Save this story Save Story Save this story The PGA Tour may be wrapping up in just a few short weeks, but this week marks the official beginning of Stick Season. No, not the Noah Kahan song, but Owen Wilson’s charming Apple TV+ comedy, whose second season premieres this Wednesday, November 4th. The show follows Wilson’s Pryce “Stick” Cahill, a former pro golfer who crashed out in a Kenny Powers-esque blaze of almost-glory a couple decades ago. Season one tracked his reentry into the game as the mentor of a talented but troubled young golfer played by Peter Dager. But in Season two, Stick has his eyes on a new prize: becoming the oldest player to ever win the U.S. Open.
Wilson himself might not be winning majors any time soon, but his experience filming the show has turned him into a real golf nut. He hadn’t played much beforehand, he told me, so the last couple of years have been a real crash course in one of the most difficult sports in the world. Still, it hasn’t taken much for him to compile a list of his favorite courses—and a bucket list of ones he’s dying to play a round or two on. Ahead of the show’s return, the 57-year-old actor hit the links with GQ .
David Cannon/Getty Images Augusta National Golf Club “I have gotten an invite from a member to play, so I think that will happen at some point. What's always funny about that is that they close right after The Masters , so they're closed all summer. I’ve got to find a time that works for them where I could go play. That would be incredible.”
“My brother says St. Andrews and some of the other courses in Scotland are incredible. Out there the links style is pretty different from the courses in Dallas. And the people in Scotland, Luke says, are so knowledgeable about the game and friendly. I have not played link style and sometimes I wonder, Well, maybe my game would suit that because sometimes I'm not getting a lot of lift on the ball . And I am very comfortable with a putter. So yeah, maybe that's where I'll really prove that I'm good at the game.”
“Playing in Makena on Maui, that's a beautiful course that I love playing where you're getting to see the ocean and the beautiful Hawaiian features.”
Tony Roberts/Getty Images New South Wales Golf Club “I played this one in Sydney that's kind of their [version of] Pebble Beach. It’s on the ocean, and there are some dramatic holes where you see waves breaking. I played lousy that day, but I'd like another crack at it.”
“I remember asking Collin Morikawa what his favorite course was and he said Riviera. Getting to play Riviera, I kind of feel like I've gotten to know more about the game. In the beginning, it was sort of lost on me—like getting a really good bottle of wine, and I couldn't really tell the difference. But now that I'm getting better, I can appreciate how incredible that course is. That first hole, where you're kind of teeing off from way up above. Just the other day, on number 10, I had a par four where I drove the green and just barely made it to the front of the green. But I was immediately on the phone calling to let my brothers and friends know that I had an eagle putt, which I missed. But that kind of kicked off a good little stretch where I birdied three out of four holes. That was a rare kind of day. More often, I'm kind of experiencing how challenging golf is.”
AFP/Getty Images The Golf Course at Adare Manor “I’ve stayed [at the Manor] and the course where they’re going to hold the Ryder Cup next year looked beautiful.”
“When I was training for the show, I learned how to play at Maui Country Club, a little nine-hole course kind of near where I am on the North Shore. [Maui] and Mākena, those were the two places that I really played a lot.”
“I played my best round at King Kamehameha with [former NBA coach] Don Nelson. I'd only been playing for a year-and-a-half where I was able to shoot in the low 80s, and everything just was very simple that day. Like, you hit your drive on the fairway, and then on the fairway you just hit it on the green, and then you two-putt and move on. I was with Nellie when he got his last hole in one. At that point I think he was maybe 83, and he was able to shoot his age and get a hole in one. I have not gotten a hole in one yet, but it's very exciting to witness one.”
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