根據一個鼓舞人心的真實故事改編，Shia LaBeouf 飾演業餘高爾夫球手烏伊梅。除了天賦什麼也沒有的工薪階層青年有一個看似不可能實現的夢想：與世界上最偉大的球員、他的偶像哈里瓦登來一場比賽。很快，在他 10 歲的球童艾迪的幫助下，烏伊梅勇敢地打破了所有障礙，展現出無與倫比的動力、技巧和熱情，並向職業高爾夫球手發起挑戰，爭奪美國公開賽冠軍。 影片包含煙草相關內容。

World War I has left golfer Rannulph Junuh a poker-playing alcoholic, his perfect swing gone. Now, however, he needs to get it back to play in a tournament to save the financially ravaged golf course of a long-ago sweetheart. Help arrives in the form of mysterious caddy Bagger Vance.

A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.