{"id":218775,"date":"2025-06-27T14:06:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T14:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/218775\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T14:06:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T14:06:27","slug":"rory-mcilroy-36-set-to-start-new-career-amid-golf-break-ahead-of-the-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/218775\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy, 36, set to start new career amid golf break ahead of The Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rory McIlroy is set to make his acting debut in Happy Gilmore 2, with the Netflix film primed to release on July 25.<\/p>\n

The golf star, who recently finished sixth at the Travelers Championship, will be taking a break from the sport as The Open approaches.<\/p>\n

McIlroy is next scheduled to appear at the Scottish Open, with that tournament running from July 10 to July 13.<\/p>\n

He will then attempt to win the fourth and final major of the year at Royal Portrush, with McIlroy hoping to win The Open for the second time in his career.<\/p>\n

\"Rory<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy is set to make his acting debut in Happy Gilmore 2, with the Netflix film primed to release on July 25<\/p>\n

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As the prestigious tournament creeps closer, fans can expect to see McIlroy make his acting debut.<\/p>\n

Speaking back in May, the Northern Irishman confirmed he would be making a cameo in Happy Gilmore 2 – which will release on Netflix on July 25.<\/p>\n

He said: “Happy Gilmore was the golf movie for me growing up.<\/p>\n

“I can recite pretty much every line. So the fact that I got the opportunity to do that [make a cameo] was awesome.”<\/p>\n

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Happy Gilmore 2 is set to release on July, with Rory McIlroy and Travis Kelce making a cameo<\/p>\n

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McIlroy also lavished praise on Adam Sandler, who is the main star of the upcoming film.<\/p>\n

“Sandler is, like, the best,” he added. “He’s the absolute best.”<\/p>\n

McIlroy isn’t the only sports star set to appear in the upcoming picture, with Kansas City Chiefs ace Travis Kelce also due to make an appearance.<\/p>\n

Kelce, like McIlroy, has only positive things to say about the experience.<\/p>\n

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“That was a dream come true,” he said back in January.<\/p>\n

“I thought SNL [Saturday Night Live] was going to be the peak of my acting and showman or entertainment career \u2026 working with Happy Gilmore himself, the Sandman and Happy Productions, it was off the chain.<\/p>\n

“They’re so professional and yet so fun to work with.<\/p>\n

“I felt like I was working with like the Andy Reid of the acting world. <\/p>\n

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“That was a dream come true,” he said back in January.<\/p>\n

“I thought SNL [Saturday Night Live] was going to be the peak of my acting and showman or entertainment career \u2026 working with Happy Gilmore himself, the Sandman and Happy Productions, it was off the chain.<\/p>\n

“They’re so professional and yet so fun to work with.<\/p>\n

“I felt like I was working with like the Andy Reid of the acting world. <\/p>\n

\"Rory<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy is set for a brief golf break as The Open rapidly approaches<\/p>\n

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He added: “It was a good way to end the week – sort of good, positive vibes going into a couple of weeks’ break here to get ready for Scotland and The Open.<\/p>\n

“I definitely saw some positive signs in the game overall, which was really good to see and looking forward to getting back over to my neck of the woods for a couple of weeks and get prepared for a bit of links golf.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy is set to make his acting debut in Happy Gilmore 2, with the Netflix film primed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[2826,12,93,79,16,15,978,727],"class_list":{"0":"post-218775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-sport","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-us-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114755717367579633","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}