Love on the Right Course

The scenery is breathtaking and takes place in Budapest Hungary. The story is about a female tournament golfer trying to cope with the death of her mother and coach, and her father who is also is trying to cope with the death of his wife. Ashley Newbrough is great as the lead female golfer, Whitney who goes home to Budapest to prepare for a tournament and try to figure out whether to continue her golfing career, her father is deciding whether to sell the golf course he owns since it only brings memories back of his deceased wife. Whitney meets a handsome golf pro,Daniel, played by handsome actor, Marcus Rosner,who gives her a new perspective on her golf game and life. I enjoyed the chemistry between Whitney and Daniel, and wish there had been a bit more focus on the romance, but overall an enjoyable movie.

I found this movie to be quite boring.

To be fair, though, part of that could be because I'm not a golf enthusiast. To be honest, I only watched it to the end because I have grown to love the actor, Marcus Rosner, & I enjoy taking in the scenery when the movies are made on location in Europe. But, my biggest pet peeve is when the background music doesn't go along with the movie. When they don't meld together, it's distracting to me & takes away from my enjoyment of the story. I hope Hallmark doesn't continue to take on a trait I have found in Great American Family movies. Hallmark can do much better than this.

Once again, Hallmark cast a lead "current or former pro athlete" with an actor who seemingly started learning the sport and its mechanics a week after the script arrived. Previous movies about baseball and hockey and football players, ice skaters, etc have been painful to watch ... and "Love On the Right Course" adds 'pro golfer' to the list. Enough!!

A simple and obvious casting tweak would have at least tripled my IMDB stars for this movie. Ashley Newbrough is lovely, but her golf swing wouldn't make a junior varsity team. Her scoopy pitch shots were cringe-worthy for a "pro". Marcus Rosner (a golf instructor here) had a passable full swing. Cameo cast member, co-writer, co-producer Brittany Bristow should have been the lead actress based on her golf swing alone, and her acting style and charm would have brought more sizzle to the script's inevitable lead romance.

Team Bristow (dad, mom and daughter) continued its string of overseas shooting locations, this time in Hungary. Many roles were filled with eastern European actors. It helped toggling on Closed Captions. Enough said about that.

Golfers will see that TaylorMade was an exclusive brand logo for clubs and bags. But the golfers' and gallery wore strikingly plain, logo-less clothing and headwear ... and the last time I saw that was in "Caddyshack".

I've just watched Ashley Newbrough and Marcus Rosner in Flipping for Christmas and was greatly disappointed. So, I was hesitant to watch this movie, but decided to give them another chance, especially when I saw this one was set in Budapest. I have to say this one did not disappoint. I loved the scenery and found the acting and chemistry to be genuine. Ashley and Marcus are great together in this movie, their characters are fun and caring. I loved the dynamic between Whitney (Newbrough) and her father as they remember her mother who has passed. I loved all the supporting cast of family and friends, they helped make this movie enjoyable, even the dog. I really enjoyed seeing Brittany Bristow playing a competitor pro golfer. I rated this down by one star as Steve Byer who plays Whitney's caddy plays his usual character that is only looking out for himself. But I suppose there had to be some drama in the movie. All in all this was quite an enjoyable movie to watch.

I would not call this a comedy as much as a light-hearted drama. As for the romance, this is one of those films where the romance feels tacked onto the ending.

That said, this Hallmark film has a cast that is likable. And some beautiful scenes from Hungary, which are a plus.

Trying to make this film about golf technically accurate was a challenge, but the scenes are convincing enough.

Ashley Newbrough plays the part of Whitney, the young golfer who has lost the spark in her game since her mother's death. When she visits her father, she finds that he has become reclusive and is thinking about selling their golf club. She is also getting negativity from her caddy.

Marcus Rosner plays Daniel, the club pro who offers to help her with her game. He finds himself becoming involved emotionally in Whitney's well-being.