LOS ANGELES — Owen Wilson readily admits that his golf game was already washed up when he agreed to play over-the-hill pro Pryce Cahill in the comedy "Stick."
"The Wedding Crashers" star, 56, who says he's more skilled on tennis or pickleball courts, couldn't quite relate to the PGA meltdown on national TV that ended Cahill's promising career in the Apple TV+ series (three episodes now streaming, then weekly on Wednesdays).
“I've definitely tossed a tennis racket, but I haven't gotten good enough at golf to toss a club yet,” Wilson tells USA TODAY. “If I hit a good shot, it’s like, ‘Whoa! Where did that come from?' Once you get a level of competence where there’s an expectation and then you don't meet that — that's when you have a meltdown. But there is something about golf that can drive you crazy."
Wilson has his reasons for his subpar game, which never flourished while he was growing up in Dallas, with golf-loving father Robert Wilson and actor brothers, Andrew and Luke Wilson. Owen was left-handed in a right-handed house.
“My dad didn’t see enough in my game to invest in lefty clubs, so I was left to hack away with righty clubs,” he says. “That was my excuse to myself.”
