''National Lampoon's Golf Punks'' is a 1998 American

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directed by F. Harvey Frost and written by Jill Mazursky. Tom Arnold stars as an out-of-work golf pro who gets pulled into teaching the game to a group of young golfers at a public course. The film premiered on

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on September 6, 1998.

Cast

Production

This film and '' National Lampoon's Men in White'' were the first films produced as part of The Family Channel's overall rebranding as Fox Family Channel, and the first films announced as part of its deal to produce '' National Lampoon''-related television programs. Filming took place in

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, and

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ped in July 1998.

Release

The film premiered on Fox Family Channel on September 6, 1998.

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