Get in the hole! Happy Gilmore is back on the golf course and ready to get into the swing of things.
On Mar. 18, Netflix dropped the first trailer for Happy Gilmore 2, the long-awaited sequel to the 1996 comedy film about a failed hockey player named Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) who enters a golf competition to win the cash prize and save his grandmother’s house, in the end becoming an unlikely golf sensation.
Set to release on Jul. 25, The sequel picks up 30 years after the events of the first film, where an aging Gilmore tries to get back in the game after a long hiatus from the sport. Except this time, the golf landscape has changed: the champions are better, the game is harder, the fans are meaner, and Gilmore isn’t sure if he has what it takes to win.
“I haven’t swung a club in years. I’m a little intimidated. All these guys have hit it big now,” Gilmore says in the trailer, referring to the current star players. “I don’t know where to start.”
Along with Sandler, Happy Gilmore 2 sees the return of Julie Bowen, Christopher McDonald, and Ben Stiller, with Bad Bunny and Travis Kelce joining the cast as well.
Sandler posted the trailer for the film along with a caption expressing gratitude for the fans who patiently waited over two decades for the sequel.
“Hope you all have fun and thanks for all the great times,” Sandler wrote.
Gilmore fans were just as grateful to Sandler for making the sequel possible.
“LETS GOOOOO!!! Happy is back!” one x user wrote in celebration.
“Can. Not. Wait. Thank you for this,” another Gilmore fan commented.
While Gilmore might be a little older now, one thing’s for sure—he still knows that the key to a killer swing is all in the hips.
Let’s just hope age hasn’t gotten to them yet.
