Scottie Scheffler is one of the many professional golfers appearing in the highly anticipated “Happy Gilmore 2.” The film, directed by and starring Adam Sandler, was released last Friday and has stood out for several reasons, particularly its long list of cameos.
More than 70 celebrities appear in “Happy Gilmore 2,” with golf stars naturally taking center stage. Some players turned more heads than others when it came to acting, with one of them being particularly impressive to Scheffler.
“The one I laughed the hardest at, and I actually texted Xander (Schauffele) about this the other day, was Xander’s lines in the movie are really, really funny. Him and Rickie (Fowler) did a really good job and so did Will Zalatoris,” the World No. 1 said in a recent interview for the “Pardon My Take” podcast.
As for himself, Scheffler was far less complimentary about his acting skills.
“Maybe like a C-minus, a passing grade. I’d give myself a passing grade, but I’m definitely not going to give myself much more than that. I had a few lines. I mean, it was fun. I’ll let y’all watch the movie,” he told Pardon My Take.
The Ridgewood, New Jersey, native was in New York for the premiere last Monday, just over 24 hours after winning the Open Championship. Jetlag didn’t stop Scheffler from enjoying the film, and he even offered a review that turned out to be more in-depth than many would expect.
“We watched it on Monday night and I was surprised by how much we enjoyed the movie,” he told Pardon My Take. “I mean, it’s so hard with comedies to follow up the original, especially when the original is such a classic like that. But they did a really, really good job of, you know, kind of remembering the original movie by having a lot of that stuff in there, like a lot of reminiscing about the old movie while still having like a good storyline for the new one.”
“And lots of really funny stuff. I mean, I was cracking up. Like a lot of the guys that came in and did their cameos did an amazing job.”
The list of golf stars who made cameos in the film includes Jack Nicklaus, John Daly, Collin Morikawa, Bryson DeChambeau, Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas and Brooks Koepka. Others who have screen time include Nancy Lopez, Nelly Korda, Charley Hull and Paige Spiranac, among many others.
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