Adam Sandler is assembling a star-studded cast for his Happy Gilmore ... Sandler's Gilmore fought the creature who stole his golf ball and long ago bit off his mentor Chubbs' hand.

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It memorably ends with Sandler retrieving his ball from Morris' mouth, then later revealing he also took his head as payback for Chubbs' hand ... t be appearing in Happy Gilmore 2, but noted ...