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 which is slated to premiere on November 4, 2026.
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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, friend and 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 Santi Wheeler, a gifted golfer who quit after his father left his mother
Lilli Kay as Christina "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 as Santi's caddy
Mariana Treviño as Elena Wheeler, Santi's mother
Marc Maron as Mitts, Pryce's friend and former caddy
Timothy Olyphant as Clark Ross (season 2; recurring season 1), Pryce's former playing partner and rival
Judy Greer as Amber-Linn (season 2; recurring season 1), Pryce's ex-wife
Recurring
Billy Zane (season 2)
John Higgins (season 2)
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 (age 18), 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 (age 13)
Louie Chaplin Moss as Jett Cahill (age 7)
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
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 On July 23, 2025, Apple TV+ renewed the series for a second season. On February 17, 2026, Olyphant and Greer were promoted to series regulars for the second season. In March 2026, Billy Zane and John Higgins joined the cast in recurring capacities for the second season.
Release
Stick premiered on June 4, 2025. The second season is scheduled to premiere on November 4, 2026.
Episodes
Reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 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".
