PGA Champions tour golfer Corey Pavin hits the silver screen for the second time

While golf is still the priority for Corey Pavin, he has also dabbled in acting. His latest role was 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.