{"id":14382,"date":"2025-06-04T22:24:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=14382"},"modified":"2025-06-04T22:24:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:24:59","slug":"owen-wilson-and-peter-dager-practiced-their-golf-swing-for-stick-to-perfection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=14382","title":{"rendered":"Owen Wilson and Peter Dager Practiced Their Golf Swing for &#8216;Stick&#8217; to Perfection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Owen Wilson and Peter Dager spent months training with golf\u2019s finest instructors to make the new Apple TV+ comedy-drama Stick, but in an exclusive interview with <em>M&amp;F, t<\/em>he stars revealed why practicing on their own time often resembled a famous scene in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>The Full Monty.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In <em>Stick,<\/em> Owen Wilson plays \u201cPryce Cahill,\u201d a has-been golf pro whose life is spiraling out of control before he meets Peter Dager\u2019s character, \u2018Santi Wheeler,\u2019 a teenage golfing sensation with a world of potential. With the show centering around their up-and-down relationship, the two were required to undergo extensive golf training in order that they look great on the grass. To that end, both actors were assigned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nathan_leonhardt\/?hl=en-gb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PGA Tour player, Nathan Leonhardt<\/a> to help them master their swing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember getting the tip from Nathan\u2026 just relax,\u201d Wilson tells <em>M&amp;F<\/em>. \u201cTry to get into that flow-state. But you gotta keep your arm straight.\u201d The <em>Marley &amp; Me<\/em> star would initially find this advice difficult to adhere to. \u201cBut keeping this straight is not relaxed, so you would get a lot of contradictory (advice): Be relaxed but do something that\u2019s very unnatural and rigid, like keeping your arms straight, and so that\u2019s continued for me to be the challenge.\u201d Still, every once in a while, Wilson says he makes a major golfing breakthrough that encourages him to keep trying.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Peter Dager was expected to demonstrate even greater skills, since the plot is built on the potential for him to become a champion, and to help redeem Wilson\u2019s character at the same time. While Owen Wilson says that replicating the movement of a bicep curl has helped him to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/workouts\/full-body-exercises\/the-best-exercises-for-a-powerful-and-precise-golf-swing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">improve his own swing<\/a>, Dager tells <em>M&amp;F<\/em> that keeping the elbows together and imagining that he is squeezing a ball is one of the best tips that he\u2019s personally received. Still, the reason that Stick works so well is because it is obvious that both men have legitimately fallen in love with the sport, even going as far as practicing in some novel locations.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:55.36519386835%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Peter-Dager-and-Owen-Wilson-exchanging-Golf-clubs-in-Apple-TV-Stick.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" alt=\"Peter Dager and Owen Wilson exchanging Golf clubs in Apple TV+ Stick\" width=\"1109\" height=\"614\" data-fallback-img=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Peter-Dager-and-Owen-Wilson-exchanging-Golf-clubs-in-Apple-TV-Stick.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Apple TV +<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Owen Wilson and Peter Dager Channeled \u2018The Full Monty\u2019 to Practice Their Golf Swing<\/h2>\n<p>As the stars of Apple TV+\u2019s <em>Stick<\/em> demonstrate their respective swing techniques to <em>M&amp;F<\/em>, Owen Wilson gives a hilarious take on practicing on their own time. \u201cWhat\u2019s funny is, seeing (Peter) do that, and I was just doing it, you know, I\u2019ve been on planes where I\u2019m kind of waiting to use the lavatory and I\u2019ll start [practicing my swing],\u201d he laughs. \u201cI do it on the subway,\u201d concurs Dager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember that scene in <em>The Full Monty<\/em> where the guys were kind of waiting in the queue for their unemployment,\u201d says Wilson \u201cAnd the music comes on, they start kind of dancing, feeling the music, and there\u2019s definitely that (scenario) with a golf swing where you\u2019re always sort of (finding) and opportunity to sort of practice it,\u201d he jokes. While <em>Stick<\/em> is seriously emotional yet very funny on screen, the actors also had a friendly golfing rivalry behind the cameras. Anytime something needed to be reset or there was a break in filming, Wilson and Dager tell <em>M&amp;F<\/em> that they couldn\u2019t resist picking up the clubs to pass the time.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Wilson and Dager, <em>Stick<\/em>\u2019s ensemble cast includes Marc Maron, Mariana Trevi\u00f1o, Lilli Kay, Judy Greer and Timothy Olyphant, and features guest appearances from golf superstars such as Collin Morikawa, Keegan Bradley, Max Homa, Wyndham Clark and more.<\/p>\n<p>Stick will make its global streaming debut on Apple TV+ on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, with the first three episodes, followed by one episode weekly through to July 23, 2025. To watch Owen Wilson and Peter Dager\u2019s full interview with <em>muscleandfitness.com,<\/em> see below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Owen Wilson and Peter Dager on learning golf for &quot;Stick&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9THyqXVxZPo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/athletes-celebrities\/news\/owen-wilson-and-peter-dager-practiced-their-golf-swing-for-stick-to-perfection\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Owen Wilson and Peter Dager spent months training with golf\u2019s finest instructors to make the new Apple TV+ comedy-drama Stick, but in an exclusive interview with M&amp;F, the stars revealed why practicing on their own time often resembled a famous scene in The Full Monty. 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