will be treated to a fun mid-credits scene that acts as a sort of epilogue to the film.

After restoring his reputation, getting sober, sending his daughter to ballet school, and saving golf from the clutches of Frank Manatee’s Maxi Golf league, Happy (Adam Sandler) is last seen waving goodbye to his kids and taking a moment to acknowledge his heavenly ghosts.

The mid-credits scene, then, tells a bit about what happened to Manatee (Benny Safdie) and the fallout with Maxi Golf. It starts with a news broadcast — Sports Hole With Pat Daniels — telling viewers that “the bad news just keeps coming” for Maxi and its founder.

The host, Daniels (played by Dan Patrick), says, “Since the spectacular failure of the Maxi Golf League, the popular Maxi Sports Drink has been recalled after complaints it caused irreversible halitosis, gingivitis, and a new condition they’re calling tongue rot.” On screen, pictures of Manatee with an alarming-looking bright green tongue pop up.

Daniels adds that the news station has not been able to locate Manatee for comment, and deadpans, “Yeah, I would run, too, if I gave half the world midnight booty breath.”

At this, the camera pans out to reveal that the broadcast is being watched by a still-incarcerated Scottie Scheffler, who got arrested earlier in the film for punching a heckler during the Maxi Golf tournament. Clearly not bothered, Scheffler is lounging on a bench when a guard walks up and asks him, “Hey Scheffler, it’s been three days, you sure you don’t wanna make that call?”

Scottie Scheffler as himself in ‘Happy Gilmore 2’.

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“It depends. What’s for dinner?” Scheffler tells him. When the guard informs him that chicken fingers are on the menu, Scheffler decides to “stick around another night.”

Scheffler’s fictional legal troubles in the film are a not-so-subtle nod to his real-life. The world’s top golfer was arrested in May 2024 during the PGA championships after an incident with police directing traffic. All charges against him were dropped days later, with the prosecutor in the case saying that Scheffler’s characterization of the incident as “an unfortunate misunderstanding” during a “chaotic situation” was “corroborated by the evidence.”

“I wish to put this incident behind me, and I hope (the officer) will do the same. Police officers have a difficult job, and I hold them in high regard,” Scheffler said at the time.

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Set nearly 30 years after the 1996 original, Happy Gilmore 2 features many other pro golfers in addition to Scheffler. John Daly, Keegan Bradley, Bryson DeChambeau, Tony Finau, Rickie Fowler, Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa, Jack Nicklaus, Xander Schauffele, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Bubba Watson, Will Zalatoris, Nelly Korda, Nancy Lopez, and Paige Spiranac all appear in the film as well.