Caddyshack Hills was chosen because the course did not have any palm trees. He wanted the movie to feel that it was in the Midwest, not Florida. The explosions that take place during the climax of the film were reported at the nearby Fort Lauderdale airport by an incoming pilot, who suspected a plane had crashed. The scene that begins when Ty Webb's golf ball crashes into Carl Spackler's ramshackle house was not in the original script. It was added by director Harold Ramis after realizing that two of his biggest stars, Chevy Chase and Bill Murray (who previously did not
Carl Voss (film extra) Before the Mast" in 1946. Wallenchinsky, David & Wallace, Amy "The New Book of Lists: The Original Compendium of Curious Information" p. 50 Canongate 2005 Carl Voss at IMDB https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0903694/ Carl Voss (film extra) Carl Voss (6 May 1896 – 18 September 1947) was an American World War I veteran who besides appearing as a film extra and military film technical advisor commanded a private army of up to 2112 former servicemen who acted as extras in 232 films from 1923 to 1940. A former US Army staff sergeant in World War I, Voss both acted as a technical advisor