In sitcom stickOwen Wilson plays Pryce, a washed tour, whose meal ticket is a baby prosthesis. The show is also in cash.
Golf: Stick debuted on Apple TV+ in June. What do you think golf fans will love?
Owen Wilson: You listen so much that golf is a metaphor for life, and (the show catches) exactly what does it: frustration (but also) the sublime feeling you can get when something goes your way.
G: Would you say you are bitten by Golf Bug?
Ow: Yes, I will. I was playing literally this morning.
G: What are the strengths of your game?
Ow: I’m a very good place. If I am in green in the regulation, I am surely two with two putt.
G: In addition to getting lessons to prepare for the show, you studied the language of the game. Did you climb anything?
Ow: My brother was playing with a couple of players (pro) hockey. Someone would hit a bad blow and shout, “and for what?!” You know, all the lessons, all the time, all the money, all the practices – and for what? Sometimes there is a sort of sisyphean quality to golf that you can also ever feel in life.
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G: Now that you are playing more regularly, do you have a bucket course that you can’t expect to go out and play?
Ow: Of course, Augusta National would be incredible but had a course in Ireland, Arg manorlorthat I saw. Is where they will have Ryder cup (in 2027), and I would like to go. I am Irish on both sides of my family, so I would like to make a trip with my brothers and play that course and some others.
G: A number of pro tour – Max Homa, Collin Morikawa – stick. Did you get any special overview from them?
Ow: We also had Wyndham Clark and Keegan Bradley. Of course, they are not actors, but I thought – and I was right – that they would be able to do it because I discover that these professional athletes are interpreters (and can) sustainable kind of themselves and put pressure on.
G: What is the best golf tips you’ve ever received?
Ow: You can be very dependent across the technique. Just be an athlete. If you were a kid, you don’t think about how to swing a stick, just do it. When I’m able to do this, I can sometimes produce a good blow.
G: How would you say that your relationship with the game has evolved since taking this role?
Ow: Something something I was scared for because, when I was a kid, my dad was a good golf player and looked very serious. It looked like a very adult thing. It seemed like something I couldn’t do – how, I can’t really learn that. I have no doubt hit it yet, but what has been great is that I have made progress. And I will continue because I know I’m on the verge of another progress.
