Stick (TV series)


Stick is an American sports comedy television series created by Jason Keller for Apple TV+ and starring Owen Wilson as a former professional golfer who takes a young prodigy under his wing to turn his life around. The series premiered on June 4, 2025. In July 2025, the series was renewed for a second season.

Premise

Pryce Cahill is a long-washed-up professional golfer who sells clubs and coaches at a range, where he encounters Santi Wheeler, a talented young player. After selling his house to afford money, using the excuse that he needs to pay for his new prodigy's career, Pryce travels with Santi, his mother Elena, former caddy Mitts, and club bartender-turned-caddy Zero Duffy by RV across the United States to help Santi rise to fame, improving Pryce's own life in the process.

Cast

Main

  • Owen Wilson as Pryce Cahill, aka "the Stick", a former professional golfer who now works as a golf club salesman and coach
  • Peter Dager as Santiago "Santi" Wheeler, a gifted golfer who quit after his father left his mother
  • Lilli Kay as Christina Marie "Zero" Duffy, a genderfluid bartender at Sparling Meadows, who uses she/they pronouns, is a dedicated environmentalist and anti-capitalist, and joins Pryce's group after they realize Santi will listen to her
  • Mariana Treviño as Elena Wheeler, Santi's mother
  • Marc Maron as Mitts, Pryce's friend and former caddy

    Recurring

  • Judy Greer as Amber-Linn, Pryce's ex-wife
  • Timothy Olyphant as Clark Ross, Pryce's former playing partner and rival

    Guests

  • Aaron Douglas as Dale, a customer at Pryce's store
  • Donavon Stinson as Ben Putman, Amber-Linn's new boyfriend
  • Rob Benedict as Chuck Gray, a participant in a golf tournament Pryce challenges
  • Ryan Kiera Armstrong as Angela
  • Aidan Merwarth as Jett Cahill, Pryce's deceased son, who died as a small child and later appears in "what if" scenarios showing how life would be different for Pryce if he had survived
  • * Caden Dragomer as Jett Cahill
  • * Louie Chaplin Moss as Jett Cahill
  • Mackenzie Astin as Gary Wheeler, Santi's absentee father and Elena's ex-husband
  • Jim Nantz as himself, a ReadySafe Invitational commenter
  • Trevor Immelman as himself, a ReadySafe Invitational commenter
  • Keegan Bradley as himself, a professional golfer at the ReadySafe Invitational
  • Wyndham Clark as himself, another professional golfer at the ReadySafe Invitational
  • Max Homa as himself, a fellow professional golfer at the ReadySafe Invitational
  • Brad Dalke as himself, a professional golfer at the ReadySafe Invitational
  • Collin Morikawa as himself, a professional golfer leading the ReadySafe Invitational tournament

    Episodes

Production

It was announced in March 2024 that Owen Wilson was cast to star in the series with Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris set as directors. Peter Dager, Marc Maron, Mariana Treviño, Jamie Neumann and Lilli Kay would be added to the cast in the following months. In August, Judy Greer would join the cast to replace Neumann, who exited for unknown reasons. Timothy Olyphant would also join the cast in a guest role capacity.
Filming on the series began on May 29, 2024, in Vancouver under the working title Rambler & the Birdie Machine, and was due to run until September 13. In February 2025, Apple announced the series, now titled Stick, would premiere on June 4, 2025. On July 23, 2025, Apple TV+ renewed the series for a second season.

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 82% approval rating based on 61 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Carried along by Owen Wilson's laconic charm, Stick is a sports comedy that putts predictably but accomplishes its aim of gentle entertainment commendably under par." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave a score of 62 out of 100 based on 27 critics, indicating "generally favorable".