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Roy Munson (Woody Harrelson) is a bowling prodigy who wins the 1979 Iowa state amateur championship and plans to leave his tiny hometown of Ocelot to go on the Professional Bowlers Tour. He wins his first tournament, defeating an established pro named Ernie McCracken (Bill Murray) in the finals and earning his enmity. McCracken sabotages Roy's car, then convinces him to join in a bowling cash game hustle for the money to repair it. The scheme goes awry when the marks realize they've been hustled; Roy is abandoned by McCracken and the angered marks amputate Roy's right hand by shoving it into a bowling ball-return mechanism.