The Happy Gilmore actor crashes the press conference of Justin Thomas at World Cup Phoenix Open

Scottsdale, Ariz. Justin Thomas visited the media center under the clubhouse on Wednesday after playing in the Annexus Pro-Am. He had just completed nine holes in a group with stars with the large Olympic Michael Phelps, the Arizona Diamondbacks Pitcher Merrill Kelly and the popular Golf Influencer Grant Horvat.

Before the Q&A, he was before the tournament before the World Cup Phoenix Open 2025 when another famous face fell: actor Christopher McDonald, perhaps best known as a shooter McGavin in Hit Golf Movie Happy Gilmore.

It was McDonald who published the news of the continuation Happy Gilmore 2, and of course his surprising appearance at TPC Scottsdale was to promote the film.

When Thomas asked some questions, the moderator asked: “We heard that she was in Happy Gilmore II last year.

And just then intervened McDonald.

“Stay. I saw this guy act, JT Act. His game is good. His golf play is good. Just a spectacle is good. Just not as good as the shooter. Just say,” joked McDonald.

“Not many, right?” said Thomas.

“No, that’s right,” said McDonald.

“Obviously Chris McDonald, who will return this summer as a shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore 2. Shooter or Chris, I know that Golffans all over the world expect the arrival of Happy Gilmore 2. Can fans expect this second chapter?” He was asked.

“Good question. I can’t really talk too much about it because it’s under lock and key. It will be great. So much fun to shoot with new faces. Travis Kelce was there. Sandler Touch is back.

“But it has so much heart and so much humor that it will be. I think very surprisingly funny.”

Thomas then admitted that he is a big fan of the film.

“Obsessed by Happy Gilmore,” he said. “It was so cool to be with everyone and to be with Chris and just everything life in which I am nearby because I obviously felt uncomfortable to say it around him, and then I became clear to me that he is part of my childhood and more than I realized that it was a very cool experience.

Chad Mumm, executive producer of the documentary series Full Swing on Netflix, is a co-producer of Happy Gilmore 2.

“What was fun with it is usually that it is that I penetrate in their lawn,” he said, “and they come to the film set, it was a bit like ‘you are on our lawn now.

A news release Sent Wednesday Confirmed the Happy Gilmore 2 Cast: Adam Sandler, Julie Bowen, Christopher McDonald, Rory Mcilroy, Scottie Scheffler, Bryson Dechambeau, Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas, Will Zalatoris, Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, Travis Kelce, Conor Sherry, Ethan Cutkosky, Maxwell Jacob Friedman, Philip Fine Schneider and more.

This article originally appeared in Golfweek: Happy Gilmore actor -Shooter McGavin joins Justin Thomas at Phoenix Open