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CTV News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- CTV News
PGA Champions tour golfer Corey Pavin hits the silver screen for the second time
Former U.S. Open champion Corey Pavin, who is in Calgary to play in the Charity Classic at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club, talked to the press Wednesday about his recent acting role in Happy Gilmore 2. This week, Corey Pavin will tee it up in his ninth Charity Classic at the Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club in southwest Calgary. While golf is still the priority for the 1995 U.S. Open winner, he's also dabbled in acting. Pavin had a role in Kevin Costner's hit movie Tin Cup back in 1996. Now he has another role on his resume: he made an appearance in Adam Sandler's Happy Gilmore 2. Pavin said he got to know Sandler from playing in a pro-am with him and Sandler helped land him the cameo in the sequel. 'I met Adam a long time ago and we've kept in touch a little bit. A friend of ours works for Netflix and kind of ran the show and made sure I was in it as well.' Lots of golfer cameos More than 20 current and former starts of the PGA tour made an appearance in Happy Gilmore 2. Pavin says it was a long day of filming the clubhouse scene but it was fun and it gave him a chance to brush up on his acting skills. 'It's a little awkward because we don't do that kind of stuff very often,' he said. 'You have to try and become an actor which is difficult but they do so many takes that you can't screw it up. So eventually you relax and just say your lines and do it.' Movie helps golf Happy Gilmore 2 has been a hit on Netflix and it's been a hit for golf as well. PGA Champions tour commissioner Miller Brady says it's good to get to know the players outside of the ropes. 'These guys get to have a little fun with it and some humour behind it,' he said. 'Most times when they're on the golf course they're very stoic but Happy Gilmore is anything but that. I love seeing it, I think it's great for the game of golf.' Pavin isn't sure if this will be his last movie but says it's a nice way to get some fame away from the fairways. 'It's fun to be in a movie,' he said. 'It's nice to say that I've in in two movies now, so I'm a bonafide movie star,' he said with a laugh. Not trying the Happy swing On Tuesday, former champs Ken Tanigawa and Ken Duke tried the Happy Gilmore at a clinic for kids. Pavin is now 65 years old and says there's not a chance he's trying it. 'Not I'm to old to try that,' he chuckled. 'I'm afraid to, I might break something.' For more about the Charity Classic, go here.
NBC Sports
21-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Former champions may make Colonial their swan song
Rex Hoggard reports from Colonial Country Club, where former champions Corey Pavin and Oline Brown may be playing their last PGA Tour event at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
Forbes
27-03-2025
- Sport
- Forbes
Cypress Point Setting Prompts Lottery For Walker Cup Golf Tickets
The Walker Cup trophy onsite at Cypress Point, the host site for this year's amateur team event ... More between the U.S. and Great Britain & Ireland. Ticketing will be conducted by a random lottery for the first time. With one of the year's biggest golf tournaments on the horizon, a ticket lottery is now open for fans to visit one of the world's most exclusive private clubs and watch some of the game's best players while walking one of the nation's top-rated courses. No, this isn't the Masters ticket lottery for the season's first golf major next month at Augusta National. Wannabe patrons are too late for that, at least for this year. Instead, the USGA has officially opened a ticket application process for September's Walker Cup Match at Cypress Point Club on California's Monterey Peninsula. Due to demand and limited accessibility at Cypress Point, this is the first time single-day public tickets will be fulfilled by random selection to ensure equitable distribution. The ticket application process is open at the Walker Cup website through April 18, with each adult applicant permitted to apply for up to four tickets per day, as well as two complimentary junior tickets for kids 17-and-under. The par 3 15th hole at Cypress Point, which is widely recognized as one of the best golf courses in ... More the nation. Not unlike Augusta National, which has had a day pass lottery since 1994, those applicants chosen in the random selection will be notified via email and given a timeline to complete their ticket purchase. Tickets are priced at $200 apiece for the Saturday and Sunday competition rounds at the 50th Walker Cup Match, which is scheduled for Sept. 5-7. Tickets to Friday's practice round (and flag-raising ceremony) are $100 each. The Walker Cup is the top amateur team event in golf, contested every two years between 10-man squads from the U.S. and the Great Britain & Ireland. The USGA selects the players on the USA team, while The R&A chooses the GB&I side. The U.S. holds a 39-9-1 lead overall in Walker Cup competition, including a 14 ½ to 11 ½ win during the 2023 match on the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The U.S. won seven of the 10 singles matches on Sunday to earn its fourth straight victory in the biennial event. Cypress Point was designed by architect Alister MacKenzie, who also helped create Augusta National. Cypress Point, the No. 2 U.S. course behind only Pine Valley in latest Top 100 rankings, last hosted the Walker Cup in 1981. Corey Pavin, Jay Sigel and Hal Sutton were among those on that U.S. squad, which won 15-9. The Walker Cup is scheduled to visit a handful of other top clubs and courses in the world for its future matches, with Lahinch in Ireland set to host the 2026 event, followed by Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in 2028. The USGA has also announced U.S.-based sites for 2032 (Oakmont Country Club in Pittsburgh), 2036 (Chicago Golf Club), and 2044 (Pine Valley in New Jersey).
NBC Sports
13-02-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Pavin: Adapting is key to competing in pro golf
1995 U.S. Open champion Corey Pavin discusses how golf has changed since his peak playing days and whether his resume can get him in the World Golf Hall of Fame.
